diff --git i/i3status.c w/i3status.c
index 5088c96..3c18214 100644
--- i/i3status.c
+++ w/i3status.c
@@ -210,29 +210,19 @@ static int valid_color(const char *value) {
*
*/
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);
- strncpy(result, head, strlen(head));
- if (tail)
- strncat(result, tail, strlen(tail));
+ char *home, *result = NULL;
+
+ if (strncmp(path, "~/", 2) == 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 i/include/i3status.h w/include/i3status.h
index 9ac471d..27ecae4 100644
--- i/include/i3status.h
+++ w/include/i3status.h
@@ -236,4 +236,9 @@ 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
