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Old 10-25-2007
Bug Home directory Query
Hi

I've created a script which reads in a username and checks if they are on the system. I have this working fine. I want to then print out the home directory of that user. Can someone tell me how I can do that? I only know how to print the directory of the user that is logged in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance!!:
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Old 10-25-2007
check /etc/passwd
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Old 10-25-2007
how about using the tilde operator? eg ~username.
 
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