>You wrote: > >> >Can anybody think of a reason why it should behave this way? >> >> Maybe because the docs says "If you pass a Shell path, it must be an= >> absolute path. If not, an UnsupportedFormatException will result"? > >Well, maybe, except that a path starting with "~" IS an absolute path, is it >not? It's certainly not relative to whatever my current working directory >happens to be...
AFAIU it's not an absolute path, which *always* starts with a "/" (or "\"). ~/ is just a macro, expanded by the shell (not all shells, if I remember correctly). -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmo Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
