# \[Bug #1175\] File.expand\_path("~user") dose not work

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1175-file-expand-path-user-dose-not-work/160719>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1175-file-expand-path-user-dose-not-work/160719 "2009-02-19T04:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomoyuki\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Tomoyuki\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomoyuki_C)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1175-file-expand-path-user-dose-not-work/160719/1 "2009-02-19T04:26:04Z")

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Bug #1175: File.expand\_path(“~user”) dose not work  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1175](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1175)

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% ruby-trunk -v -e ‘p File.expand\_path(“~user”)’  
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**Author:** ![Tomoyuki\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Tomoyuki\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomoyuki_C)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1175-file-expand-path-user-dose-not-work/160719/2 "2009-02-19T05:57:19Z")

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## Applied in changeset r22428.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1175](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1175)