sometimes ~ and $HOME contain different values

Lee Maschmeyer lee_maschmeyer@wayne.edu
Tue Nov 2 12:52:00 GMT 2010


Hi Giorgos,

My ~ and $HOME were never the same until I modified /etc/passwd to point to 
the directory I wanted to use.

(I think there's something in the User's Guide to this effect, though I got 
it from the mailing list.)

HTH,

-- 
Lee Maschmeyer
Wayne State University Computing Center
5925 Woodward, #281
Detroit MI 48202
USA 


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