Re: How to convert unix ~path (tilde) to full path

If the program is not running as the user, $ENV{HOME} won't work. getpwnam returns a list with home directory at index seven.

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re: Re: How to convert unix ~path (tilde) to full path by Rich36 (Chaplain) on Apr 05, 2002 at 17:23 UTC
Zaxo speaks the truth... Adapted from The Perl Cookbook (pg.231)... `my $file = '~rich36/perl/makeperl'; $file =~ s{ ^ ~ ( [^/]* ) } { $1 ? (getpwnam($1))[7] : ( $ENV{HOME} \|\| $ENV{LOGDIR} \|\| (getpwuid($>))[7] ) }ex; print "$file"; __DATA__ /home/users/rich36/perl/makeperl` [download] Rich36 There's more than one way to screw it up...	[reply] [d/l]