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Statistics on 15.11.2015.

Started byMelzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
First post2015-11-15 03:27 +0100
Last post2015-11-17 13:36 -0800
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  Statistics on 15.11.2015. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-11-15 03:27 +0100
    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:22 -0800
      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-17 13:31 -0500
        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 10:51 -0800
          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-17 18:37 -0500
            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 17:00 -0700
              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 00:29 +0000
                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 17:40 -0700
                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 01:22 +0000
                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 18:35 -0700
                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 02:54 +0000
                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 19:59 -0700
                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 03:27 +0000
                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 20:35 -0700
                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 03:52 +0000
                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 21:09 -0700
                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 04:57 +0000
                                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 22:33 -0700
                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 06:28 +0000
                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 08:49 -0700
                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 16:37 +0000
                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 10:30 -0700
                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 18:07 +0000
                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 11:18 -0700
                                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 18:29 +0000
                                                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 11:40 -0700
                                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 18:54 +0000
                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 12:09 -0700
                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 19:18 +0000
                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 12:31 -0700
                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 19:41 +0000
                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 12:14 -0800
                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 13:26 -0700
                                                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 21:10 +0000
                                                                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 14:20 -0700
                                                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 21:26 +0000
                                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 15:18 -0700
                                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 23:37 +0000
                                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 16:41 -0700
                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 23:51 +0000
                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:06 -0800
                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 17:13 -0700
                                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-11-19 00:01 +0000
                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 17:11 -0700
                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 01:06 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 18:18 -0700
                                                                                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 01:27 +0000
                                                                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 19:19 -0700
                                                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 03:15 +0000
                                                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 20:32 -0700
                                                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 04:07 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 21:31 -0700
                                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 07:43 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 08:31 -0700
                                                                                                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 19:12 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 16:06 -0700
                                                                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 23:12 +0000
                                                                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 16:19 -0700
                                                                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 23:53 +0000
                                                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 16:04 -0800
                                                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 17:07 -0700
                                                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-20 00:28 +0000
                                                                                                                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 18:56 -0700
                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 01:04 +0000
                                                                              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-19 07:56 -0600
                                                                                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 19:52 +0000
                                                                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2015-11-19 08:31 +0000
                                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-11-19 01:51 -0800
                                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 08:33 -0700
                                                                        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 08:15 -0700
                                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 07:46 -0800
                                                          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2015-11-19 08:28 +0000
                                                            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-19 08:17 -0700
            Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 22:13 -0800
              Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-18 09:35 -0500
                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 12:05 -0800
                  Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-18 17:13 -0500
                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Edward Stansfield <stansfield5REM6@linuxmail.org> - 2015-11-18 17:19 -0500
                      Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-18 18:38 -0500
                    Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-18 15:19 -0700
        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-17 12:55 -0700
          Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 13:36 -0800

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#333629

FromSteve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-18 16:06 -0800
Message-ID<f062dd8e-74ee-410e-96ac-968f49f5bca0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#333624
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 4:51:50 PM UTC-7, owl wrote:
> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> > On 11/18/15, 4:37 PM, in article fhem.zoa91afa@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> > <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> > 
> > ... 
> >> You are an idiot.
> > 
> > Your view of me is irrelevant. I, though, unlike you can figure out, without
> > looking at any manpage, what Apple means by:
> > 
> >     ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
> > 
> > It is simple: the tilde means the users folder and then go from there.
> > 
> > So very, very easy... but you cannot quite get the grasp of it (at least not
> > without referring to a manpage).
> > 
> 
> Waaaaa repost loop

Snit was trying to get you to help him prove he's "right" in his age old argument with Tim Adams where Snit yanked Tim's statement out of context (as I show in the post of Sandman's I linked to earlier). Now Crackhammad Al-Gluhani has completely missed your point. I guess that's all one can expect from a guy that goes around asking people about incest for over a dozen years... he's probably inbred himself.

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#333632

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 17:13 -0700
Message-ID<D2726236.6498F%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333624
On 11/18/15, 4:51 PM, in article fe03af.ap@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/15, 4:37 PM, in article fhem.zoa91afa@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> ... 
>>> You are an idiot.
>> 
>> Your view of me is irrelevant. I, though, unlike you can figure out, without
>> looking at any manpage, what Apple means by:
>> 
>>     ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>> 
>> It is simple: the tilde means the users folder and then go from there.
>> 
>> So very, very easy... but you cannot quite get the grasp of it (at least not
>> without referring to a manpage).
> 
> Waaaaa repost loop

So stop going in loops! I mean, really, this is not complex. If I looked up
an Apple tech document and saw this:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
    -----
    Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
    -----

I would know EXACTLY where to go. No need to run to a manpage. If you know
even the basics of what the tilde means you would not have the need, either.



