Expanding / Resolving ~ in node.js

Question

I am new to nodejs. Can node resolve ~ (unix home directory) example ~foo, ~bar to /home/foo, /home/bar

> path.normalize(\'~mvaidya\') 
\'~mvaidya\'
> path.resolve(         


        

Answer 1

As QZ Support noted, you can use process.env.HOME on OSX/Linux. Here's a simple function with no dependencies.

const path = require('path');
function resolveHome(filepath) {
    if (filepath[0] === '~') {
        return path.join(process.env.HOME, filepath.slice(1));
    }
    return filepath;
}