In Linux, you can use the glob/wordexp functions for this, or do it yourself with getenv. On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > James Cobban <jamescobban@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> while on Linux it reads: >> "~/Windows/Archives/Database/SubDistTable1881.csv" >> and writes to: >> "~/Windows/Archives/Database" > > Note that on Linux/Unix the name "~" is not special when you call open > or fopen or similar functions. The name "~" is expanded by the shell; > specifically an unquoted ~ at the start of a pathname, followed by a /, > is replaced by the contents of the environment variable HOME, or, if > HOME is not set, by the home directory of the user executing the shell. > If you are not using the shell, you need to expand "~" yourself. > > Ian >
