> 
> Also, I was lookin around at blackbox cvs at expandTilde(), and although I've
> never come across an instance of $HOME not being set (anyone?), it could be
> possible.
> 
> This may be a bit much, but perhaps adding some stuff to use getpw* could be
> done... Checks for getpwuid() and pwd.h could be added to the autoconf stuff,
> then test $HOME, and if it's not set...
> 
> struct passwd *p = getpwuid(getuid());
> ... use p->pw_dir ...
> 
> Dunno, just a thought. :)
> 

It is definately "good enough" style code.  It works for now but needs work
later.

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