Function expanduser::expanduser

pub fn expanduser<S: AsRef<str>>(s: S) -> Result<PathBuf>

Takes a string-like thing and tries to turn it into a PathBuf while expanding ~'s and ~user's into the user's home directory

Example

extern crate expanduser;

use expanduser::expanduser;

let path = expanduser("~/path/to/directory")?;
assert_eq!(path.display().to_string(), "/home/foo/path/to/directory");