The functionality is there, but it's not enabled by default:
julia> readdir(expanduser("~"))
84-element Array{Union(UTF8String,ASCIIString),1}:
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See issue #1136 <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1136> for
details on why this isn't enabled (yet). I'd like this, too.
On Monday, May 5, 2014 5:38:02 PM UTC-4, dodonix wrote:
>
> Is there a way to reference the user's home directory without specifying
> an explicit path? For example, I would like the following to list the
> contents of my home directory instead of the error message shown:
>
> julia> readdir("~")
>> ERROR: Unable to read directory ~.
>> in readdir at file.jl:172
>
>
> This would be a convenient feature.
>
