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"Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> wrote:
>
>Not just the startup scripts, but ANY script.  I dare say there's a long,
>long list of scripts that use ~-expansion, to say nothing of the
>homegrown ones we all have working quietly and forgotten for years.

It's required for POSIX compliance.

Tony.
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