absolute path

Kirichiko · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007

is cd ~ considered an absolute path?

porter · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007

if "echo ~" shows it to start with "/" then yes.

The ~ comes from /etc/passwd and should be absolute.

However some shells do not expand ~

Yogesh Sawant · #3 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

with bash, it is absolute path:

Code:

[[ysawant@in-gcs-nas1 temp]$ echo ~
/home/ysawant
[ysawant@in-gcs-nas1 temp]$

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