Display full path instead of ~ prefixed path in linux chrome apps

Question

I am trying to display the full path of a selected file in a chrome app on linux. When I invoke the filesystem getDisplayPath api I get the path of the selected file prefixed with ~. For example instead of /home/user/file.txt I get ~/file.txt. Is there a way to force the first format. A code snippet would be nice. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Currently, there is no way to get the full path.

This is an open enhancement in Chrome (but not much happening there): https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=322952

Source: Getting the full path of a DirectoryEntry