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From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer AT wayne DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: sometimes ~ and $HOME contain different values
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:52:42 -0400
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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,

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