From:	franl AT world DOT std DOT com (Francis Litterio)
Subject:	[b18] Bash does not expand ~ and $HOME the same
31 May 1997 17:46:54 -0700 :
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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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