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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: python on Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:37:52 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.14733.1412914913.18130.python-list@python.org> Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> writes:

> sys.path.append('~/MyLib')

> I.e., will '~' sign be expanded correctly?

Not as written.

Use os.path.expanduser() to get user's home directories.

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