From 9f7d71aa8fb5ab0192fdf0b2f22aebcf81e88738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Douglass Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:21:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Expand vars and user tilde for upgrade backup --- jrnl/upgrade.py | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/jrnl/upgrade.py b/jrnl/upgrade.py index 88c9545a..c5979c9f 100644 --- a/jrnl/upgrade.py +++ b/jrnl/upgrade.py @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os def backup(filename, binary=False): util.prompt(" Created a backup at {}.backup".format(filename)) + filename = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(filename)) with open(filename, 'rb' if binary else 'r') as original: contents = original.read() with open(filename + ".backup", 'wb' if binary else 'w') as backup: