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List:       cygwin
Subject:    [b18] Bash does not expand ~ and $HOME the same
From:       franl () world ! std ! com (Francis Litterio)
Date:       1997-05-31 23:55:38
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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?
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