From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T12:14:32+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path and ~ on windows

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:36:28 +0900, Tom Felker wrote:
> Wouldn't it make more sense to expand it to My Documents (C:\Documents
> and Settings\Username\My Documents on WinXP)?  I suppose it would be
> worthwhile to be able to disable it, though.

No. ~ has no meaning to Windows shells. There are times when I wish that it 
didn't to Unix shells. After all, that's what ${HOME} is for.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.09.18
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