Expand ~user syntax

[passy]

I think this module (and probably the inverse version as well) should supper the ~user syntax whereby ~username/my/path is expanded to /home/username/my/path. It's important to note, though, that the home directory can vary and has to be looked up in the passwd database.

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[sindresorhus]

Hmm, this wasn't as easy as I thought. Since OS X doesn't use passwd there's really no way to keep it sync without including shelljs as I would need to consult with finger or the directory services.

For reference I was going to follow https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser

And I created this already: https://github.com/sindresorhus/passwd-user

Getting a guaranteed home folder should really be built into node...

[passy]

+1 on the last note. This is something that should be part of the stdlib.
On May 8, 2014 5:42 PM, "Sindre Sorhus" notifications@github.com wrote:

Hmm, this wasn't as easy as I thought. Since OS X doesn't use passwd
there's really no way to keep it sync without included shelljs as I would
need to consult with finger or the directory services.

For reference I was going to follow
https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser

And I created this already: https://github.com/sindresorhus/passwd-user

Getting a guaranteed home folder should really be built into node...

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[sindresorhus]

@passy joyent/libuv#468 though that doesn't really solve it for Windows.

[silverwind]

So it's just Windows missing until we could land this?

[sindresorhus]

Not sure it's worth adding as Windows is harder, and OS X would require sync spawning which is very slow.

[silverwind]

require sync spawning

Care to elaborate? Why isn't async spawn enough?

[sindresorhus]

Because the method is currently sync, so the spawning needs to be sync.

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[sindresorhus]

Decided to only do it for current user. To hard to do it for any user.