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+//
+// Copyright 2018 Ettus Research, a National Instruments Company
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_PATHS_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_PATHS_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace uhd {
+
+    /*! Expand environment variables in paths, like Python's
+     *  os.path.expandvars().
+     *
+     * If expansion fails, will simply return the original path.
+     */
+    std::string path_expandvars(const std::string& path);
+
+} /* namespace uhd */
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_PATHS_HPP */
+