X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?p=youtube-dl;a=blobdiff_plain;f=youtube_dl%2Fcache.py;h=7bdade1bdb49a7406457688400830a91a98ef186;hp=79ff09f7897c2987d0824becca088f2e4cd3a164;hb=6cd452acffe8d79c895a2ebd0346e2ba7f9e112f;hpb=674c869af485013f6121f4ec7dc6307ada3ad3a4

diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index 79ff09f78..7bdade1bd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import traceback
 
+from .compat import compat_getenv
 from .utils import (
+    expand_path,
     write_json_file,
 )
 
@@ -20,9 +22,9 @@ class Cache(object):
     def _get_root_dir(self):
         res = self._ydl.params.get('cachedir')
         if res is None:
-            cache_root = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
+            cache_root = compat_getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
             res = os.path.join(cache_root, 'youtube-dl')
-        return os.path.expanduser(res)
+        return expand_path(res)
 
     def _get_cache_fn(self, section, key, dtype):
         assert re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$', section), \