The /home directory or partition contains user-specific configuration files, caches, application data and media files.
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Why do some applications use ~/.config/appname for their config data while others use ~/.appname?
I've noticed that some applications put their configuration files to ~/.config/appname while others use ~/.appname (the classic way, AFAIK) for this. What's the sense in this distinction and what ...
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Design question: Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?
I have often wondered why the ~ represents the home directory of a user. Is there a reason behind this? Or is it just some infrequently used character?
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How to add home directory path to be discovered by Unix which command?
I have installed node.js at custom location and added the location to the $PATH in .profile file.
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ node --version
v0.6.2
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ which node
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Isn't $HOME supposed to be the location of the user's home directory?
I'm having trouble with a web application I'm writing: The web application, which runs as user nobody, needs to launch an inkscape process to manipulate some SVG files. Because this runs as user ...
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/home is Read Only after coming out of screensaver (intermittent)
I am using Linux Mint 13 (Maya) and I have my "/home" partition formatted as ext4 and mounted at "dev/sdc1".
Occasionally I have a strange problem coming up that looks a lot like this bug that I ...
