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Operating system: Linux: Directory: Home: Location: Where is your home directory location? [Unix]

Feb 26th, 2004 16:48
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 05 January 2004 - 00:02 am --------------------

Operating system: Linux: Directory: Home: Location: Where is your home 
directory location? [Unix]

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In general your home directory will be at:

 /home/<your username>


e.g.

 /home/johnny


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Another possibility is at:

 /user/<your username>


e.g.

 /user/johnny

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If you are logged in as the 'root',
the home directory is at:

 /root

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Note: when you logon, and your open e.g. a console,
this could by default start in your home directory.

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Method: Checking your home directory via environment variable $home

To check what the current value is, see e.g. the
$home environment variable.

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Open a console

 2. -If necessary change to the userid for which
     you want to know the home directory

      e.g. type

       su <your user name>
       and possibly supply a password

 3. -Type the command:

      set $home | more

 4. -That will show a list of the currently defined
     environment variables.

 5. -Check in the list the value of the
     $home variable
     (press <ENTER> to continue)

 6. -That will show e.g

      /root

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Tested successfully in Linux Red Hat v9

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Internet: see also:

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Operating system: Microsoft: Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP: Directory: 
Home: How find home directory?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/28048/fid/772

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