$home(5)

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NAME

$home - Users `home' directory location

SYNOPSIS

$home directory

DESCRIPTION

The file naming convention utilizes tilde ('~') to identify the users home directory ($HOME). When entering a file name:

~/xxx    -> $home/xxx 
~yyy/xxx -> $home/../yyy/xxx

On most systems this is automatically set to the environment variable "HOME" if it is defined or may be defined explicitly in the start-up file. '~' may be used in the me.emf files but must be specified as '~'. It may be picked up in command files as $home.

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Last Modified: 1998/09/02
Generated On: 1999/12/01