commit f2c8086ff15e6e995e1aef328e630bd0b91c768f
author Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Sat Oct 07 19:36:36 2023 +0200
committer Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> Sun Oct 08 00:28:50 2023 +0200
tree 2ddefc30ab060769110371652f18980e8cca10c9
parent 38fbe8dbfe796745e3d98ee72d0e5c30cb1b2be3

tool_getparam: accept variable expansion on file names too

Reported-by: PBudmark on github
Fixes #12048
Closes #12055

src/tool_getparam.c

diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index cd9ce7b..d9772a3 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -826,8 +826,9 @@
       struct curlx_dynbuf nbuf;
       bool replaced;
 
-      if(aliases[hit].desc != ARG_STRING) {
-        /* --expand on an option that isn't a string */
+      if((aliases[hit].desc != ARG_STRING) &&
+         (aliases[hit].desc != ARG_FILENAME)) {
+        /* --expand on an option that isn't a string or a filename */
         err = PARAM_EXPAND_ERROR;
         goto error;
       }