From 91d824b4a60747bfff7afc9bd9063034a27a7014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Maglione <maglione.k@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:21:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix io.js

---
 common/content/io.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/content/io.js b/common/content/io.js
index 02e17856..b87e1e6f 100644
--- a/common/content/io.js
+++ b/common/content/io.js
@@ -941,7 +941,8 @@ IO.expandPath = function (path, relative)
     path = expand(path);
 
     // expand ~
-    if (!relative && (WINDOWS ? /^~(?:$|[\\\/])/ : /^~(?:$|\/)/).test(path))
+    // Yuck.
+    if (!relative && RegExp("~(?:$|[/" + util.escapeRegex(IO.PATH_SEP) + "])").test(path))
     {
         // Try $HOME first, on all systems
         let home = services.get("environment").get("HOME");