diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47
--- JobControlManager.java	10 Jun 2010 18:34:58 -0000	1.46
+++ JobControlManager.java	28 Jul 2010 21:40:28 -0000	1.47
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@

  * The command line syntax is <code>java -jar ./lib/lcsim.jar steeringFile.xml</code>.
  * 
  * @author jeremym

- * @version $Id: JobControlManager.java,v 1.46 2010/06/10 18:34:58 jeremy Exp $

+ * @version $Id: JobControlManager.java,v 1.47 2010/07/28 21:40:28 jeremy Exp $

  */
 public class JobControlManager
 {

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@

 	
 	private File processFileElement(Element fileElement, List<File> fileList)
 	{

-	    String fileLoc = fileElement.getText().trim();

+	    String fileLoc = processPath(fileElement.getText().trim());

         File file = null;
         
         // Try to process the file text as a URL.

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@

 				Element jarElement = (Element) jarObject;
 				try
 				{

-					urlList.add((new File(jarElement.getText()).toURL()));

+					urlList.add((new File(processPath(jarElement.getText())).toURL()));

 				} 
 				catch (Exception x)
 				{

@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@

 			    Element cpDirElement = (Element) cpDirObject;
 			    try 
 			    {

-			        File cpFile = new File(cpDirElement.getText());

+			        File cpFile = new File(processPath(cpDirElement.getText()));

 			        if (!cpFile.isDirectory())
 			            throw new RuntimeException("The classpath component " + cpFile.getPath() + " is not a valid directory!");
 			        urlList.add(cpFile.toURL());			        

@@ -1009,4 +1009,16 @@

 	    }
 	    return methods;
 	}

+
+    public String processPath(String path)
+    {
+        if (path.startsWith("~"))
+        {
+            return path.replaceFirst("~", System.getProperty("user.home"));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return path;
+        }
+    }

 }

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