$home(5)

NAME

$home - Users `home' directory location

SYNOPSIS

$home directory

DESCRIPTION

$home contains the pathname of the users home directory. The file naming convention utilizes tilde ('~') to identify the users home directory ($HOME). When entering a file name:

~/xxx    -> $home/xxx 
~yyy/xxx -> $home/../yyy/xxx 

On most systems this is automatically set to the environment variable "HOME" if it is defined. On systems (i.e. Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS) where there may be no home defined then the system user directory is used by default.

The value may be explicitly redefined by the user in the start-up file to be a different location. If $home is re-defined then ensure that a trailing directory separator is included at the end of the pathname.

SEE ALSO

$user-path(5), $user-name(5), $progdata(5), $progname(5), $MENAME(5), $MEINSTALLPATH(5), Variable Functions.

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Last Modified: 2022/06/12
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