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Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:40:18 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: "which" command does not expand "~" in path (base-files update needed)
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 06:49:44PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>  Wonder if this is a real bug then, or if I've misread the shell parsing rules?
>They are a bit ridiculously complicated and full of exceptions and special
>cases.....

It seems like it's a bug.

Of course there is a simple solution: lose the quotes.  AFAICT, they
aren't needed.

export PATH=~/bin:$PATH

cgf

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