https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72290
Bug ID: 72290 Summary: tilde in argument to -dir causes exception Product: Pywikibot Version: core (2.0) Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: trivial Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: jayvdb@gmail.com Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: ---
If the directory ~/.pywikibot2 doesnt exist
/path/to/current/dir/ $ python pwb.py -dir:~/.pywikibot2 version NOTE: ~/.pywikibot2/user-config.py was not found Please follow the prompts to create it: Traceback (most recent call last): File "pwb.py", line 149, in <module> run_python_file(path, [path], [path.decode('ascii')]) File "pwb.py", line 69, in run_python_file exec(compile(source, filename, "exec"), main_mod.__dict__) File "generate_user_files.py", line 19, in <module> import pywikibot File "pywikibot/__init__.py", line 29, in <module> from pywikibot import config2 as config File "pywikibot/config2.py", line 209, in <module> _base_dir = get_base_dir() File "pywikibot/config2.py", line 195, in get_base_dir raise RuntimeError("Directory '%s' does not exist." % base_dir) RuntimeError: Directory '/path/to/current/dir/~/.pywikibot2' does not exist.
(that path.decode('ascii') looks defective too)