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Re: sometimes ~ and $HOME contain different values
- From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer at wayne dot edu>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>, "Giorgos Tzampanakis" <Giorgos dot Tzampanakis at gmail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:52:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: sometimes ~ and $HOME contain different values
- References: <iaoh8q$i1o$1@dough.gmane.org>
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
USA
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