Kevin M Bealer wrote: > > How does Debian LINUX react if it encounters a filename starting > > with a tilde character '~'? On the SCO UNIX system at work, a > > Just make sure the name is not typical of a user name. > > touch ~far ; touch ~farg ; touch ~fargo > > will create two files named "~far" and "~farg" and then error that > "/home/fargo" is a directory, if "fargo" is a user. > > (Ideally, change the program to use something other than "~".)
Or just quote it properly.
