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| -rw-r--r-- | boto/compat.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/boto/compat.py b/boto/compat.py index 44fbc3b3..a13f58b4 100644 --- a/boto/compat.py +++ b/boto/compat.py @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS # IN THE SOFTWARE. # +import os + # This allows boto modules to say "from boto.compat import json". This is # preferred so that all modules don't have to repeat this idiom. @@ -26,3 +28,14 @@ try: import simplejson as json except ImportError: import json + + +# If running in Google App Engine there is no "user" and +# os.path.expanduser() will fail. Attempt to detect this case and use a +# no-op expanduser function in this case. +try: + os.path.expanduser('~') + expanduser = os.path.expanduser +except (AttributeError, ImportError): + # This is probably running on App Engine. + expanduser = (lambda x: x) |