skel

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 13:47 3/21/2004, you wrote:
>~ is a shortcut for home directory.
>
>If you are root - cd ~ is same as cd /root
>If you are user52 - cd ~ is same as cd /home/user52

You can also type "~rpaiz" to represent the home directory of rpaiz 
(usually /home/rpaiz) regardless of who you actually are. Of course, in 
most cases you shouldn't be able to go there, but if you're root then this 
is a marvelous convenience.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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