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Re: LYNX-DEV ~ -> $HOME in local URLs
From: |
Mike Brown |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV ~ -> $HOME in local URLs |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 06:46:00 -0700 (PDT) |
> There's a very annoying bug in lynx 2.6 and 2.7: "~"s anywhere in
> local URLs get substituted by $HOME, so that, for example,
It is not a bug, and has nothing to do with Lynx, actually. Your shell
parses the line and makes filename substiutions before executing the
command. Quoting to defeat filename substituation by the shell is a
tricky business sometimes. If you put the URL in "quotes" you shouldn't
have a problem.
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