From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from localhost by hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <24666>; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 20:21:44 -0400 To: rc Subject: Re: are there any patches which add ~ expansion to rc In-reply-to: tgoodwin's message of Thu, 18 Sep 1997 06:14:43 -0400. <8ncAABP/IDSuhgUA@nan.cygnus.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:26:21 -0400 From: Chris Siebenmann Message-Id: <97Sep18.202144edt.24666@hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca> Our local solution is a /u directory (automatically) populated with symlinks that point to the appropriate places. We've been running it for years without problems; I can mail people copies of either a sh or a perl version[*] of the script that maintains /u if desired. I've repeatedly found it very handy to have a short name for home directories that works in every program and situation. And better yet there's no need to clog up umpteen programs with code to do ~ expansion. - cks [*: yes, I know I was giving in to the evil empire, but I decided I needed a decently fast program for the system with circa 10,000 passwd entries.]