expand file names that have environment variables in their path

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For UNIX (or at least POSIX) systems, have a look at wordexp:

#include <iostream>
#include <wordexp.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
  wordexp_t p;
  char** w;
  wordexp( "$HOME/bin", &p, 0 );
  w = p.we_wordv;
  for (size_t i=0; i<p.we_wordc;i++ ) cout << w[i] << endl;
  wordfree( &p );
  return 0;
}

It seems it will even do glob-like expansions (which may or may not be useful for your particular situation).

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