From: grzegorz@... (Grzegorz Chrupala)
Date: 2003-06-23T04:11:07+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path with files beginnig with ~ (tilde) on Windoze

nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote in message news:<200306211015.h5LAFckR030479@sharui.nakada.kanuma.tochigi.jp>...

> > current directory is "C:/", I would expect
> > 
> >   File.expand_path("~$foobar")
> > 
> > to return "C:/~$foobar", just like
> > 
> >   File.expand_path("foobar")
> > 
> > returns "C:/foobar"
> 
> I don't guess it is Windows specific issue.

On my Linux machine I get an error for  File.expand_path("~foo") when
there is no user "foo", on Windoze I get "~foo".

> When you are sure that it's a real file name but not someone's
> home directory, you can avoid it by prepending "./".
> 
>   File.expand_path(path.sub(/\A(?=~)/, "./"))

That is useful, thanks!

Cheers,
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Grzegorz