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#333627

Fromvallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Date2015-11-19 00:01 +0000
Message-ID<564d114b$0$8224$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#333618
On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:37:17 +0000, owl wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/15, 2:26 PM, in article fhenfaua30.ae@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 11/18/15, 2:10 PM, in article nvjug83.ar3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> The one Apple uses here:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>>>>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In other words: the user's home folder.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> If the tilde refers to "the user's home folder", can you explain the
>>>>> following without referring to the manpage?
>>>>> 
>>>>> anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~       # OK, that's my home directory
>>>>> /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anon   # why is this not
>>>>> /home/anonanon? /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anona  # why is
>>>>> this not /home/anonanona? ~anona anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~root   # why
>>>>> is this not /home/anonroot? /root anon@lowtide:~$
>>>> 
>>>> You changed your defaults. So?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> What are you talking about?  I didn't change anything.  Read the
>>> manpage for bash like I told you.
>>> 
>> Comes down to when I see what Apple shows in their tech doc:
>> 
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>     -----
>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>     -----
>> 
>> Unlike you, without using any manpage or anything else I know they mean
>> a folder in the user's home folder.
>> 
>> Now you can also name files with a tilde in them. Looks like you may
>> have done that. Whatever. Not really interested right now in edge cases
>> and puzzles... though I admit at times those can be fun. :)
>> 
>> 
> You are an idiot.  The explanation for what is happening is right there
> in the bash manpage, under the "Tilde Expansion" heading.  I posted this
> already about six or eight levels above in this thread, but even with it
> staring you right in the face you resist understanding. 
> Congratulations. It takes a championship caliber narcissistic stupidity
> to cling to a mistaken position with such intensity.

ffs, just quote the thing.

EXPANSION
[...]
   Tilde Expansion
       If a word begins with an unquoted tilde character (`~'),
       all of the characters preceding the first unquoted slash
       (or  all  characters, if there is no unquoted slash) are
       considered a tilde-prefix.  If none of the characters in
       the  tilde-prefix  are  quoted,  the  characters  in the
       tilde-prefix following the tilde are treated as a possi‐
       ble  login name.  If this login name is the null string,
       the tilde is replaced with the value of the shell param‐
       eter  HOME.  If HOME is unset, the home directory of the
       user executing the shell is substituted instead.  Other‐
       wise,  the tilde-prefix is replaced with the home direc‐
       tory associated with the specified login name.

       If the tilde-prefix is a `~+', the value  of  the  shell
       variable  PWD  replaces the tilde-prefix.  If the tilde-
       prefix is a `~-', the value of the shell  variable  OLD‐
       PWD,  if  it  is set, is substituted.  If the characters
       following the tilde in the  tilde-prefix  consist  of  a
       number  N,  optionally  prefixed  by a `+' or a `-', the
       tilde-prefix is replaced with the corresponding  element
       from  the  directory  stack, as it would be displayed by
       the dirs builtin invoked with  the  tilde-prefix  as  an
       argument.   If the characters following the tilde in the
       tilde-prefix consist of a number without a  leading  `+'
       or `-', `+' is assumed.

       If  the  login  name  is invalid, or the tilde expansion
       fails, the word is unchanged.

       Each variable assignment is checked for unquoted  tilde-
       prefixes  immediately  following a : or the first =.  In
       these cases, tilde expansion is also performed.   Conse‐
       quently,  one  may  use filenames with tildes in assign‐
       ments to PATH,  MAILPATH,  and  CDPATH,  and  the  shell
       assigns the expanded value.


