X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/yt-dlp.git/blobdiff_plain/1c1cff6a525bc8fc506cf2c6eb8963abc3b1fcee..97f34a48d72c5e55a584b7defc0dd00d2d9b416c:/youtube_dl/cache.py

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 shutil
 import traceback
 
+from .compat import compat_getenv
 from .utils import (
+    expand_path,
     write_json_file,
 )
 
@@ -20,9 +22,9 @@ def __init__(self, ydl):
     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), \