support ~ variable in config path

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/server/src/main.cpp b/server/src/main.cpp
index 67e5fa6..08fe5b7 100644
--- a/server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/server/src/main.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if(vm.count("config"))
 			config_path = vm["config"].as<std::string>();
 
-		if(boost::filesystem::exists(config_path) && boost::filesystem::is_regular(config_path))
-			bpt::read_info(config_path, config); //TODO: finish this
-		else
-			std::cerr<<"failed to load config: \"" + config_path + "\", file does not exists or is not regular file\n";
+		{
+			std::string tmp_path = config_path, home = getenv("HOME");
+			for(std::string::size_type p1 = tmp_path.find("~"); p1 != std::string::npos; p1 = tmp_path.find("~", p1))
+				tmp_path.replace(p1, 1, home);
+			if(boost::filesystem::exists(tmp_path) && boost::filesystem::is_regular(tmp_path))
+				bpt::read_info(tmp_path, config); //TODO: finish this
+			else
+				std::cerr<<"failed to load config: \"" + config_path + "\", file does not exists or is not regular file\n";
+		}
 
 
 		if(vm.count("help"))