Strange behavior of read file

[Justin Whear]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:51:12 +0200, Ramon wrote:

> 
> - trying with filename r"~/text.txt" (i.e. an existing file in my home
> dir) it FAILED.
> 
> - trying with the same filename but this time home dir explicitely
> written out fully (r"/home/me/test.txt) it WORKED.
> 
> Conclusion: I assume D's OS path related mechanisms to be somewhat dumb.
> Anyway the code throws where it's supposed to, i.e. when confronted with
> a non existing (or not recognized?) path.

You need to use the expandTilde function: http://dlang.org/phobos/
std_path.html#.expandTilde