For the current user (for any platform), `~` should expand to `Base.homedir()`
to find the value for another user on windows (for users that are logged in?) it is apparently best to do an ldap query: http://www.geekshangout.com/node/27 On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Sean Marshallsay <[email protected]> wrote: > The variable is %HOMEPATH% but I don't know what the equivalent to the > password database is. I think for now it might be best just expanding to > %HOMEPATH% and someone who is more experienced with Windows can weigh in > later. > > On Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:54:03 UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >> >> That seems like a reasonable strategy. I guess the question for Windows >> is what the equivalents to the HOME environment variable and the password >> database are. >> >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Sean Marshallsay <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I've only had a quick look but basically for just a tilde it looks for >>> $HOME, if there is no $HOME or there was a username appended it looks in >>> the password database otherwise it returns the string unchanged. >>> >>> On Friday, 10 October 2014 20:23:45 UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >>>> >>>> How does bash handle it? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Sean Marshallsay <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hmmm... looking at how bash handles this it doesn't seem too >>>>> difficult, I might give it a go over the weekend. I have no idea how to >>>>> handle it on Windows though. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, 9 October 2014 18:06:07 UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This is definitely a bug. The implementation on both platforms seems >>>>>> to be a hack – a more correct implementation would be a great >>>>>> contribution. >>>>>> It should also be possible to map arbitrary user names to user IDs and >>>>>> user >>>>>> IDs to user metadata. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Sean Marshallsay <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I noticed the other day that calling expanduser on an empty string >>>>>>> throws a BoundsError when using a UNIX platform. Whether this is a bug >>>>>>> or a >>>>>>> feature will probably depend entirely on who you ask. More >>>>>>> importantly though, in my eyes, doing the same thing on Windows returns >>>>>>> an >>>>>>> empty string instead. This inconsistency definitely seems like a bug to >>>>>>> me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In my eyes the UNIX implementation should be changed to check for a >>>>>>> empty string and return it but I was wondering what other people >>>>>>> thought of >>>>>>> this? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>
