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Subject: Re: Lisp code to expand /~ and // but not env vars?
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Drew Adams wrote:

>I'm looking for Lisp code that will expand /~ and // in a file name, just as
>
>  
>
Not quite what you are looking for, but maybe you can use 
(expand-file-name "" "~/")?