manually added asdf's improvement to the parse_ignore_file() function.

linkulator

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import glob
 import getpass
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import time
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -53,14 +54,18 @@ link_data = []
 categories = []
 ignore_names = []
 
+
+# READS THE CURRENT USER'S IGNORE FILE AND ADDS ANY ENTRIES TO THE GLOBAL VARIABLE
+# IGNORE NAMES.
 def parse_ignore_file():
-    ignore_file = glob.glob('/home/' + username + '/.linkulator/ignore')[0]
     global ignore_names
-    if ignore_file:
-        with open(ignore_file) as f:
-            for line in f:
-                ignore_name = line.split(" ")[0]
-                ignore_names.append(ignore_name)
+    p = Path(Path.home(), '.linkulator/ignore')
+    if p.exists():
+        s = p.read_text()
+        l = s.splitlines()
+        for line in l:
+            name = line.split(" ")[0]
+            ignore_names.append(name)
 
 
 def build_menu():