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I want to create an alias of my home folder but I don't have write permissions on parent directory.

I used to have a username (user) on an old server. But now, I'm using a new server and my username has been changed to user2. Many of my scripts have absolute path to my old home folder name (/home/user). I want them to be compatible on my new server, in which my home folder now is different (/home/user2).

Obviously, I could've just created a symbolic link to my previous home name (ln -s /home/user2 /home/user). However, I don't have write permissions to the /home directory.

Is there any alternate option to create such alias without root permissions?

Details:

I'm using CentOS 5.

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  • Ask your admin to create the symlink. – GingerPlusPlus Nov 12 '16 at 16:04
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If your scripts are using paths based on the location of your home directory, use tilde ~ or an environment variable such as $HOME instead of hardcoding the absolute path.

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    @rikoji use awk or sed to replace your hard coded path. – Timothy Truckle Nov 12 '16 at 10:01

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