Re: Odd behavior when '~' in include path

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From: G|ran Uddeborg
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 07:45

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In article <22536@dog.ee.lbl.gov> maze@bea.lbl.gov (Don R. Maszle) writes:
>        gcc -I~/include  ...      includes "*.h" files from /usr/include
>
>        gcc -Ifull-pathname ...   includes "*.h" files from ~/include

"~" is only expanded by the shell if it is the first character of a
word.  It has nothing to do with gcc.  Replace "gcc" with "echo" in
the commands above for an illustration.

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Subject: Re: Odd behavior when '~' in include path
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