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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: '~' in file names
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Date: 28 Feb 91 15:10:19 GMT
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   From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)

   The problem is, when I say;

   require "~/.perlLib/random.pl";

   I get the error:

   Can't locate ~/.perlLib/random.pl in @INC at roll line 3.

The problem is that '~' is not recognized by the file system.  You can
use it in commands because the shell translates '~/' at the beginning
of an argument into '$HOME/', etc.  For instance, if you say "ls ~"
you get a listing of your home directory, but if you say "ls '~'" the
quoting inhibits the expansion of the '~', and you get "~ not found".

Dale

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
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