Bruce Momjian wrote:
>Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>
>>>As I remember, MSDOS uses the "~" to specify short versions of long file
>>>names.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I is not just msdos, it is cmd.exe which exists on (to my knowledge) all
>>versions of windows. For example:
>>Program Files == progra~1
>>
>>
>
>Yes, I meant it is a hold-over from dealing with MS-DOS style 8.3 file
>names.
>
>
This pattern should not cause tilde expansion on any platform, I
believe. Only a *leading* ~/ or ~username/ should be expanded.
The normal "home" directory on a (modern) Windows machine is usually
"C:\Documents and Settings\username", IIRC.
cheers
andrew