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From: Giorgos Tzampanakis <Giorgos DOT Tzampanakis AT gmail DOT com>
Subject: bash: sometimes ~ and $HOME contain different values
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:14:18 +0000 (UTC)
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The final line of my .bashrc is:

export HOME=foo

where foo is a directory other than /home/myusername.

When I start bash, HOME and ~ contain the same value, foo. After I
have worked on bash for a while, launching programs (mainly slrn and
irssi), ~ will revert to /home/myusername while HOME stays at foo.

Why does this happen? Is it a bug?


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