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;# $Id: tilde.pl,v 3.0 1993/08/18 12:11:01 ram Exp $
;#
;#  Copyright (c) 1991-1993, Raphael Manfredi
;#  
;#  You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
;#  as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
;#  You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
;#  that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
;#  of the source tree for dist 3.0.
;#
;# $Log: tilde.pl,v $
;# Revision 3.0  1993/08/18  12:11:01  ram
;# Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
;#
;#
# Perform ~name expansion ala ksh...
# (banish csh from your vocabulary ;-)
sub tilda_expand {
	local($path) = @_;
	return $path unless $path =~ /^~/;
	$path =~ s:^~([^/]+):(getpwnam($1))[$[+7]:e;			# ~name
	$path =~ s:^~:$ENV{'HOME'} || (getpwuid($<))[$[+7]:e;	# ~
	$path;
}