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RE: "which" command does not expand "~" in path


you (cygwin-owner@cygwin.com) wrote on  :

> On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 11:25:04AM +1000, Errol Smith wrote:
>> I do not know if stat() is expected to interpret ~ as $HOME.
>
> No, it is not.
>
> cgf

FWIW; 'man bash' has a section on Tilde Expansion - I take it as; bash does
this expansion for you, not which.exe -> use $HOME when not typing at the
prompt.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems            --72-->

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