expand file names that have environment variables in their path

Question

What\'s the best way to expand

${MyPath}/filename.txt to /home/user/filename.txt

or

%MyPath%/filename.txt to c:\\Document         


        

Answer 1

Using Qt, this works for me:

#include 
#include 

QString expand_environment_variables( QString s )
{
    QString r(s);
    QRegExp env_var("\\$([A-Za-z0-9_]+)");
    int i;

    while((i = env_var.indexIn(r)) != -1) {
        QByteArray value(qgetenv(env_var.cap(1).toLatin1().data()));
        if(value.size() > 0) {
            r.remove(i, env_var.matchedLength());
            r.insert(i, value);
        } else
            break;
    }
    return r;
}

expand_environment_variables(QString("$HOME/.myconfigfile")); yields /home/martin/.myconfigfile (It also works with nested expansions)