On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 20:31 +0000, g wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Alan Cox wrote: > >> try 'echo ~/$LOGNAME' to get logged in user and directory > > > > As you'd notice if you tried it before posting this doesn't work and > > couldn't possibly work. > > i did. it does. and why i sent it. > > +++ > geo@argosyiayia ~]$ echo ~/$LOGNAME > /home/geo-sl/geo > [geo@argosyiayia ~]$ > +++ ---- makes no sense... [craig@lin-workstation .kde]$ echo ~/$LOGNAME /home/craig/craig [craig@lin-workstation .kde]$ echo ~ /home/craig there is no /home/craig/craig but my home directory is /home/craig in this instance Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines