From f2c8086ff15e6e995e1aef328e630bd0b91c768f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 19:36:36 +0200
Subject: tool_getparam: accept variable expansion on file names too

Reported-by: PBudmark on github
Fixes #12048
Closes #12055
---
 src/tool_getparam.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index cd9ce7b5a..d9772a309 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -826,8 +826,9 @@ ParameterError getparameter(const char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
       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;
       }
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