Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!vixie From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: '~' in file names Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 03:14:15 GMT References: <1991Feb28.151019.22944@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> <30953@shamash.cdc.com> <1991Mar1.000018.15048@frey.newcastle.edu.au> <1991Mar3.100859.4383@pronto.mh.nl> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: jv@mh.nl's message of 3 Mar 91 10:08:59 GMT (warning: this is an os-wars flame, not relevant to perl.) >> Long ago, we have adopted the habit of having a common place where all >> user directories can be found, using symlinks. "/users/foo" will >> allways point to the real (actual, current) login directory for foo. We do that here, too (using "/udir" but the idea is the same). However, many people use AT&T UNIX SYSTEM V.3 ("CONSIDER IT STANDARD"), and they can't do this simple thing. (V.4 can, in 1990; 4.2bsd could, in 1980.) Uh, cheers, -- Paul Vixie DEC Western Research Lab Palo Alto, California, USA ...!decwrl!vixie ...!vixie!paul