Package: bash Version: 3.1-1 Given a variable containing a username, I'd like to know the user's home directory. Something like "eval echo ~$VAR" used to work, but bash no longer expands the variable in "~$VAR". Is this deliberate?
% bash -norc bash-3.1$ echo $LOGNAME kimoto bash-3.1$ echo ~$LOGNAME ~$LOGNAME bash-3.1$ echo blah$LOGNAME blahkimoto bash-3.1$ echo $BASH_VERSION 3.1.0(1)-release -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
