absPath.go

func absPathify(inPath string) string {
	
	if strings.HasPrefix(inPath, "$HOME") {
		inPath = userHomeDir() + inPath[5:]
	}

	if strings.HasPrefix(inPath, "$") {
		end := strings.Index(inPath, string(os.PathSeparator))
		inPath = os.Getenv(inPath[1:end]) + inPath[end:]
	}

	if filepath.IsAbs(inPath) {
		return filepath.Clean(inPath)
	}

	p, err := filepath.Abs(inPath)
	if err == nil {
		return filepath.Clean(p)
	}

	jww.ERROR.Println("Couldn't discover absolute path")
	jww.ERROR.Println(err)
	return ""
}