What is a home-relative pathname?
What is a home-relative pathname? |
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If you are using csh as your
shell, there is a third method for forming pathnames to
refer to files in other directories.
The tilde character (~) can be used to refer to your home directory,
that is, the current working directory where you start after logging
in. For example, the pathname ~/orchid refers to a file
named orchid in your home directory.
You can refer to files in the home directories of other users by
using a tilde followed by their account name. For example,
pathname ~trixie/movies refers to a file named
movies in the home directory of the user whose
account name is trixie.