From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2EA36DE0173 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.578 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.578 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.109, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.249, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AsQQRxhVo-XA for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-oi0-f51.google.com (mail-oi0-f51.google.com [209.85.218.51]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FE546DE00D3 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oi0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x19so84198675oix.2 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Ro5HKJOGpikAQ3jno0J2ety3Wp9w1GOyJLrMpZfOghU=; b=ES6Vt3r/r18xZ6WNmNT9SX75ErohT+Ke9tjGNf+ah7IsZLCf8VHl5B/IN76j8tgSgL 27bT8ETIw1rI/9ts4sucygrUjy2bYUSRIaant1znrGT6ZiZajXpU71Pvu8tfcJJZTN0n k5ql7HtD8U5h5n5dNxuHD9Mo3lHN7f8Qgp+YZIz7gVXPdqcx6n3606TS1yMzHctBkeWP z4l2t+sMkU3h24cpYOieFqGOxDMXSxEGLcx1jzDJLP0cnEE/7OFIo+NjBs7S/oi1Oae2 duFy2cF9aheqdRPOWom0D2cb+VHapgWcxjCKBCNfBpjb4ZzbJMM7ZkM7mLzODG34qzdr EM4Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWFLCMqaO1HkPRD2hEgnOtJYEd+/c2ZEjfUQ5e7onOdY70VXH9sLP+8Sy3D2ukFv24+tOYifLOW+NIuIw== X-Received: by 10.202.60.5 with SMTP id j5mr3132552oia.43.1462994257375; Wed, 11 May 2016 12:17:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1462722574-4176-1-git-send-email-bijan@chokoufe.com> <20160509215724.GA3634@600B5B> In-Reply-To: From: Bijan Chokoufe Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:17:27 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Expand ~ to $HOME To: David Edmondson , Tomi Ollila Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113cc26c04fb96053295e5cb X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:17:48 -0000 --001a113cc26c04fb96053295e5cb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 so what would be the spec for handling ~user? As Tomi pointed out ~foo will point to different folders if set by user 'foo' or by user 'bar'. To what folder should it point and where do I get this information? David Edmondson schrieb am Di., 10. Mai 2016 um 10:22 Uhr: > On Mon, May 09 2016, Bijan Chokoufe Nejad wrote: > > >> ~user is ~ in case you're 'user' -- except that now that I think of it > >> ~user could read home directory from /etc/passwd and not using $HOME. > >> If you're 'eve', then ~alice should definitely be different than ~ > > > > OK I see. I never used ~user instead of ~ and don't see any advantage in > using > > ~user but good to know it's there. > > A solution that supports ~ but not ~user seems incomplete. > --001a113cc26c04fb96053295e5cb Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --001a113cc26c04fb96053295e5cb--