diff --git a/i3status.c b/i3status.c
index 0898da3..f4b10fd 100644
--- a/i3status.c
+++ b/i3status.c
@@ -207,35 +207,23 @@ static int valid_color(const char *value) {
/*
* This function resolves ~ in pathnames.
- * It may resolve wildcards in the first part of the path, but if no match
- * or multiple matches are found, it just returns a copy of path as given.
+ * The syntax '~user' is not supported.
*
*/
static char *resolve_tilde(const char *path) {
- static glob_t globbuf;
- char *head, *tail, *result = NULL;
-
- tail = strchr(path, '/');
- head = strndup(path, tail ? (size_t)(tail - path) : strlen(path));
-
- int res = glob(head, GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &globbuf);
- free(head);
- /* no match, or many wildcard matches are bad */
- if (res == GLOB_NOMATCH || globbuf.gl_pathc != 1)
- result = sstrdup(path);
- else if (res != 0) {
- die("glob() failed");
- } else {
- head = globbuf.gl_pathv[0];
- result = scalloc(strlen(head) + (tail ? strlen(tail) : 0) + 1);
- strcpy(result, head);
- if (tail) {
- strcat(result, tail);
+ char *home, *result = NULL;
+
+ if (path[0] == '~' && (path[1] == '/' || path[1] == '\0')) {
+ home = getenv("HOME");
+ if (home != NULL) {
+ result = scalloc(strlen(home) + strlen(path));
+ strcpy(result, home);
+ strcat(result, path + 1);
+ return result;
}
}
- globfree(&globbuf);
- return result;
+ return sstrdup(path);
}
static char *get_config_path(void) {
diff --git a/include/i3status.h b/include/i3status.h
index 217376a..34e44a0 100644
--- a/include/i3status.h
+++ b/include/i3status.h
@@ -241,4 +241,9 @@ extern cfg_t *cfg, *cfg_general, *cfg_section;
extern void **cur_instance;
extern pthread_t main_thread;
+
+#ifndef GLOB_TILDE
+#define GLOB_TILDE 0
+#endif
+
#endif
