On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:51:12AM +0200, Ramon wrote: [...] > Here's what I came up with (on linux): > > - 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. [...]
That's because '~' is expanded not by the OS but by the shell. The OS treats it as a directory with the literal name '~', which doesn't exist. D's file I/O functions don't go through the shell. std.path.expandTilde is your friend. :) T -- This sentence is false.
