From 54474a72380ccd4e0c56bcbf0883beeabf26ddd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Bossing <info@maxbossing.de>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 17:28:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [tool_parsecfg]: check HOME and USERPROFILE on all platforms
 in order

---
 src/tool_parsecfg.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tool_parsecfg.c b/src/tool_parsecfg.c
index 9dd8b5a208..fba46d91bf 100644
--- a/src/tool_parsecfg.c
+++ b/src/tool_parsecfg.c
@@ -209,11 +209,13 @@ int parseconfig(const char *filename)
 
       /* expand tilde-characters to the users home directory */
       if(param && param[0] == '~') {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        const char *home = curl_getenv("UserProfile");
-#else
-        const char *home = curl_getenv("HOME");
-#endif
+        char *home = curl_getenv("HOME");
+        if(!home)
+          home = curl_getenv("USERPROFILE");
+        if(!home) {
+          rc = 1; /* cannot find home */
+          break;
+        }
         if(home) {
           char *tparam = strdup(param + 1);
           if(!tparam) {