Expand ~ into the home directory on Linux and MacOS (#6531)

R-package/R/xgb.Booster.R

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ xgb.Booster.handle <- function(params = list(), cachelist = list(),
     if (typeof(modelfile) == "character") {
       ## A filename
       handle <- .Call(XGBoosterCreate_R, cachelist)
+      modelfile <- path.expand(modelfile)
       .Call(XGBoosterLoadModel_R, handle, modelfile[1])
       class(handle) <- "xgb.Booster.handle"
       if (length(params) > 0) {

R-package/R/xgb.DMatrix.R

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ xgb.DMatrix <- function(data, info = list(), missing = NA, silent = FALSE, ...)
     if (length(data) > 1)
       stop("'data' has class 'character' and length ", length(data),
            ".\n  'data' accepts either a numeric matrix or a single filename.")
+    data <- path.expand(data)
     handle <- .Call(XGDMatrixCreateFromFile_R, data, as.integer(silent))
   } else if (is.matrix(data)) {
     handle <- .Call(XGDMatrixCreateFromMat_R, data, missing)
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ xgb.get.DMatrix <- function(data, label = NULL, missing = NA, weight = NULL) {
       warning("xgboost: label will be ignored.")
     }
     if (is.character(data)) {
+      data <- path.expand(data)
       dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data[1])
     } else if (inherits(data, "xgb.DMatrix")) {
       dtrain <- data

R-package/R/xgb.DMatrix.save.R

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ xgb.DMatrix.save <- function(dmatrix, fname) {
   if (!inherits(dmatrix, "xgb.DMatrix"))
     stop("dmatrix must be xgb.DMatrix")
 
+  fname <- path.expand(fname)
   .Call(XGDMatrixSaveBinary_R, dmatrix, fname[1], 0L)
   return(TRUE)
 }

R-package/R/xgb.dump.R

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ xgb.dump <- function(model, fname = NULL, fmap = "", with_stats=FALSE,
   if (is.null(fname)) {
     return(model_dump)
   } else {
+    fname <- path.expand(fname)
     writeLines(model_dump, fname[1])
     return(TRUE)
   }

R-package/R/xgb.save.R

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ xgb.save <- function(model, fname) {
          if (inherits(model, "xgb.DMatrix")) " Use xgb.DMatrix.save to save an xgb.DMatrix object." else "")
   }
   model <- xgb.Booster.complete(model, saveraw = FALSE)
+  fname <- path.expand(fname)
   .Call(XGBoosterSaveModel_R, model$handle, fname[1])
   return(TRUE)
 }