You need to use "jpath" to properly interpret "~user", i.e.

   f1 fwrites jpath '~user/data/test080401.txt'


On 4/1/08, Hahn, Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why does this work:
>
>        f1 fwrites 'c:\test080401.txt'
>     21
>
> but this doesn't:
>
>        f1 fwrites '~user/data/test080401.txt'
>     _1
>
> Likewise for reading files:
>
>        f1 fread 'c:\test080401.txt'
>     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>
>        f1 fread '~user\data\test080401.txt'
>     _1
>
> Intuitively, one would think they ought to work the same.  What am I
> missing??
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Harvey
>
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