CreateDirectory - I can't get it to work

[Straker]

Here's my code:

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gMyDir.s = "~/mydir"
Debug CreateDirectory(gMyDir.s)

Always returns 0

The problem lies in the "~" which is the wildcard to the home directory. It works with a fully qualified path, i.e. "/home/user/mydir", but I won't know this so how can I achieve this directory creation with the wildcard?

Thanks

[ts-soft]

Why not simple use:

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gMyDir.s = GetHomeDirectory() + "mydir"
Debug CreateDirectory(gMyDir.s) 

?

[Trond]

~ is expanded by the shell. It's not a part of the filesystem. PB's file commands doesn't go through a shell.

[Straker]

GetHomeDirectory() worked.

Thanks for the tips guys.