[tor-commits] [sbws/master] Add _expand_paths function as suggested by pastly

[pastly at torproject.org]

commit 8f30e18d8aabfd25239aff9cc4dd03a1488798ec
Author: juga0 <juga at riseup.net>
Date:   Tue Jul 24 17:09:19 2018 +0000

    Add _expand_paths function as suggested by pastly
---
 sbws/util/config.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sbws/util/config.py b/sbws/util/config.py
index ee7bde7..325b713 100644
--- a/sbws/util/config.py
+++ b/sbws/util/config.py
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ _LOG_LEVELS = ['debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical']
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _expand_path(path):
+    """Expand path string containing shell variables and ~ constructions
+    into their values.
+    """
+    return os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path))
+
+
 def _create_user_config_file(fname):
     """Copy minimal user config to user config path."""
     if not os.path.isfile(fname):