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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:13:14 -0400
From: "Matt D." <matt AT codespunk DOT com>
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Subject: Using 'test' fails when referencing home '~' from bash loop
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The following never exits the loop:

until test -f "~/file.txt"; do sleep 1 && echo sleep; done; echo done

The following does:

until test -f "/cygdrive/d/cygwin-home/file.txt"; do sleep 1 && echo 
sleep; done; echo done

HOME is set and confirmed:
echo $HOME
/cygdrive/d/cygwin-home

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