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[b18] Bash does not expand ~ and $HOME the same
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- Subject: [b18] Bash does not expand ~ and $HOME the same
- From: franl at world dot std dot com (Francis Litterio)
- Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 19:55:38 -0400
I just noticed this bash oddity (with c:/ mounted as /):
bash$ echo $HOME
/franl
bash $ echo ~
c:/franl
Isn't ~ supposed to expand to the current value of the variable HOME?
Can anyone see how this might break an existing shell script?
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