Photoshop replacing home directory with tilde~

whenever I run an app.activeDocument.fullName (or app.activeDocument.path), it repalces the home directory with a tilde(~), so
"Macintosh HD/Users/myname/Desktop/filename.psd"
becomes just
"~/Desktop/filename.psd"
can anyone think of a way to get what's behind that tilde and get the FULL PATH of the file??
THANK YOU

$.writeln(app.activeDocument.path.fsName+'/'+app.activeDocument.name);
Paul, beat me & it's better…

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