[issue29831] os.path.exists seems can not recgnize "~"

[Josh Rosenberg]

Josh Rosenberg added the comment:

That's because os.system is executing the command in a shell (which expands ~). Without shell support, ~ doesn't mean anything unless used with the APIs that specifically support it (e.g. os.path.expanduser).

You wanted os.path.exists(os.path.expanduser('~/.zshrc'))

This is not a bug.

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nosy: +josh.r

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