Expand tilde in Rust Path idiomatically

The most idiomatic way would be to just use an existing crate, in this case shellexpand (github, crates.io) seems to do what you want: extern crate shellexpand; // 1.0.0 #[test] fn test_shellexpand() { let home = std::env::var(“HOME”).unwrap(); assert_eq!(shellexpand::tilde(“~/foo”), format!(“{}/foo”, home)); } Alternatively, you could try it with dirs (crates.io). Here is a sketch: extern crate … Read more

Windows 7 – Add Path

I think you are editing something in the windows registry but that has no effect on the path. Try this: How to Add, Remove or Edit Environment variables in Windows 7 the variable of interest is the PATH also you can type on the command line: Set PATH=%PATH%;(your new path);

Extracting a file extension from a given path in Rust idiomatically

In idiomatic Rust the return type of a function that can fail should be an Option or a Result. In general, functions should also accept slices instead of Strings and only create a new String where necessary. This reduces excessive copying and heap allocations. You can use the provided extension() method and then convert the … Read more

Cygwin – command not found

Right click on “My Computer” -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables Add a new environment variable, called CYGWIN_HOME and set its value to C:\cygwin Edit the PATH environment variable and add %CYGWIN_HOME%\bin to it (usually separated by a ‘;’). Just click okay, exit any command prompts or bash shells (over cygwin) you may have … Read more

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