Re: [h-e-w] Absolute/relative pathnames under nt

[Dr Francis J. Wright]

A quick test on my stand-alone NT workstation suggests that ~user is
supported.  However, my machines are all really single-user so I can't test
this reliably.  I also can't test it on a Windows network.

Francis

----- Original Message -----
From: "John McCabe" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Absolute/relative pathnames under nt


> > NTEmacs doesn't need the HOME environment variable.  If it's not set
then
> > home defaults to C:\ (or possibly the root of the boot partition).
NTEmacs
> > also happily accepts the ~ notation.  I regularly access my .emacs file
as
> > ~/.emacs.  If you want to check that it works (and check what Emacs
thinks
> > home is) then just run dired on ~.
>
> It works as a replacement for $HOME, but does it work otherwise? (e.g.
> ~smith/xxx)
>
>
> Best Regards
> John McCabe
>
>
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