Jan 29, 2009 · How do I find the home directory of an arbitrary user from within Grails? On Linux it's often /home/user. However, on some OS's, like OpenSolaris for example, the path is …

Jun 4, 2015 · The shell replaces ~ with the user's home directory (update: or perhaps by the home directory of some other user, if ~ is followed by something other than a /), but only if it's …

I need to get the location of the home directory of the current logged-on user. Currently, I've been using the following on Linux: os.getenv("HOME") However, this does not work on …

521 Ibrahim's comment on the other answer is the correct way to alter an existing user's home directory. Change the user's home directory: usermod -d /newhome/username username …

131 First off, I know that ~/ is the home directory. CDing to ~ or ~/ takes me to the home directory. However, cd ~X takes me to a special place, where X seems to be anything. In bash, if I hit " …

Nov 13, 2022 · 403 I'm trying to use the command prompt to move some files, I am used to the linux terminal where I use ~ to specify the my home directory I've looked everywhere but I …

Jul 13, 2009 · Is there any linux command I could use to find out JAVA_HOME directory? I've tried print out the environment variables ("env") but I can't find the directory.

127 Update: Based on this question's title, people seem to come here just looking for a way to find a different user's home directory, without the need to impersonate that user.

Feb 14, 2009 · Yes, it is the home directory of the user you logged in as. You can use the command pwd (print working directory) to see where it is located on the file system.

Aug 28, 2015 · 15 ~ means the home directory of the logged on user whereas ~/ means the path to the beginning of a directory. From here: The tilde (~) is a Linux "shortcut" to denote a user's …