From: "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...[REMOVE_THE_SPAM]>
Date: 2003-09-20T01:18:33+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path and ~ on windows

Tom Felker wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:16:00 +0100, Alan Davies wrote:
> 
> 
>> From the pickaxe book...
>>
>> > File.expand_path( fileName [, aDirString ] ) -> fileName
>>   <snip>
>> > The given pathname may start with a ``~'', which expands to the
>> > process owner's home directory (the environment variable HOME must be
>> > set correctly). "~ user" expands to the named user's home directory"
>>
>>This isn't relevant on windows.  Thus:
> 
> 
> 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.

Actually, I think it should just expand to C:\Documents and 
Settings\UserName and you can append the rest from there.  That's the 
*nix equivalent pretty much.

	Sean O'Dell