> Does anyone know how to make something like:
>
> export HOME=~${USER}
>
> actually work in sh?
>
> export HOME=/home/mythtv
> and
> export HOME=~mythtv
>
> both set HOME to /home/mythtv
>
> but having USER as a variable sets HOME to "~mythtv" which is then not
> expanded into "/home/mythtv".
>
> Anyway, it seems adding one of the first two to the init script fixes
> the problem I was having, so that patch is not needed.
try
export HOME=`eval "echo ~$USER"`
may be a better way of course but this works
mark
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