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

I just needed it today and the only less-evasive command was the one from the os.

$ node
> os.homedir()
'/Users/mdesales'

I'm not sure if your syntax is correct since ~ is already a result for the home dir of the current user