22948 – std.stdio.File doesnt open ~ files

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Issue 22948 - std.stdio.File doesnt open ~ files

Summary: std.stdio.File doesnt open ~ files

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Description crazymonkyyy 2022-03-27 22:24:37 UTC

```d
File("~/foo")
```

expected: correctly finds the foo, in the users home folder, reacting to ~ as bash would

Comment 1 Steven Schveighoffer 2022-07-08 15:55:18 UTC

Using shell expansion is not done by default for strings.

Use https://dlang.org/phobos/std_path.html#expandTilde if you want expansion of the tilde.