From: franl AT world DOT std DOT com (Francis Litterio) Subject: [b18] Bash does not expand ~ and $HOME the same 31 May 1997 17:46:54 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705312355.AA10752.cygnus.gnu-win32@world.std.com> Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I just noticed this bash oddity (with c:/ mounted as /): bash$ 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? -- Francis Litterio PGP Key Fingerprint: franl AT world DOT std DOT omit-this DOT com 02 37 DF 6C 66 43 CD 2C http://world.std.omit-this.com/~franl/ 10 C8 B5 8B 57 34 F3 21 Note: email address and WWW URL altered to prevent spam. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin, ~1784 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".