[Tutor] [Linux] open a file in any home "~" ?

[w chun]

>  f=open("~/.myapp.conf","r")  # but it returns a IOError: [Errno 2] No such
> file or directory:
>
>  How can I do to access this file whatever the user is ?

use os.path.expanduser(path)

http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.3/lib/module-os.path.html

hope this helps!
-- wesley
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