On 10/29/17 8:05 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> While writing a function to save the directory stack as a script, I
> noticed that ${DIRSTACK[0]}, the current directory always has the tilde
> unexpanded.
>
> This is the same with bash-4.4.12 and bash-4.3.11.
>
> I was wondering if this is an oversight since DIRSTACK[0] is the same as
> PWD, or intentional.
It's an oversight. It should be expanded, because otherwise the tilde
won't be expanded in something like `cd ${DIRSTACK[0]}', causing it to
fail. I'll fix it. Thanks for pointing this out.
Chet
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