4.3BSD/usr/contrib/nntp/rrn/filexp

#!/bin/sh
: expand filename
case $1 in
~/*|~)
    /bin/echo $1 | /bin/sed "s/~/${HOME-$LOGDIR}/"
    ;;
~*)
    if /bin/test -f /bin/csh; then
	/bin/csh -f -c "glob $1"
	echo " "
    else
	name=`expr x$1 : '..\([^/]*\)'`
	dir=`sed </etc/passwd -n -e "/^${name}:/{s/^[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\).*"'$'"/\1/" -e p -e q -e '}'`
	if /bin/test ! -d "$dir"; then
	    me=`basename $0`
	    echo "$me: can't locate home directory for: $name" >&2
	    exit 1
	fi
	case $1 in
	*/*)
	    echo $dir/`expr x$1 : '..[^/]*/\(.*\)'`
	    ;;
	*)
	    echo $dir
	    ;;
	esac
    fi
    ;;
*)
    echo $1
    ;;
esac