From 3889785017a1381d215cb1dc47fd5fb5b38add79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: obscuren <geffobscura@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 20:08:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added Path utility

---
 ethutil/path.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ethutil/path.go

diff --git a/ethutil/path.go b/ethutil/path.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97f58ab7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethutil/path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package ethutil
+
+import (
+	"os/user"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func ExpandHomePath(p string) (path string) {
+	path = p
+
+	// Check in case of paths like "/something/~/something/"
+	if path[:2] == "~/" {
+		usr, _ := user.Current()
+		dir := usr.HomeDir
+
+		path = strings.Replace(p, "~", dir, 1)
+	}
+
+	return
+}