- NAME
EXPAND_TILDE()
- PURPOSE
Expand tilde in UNIX directory names
- CALLING SEQUENCE
IDL> output=expand_tilde(input)
- INPUTS
INPUT = input file or directory name, scalar string
- OUTPUT
Returns expanded filename, scalar string
- EXAMPLES
output=expand_tilde('~zarro/test.doc')
---> output='/usr/users/zarro'
- NOTES
This version of EXPAND_TILDE differs from the version in the Solar
Library in that it does not call the functions EXIST and IDL_RELEASE.
However, it should work identically.
- PROCEDURE CALLS
None.
- REVISION HISTORY
Version 1, 17-Feb-1997, D M Zarro. Written
Transfered from Solar Library W. Landsman Sep. 1997
Made more robust D. Zarro/W. Landsman Sep. 2000
Made even more robust (since things like ~zarro weren't being expanded)
Zarro (EITI/GSFC, Mar 2001)