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#333630

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 17:11 -0700
Message-ID<D27261DE.6498E%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333627
On 11/18/15, 5:01 PM, in article
564d114b$0$8224$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com, "vallor"
<vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:37:17 +0000, owl wrote:
> 
>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/18/15, 2:26 PM, in article fhenfaua30.ae@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/18/15, 2:10 PM, in article nvjug83.ar3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The one Apple uses here:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>>>>>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In other words: the user's home folder.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If the tilde refers to "the user's home folder", can you explain the
>>>>>> following without referring to the manpage?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~       # OK, that's my home directory
>>>>>> /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anon   # why is this not
>>>>>> /home/anonanon? /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anona  # why is
>>>>>> this not /home/anonanona? ~anona anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~root   # why
>>>>>> is this not /home/anonroot? /root anon@lowtide:~$
>>>>> 
>>>>> You changed your defaults. So?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> What are you talking about?  I didn't change anything.  Read the
>>>> manpage for bash like I told you.
>>>> 
>>> Comes down to when I see what Apple shows in their tech doc:
>>> 
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>     -----
>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>     -----
>>> 
>>> Unlike you, without using any manpage or anything else I know they mean
>>> a folder in the user's home folder.
>>> 
>>> Now you can also name files with a tilde in them. Looks like you may
>>> have done that. Whatever. Not really interested right now in edge cases
>>> and puzzles... though I admit at times those can be fun. :)
>>> 
>>> 
>> You are an idiot.  The explanation for what is happening is right there
>> in the bash manpage, under the "Tilde Expansion" heading.  I posted this
>> already about six or eight levels above in this thread, but even with it
>> staring you right in the face you resist understanding.
>> Congratulations. It takes a championship caliber narcissistic stupidity
>> to cling to a mistaken position with such intensity.
> 
> ffs, just quote the thing.
> 
> EXPANSION
> [...]
>    Tilde Expansion
>        If a word begins with an unquoted tilde character (`~'),
>        all of the characters preceding the first unquoted slash
>        (or  all  characters, if there is no unquoted slash) are
>        considered a tilde-prefix.  If none of the characters in
>        the  tilde-prefix  are  quoted,  the  characters  in the
>        tilde-prefix following the tilde are treated as a possi?
>        ble  login name.  If this login name is the null string,
>        the tilde is replaced with the value of the shell param?
>        eter  HOME.  If HOME is unset, the home directory of the
>        user executing the shell is substituted instead.  Other?
>        wise,  the tilde-prefix is replaced with the home direc?
>        tory associated with the specified login name.
> 
>        If the tilde-prefix is a `~+', the value  of  the  shell
>        variable  PWD  replaces the tilde-prefix.  If the tilde-
>        prefix is a `~-', the value of the shell  variable  OLD?
>        PWD,  if  it  is set, is substituted.  If the characters
>        following the tilde in the  tilde-prefix  consist  of  a
>        number  N,  optionally  prefixed  by a `+' or a `-', the
>        tilde-prefix is replaced with the corresponding  element
>        from  the  directory  stack, as it would be displayed by
>        the dirs builtin invoked with  the  tilde-prefix  as  an
>        argument.   If the characters following the tilde in the
>        tilde-prefix consist of a number without a  leading  `+'
>        or `-', `+' is assumed.
> 
>        If  the  login  name  is invalid, or the tilde expansion
>        fails, the word is unchanged.
> 
>        Each variable assignment is checked for unquoted  tilde-
>        prefixes  immediately  following a : or the first =.  In
>        these cases, tilde expansion is also performed.   Conse?
>        quently,  one  may  use filenames with tildes in assign?
>        ments to PATH,  MAILPATH,  and  CDPATH,  and  the  shell
>        assigns the expanded value.
> 

But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure YOU would know what
folder to go to when Apple pointed to:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
    -----
    Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
    -----

If I am wrong please let me know. :)

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#333638

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 01:06 +0000
Message-ID<fhgbvnd803rap.e@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333630
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/15, 5:01 PM, in article
> 564d114b$0$8224$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com, "vallor"
> <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:37:17 +0000, owl wrote:
>> 
>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 11/18/15, 2:26 PM, in article fhenfaua30.ae@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/18/15, 2:10 PM, in article nvjug83.ar3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The one Apple uses here:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>>>>>>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>>>>>     -----
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In other words: the user's home folder.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If the tilde refers to "the user's home folder", can you explain the
>>>>>>> following without referring to the manpage?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~       # OK, that's my home directory
>>>>>>> /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anon   # why is this not
>>>>>>> /home/anonanon? /home/anon anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anona  # why is
>>>>>>> this not /home/anonanona? ~anona anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~root   # why
>>>>>>> is this not /home/anonroot? /root anon@lowtide:~$
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You changed your defaults. So?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> What are you talking about?  I didn't change anything.  Read the
>>>>> manpage for bash like I told you.
>>>>> 
>>>> Comes down to when I see what Apple shows in their tech doc:
>>>> 
>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>     -----
>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Applicatio
>>>>     Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>     -----
>>>> 
>>>> Unlike you, without using any manpage or anything else I know they mean
>>>> a folder in the user's home folder.
>>>> 
>>>> Now you can also name files with a tilde in them. Looks like you may
>>>> have done that. Whatever. Not really interested right now in edge cases
>>>> and puzzles... though I admit at times those can be fun. :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> You are an idiot.  The explanation for what is happening is right there
>>> in the bash manpage, under the "Tilde Expansion" heading.  I posted this
>>> already about six or eight levels above in this thread, but even with it
>>> staring you right in the face you resist understanding.
>>> Congratulations. It takes a championship caliber narcissistic stupidity
>>> to cling to a mistaken position with such intensity.
>> 
>> ffs, just quote the thing.
>> 
>> EXPANSION
>> [...]
>>    Tilde Expansion
>>        If a word begins with an unquoted tilde character (`~'),
>>        all of the characters preceding the first unquoted slash
>>        (or  all  characters, if there is no unquoted slash) are
>>        considered a tilde-prefix.  If none of the characters in
>>        the  tilde-prefix  are  quoted,  the  characters  in the
>>        tilde-prefix following the tilde are treated as a possi?
>>        ble  login name.  If this login name is the null string,
>>        the tilde is replaced with the value of the shell param?
>>        eter  HOME.  If HOME is unset, the home directory of the
>>        user executing the shell is substituted instead.  Other?
>>        wise,  the tilde-prefix is replaced with the home direc?
>>        tory associated with the specified login name.
>> 
>>        If the tilde-prefix is a `~+', the value  of  the  shell
>>        variable  PWD  replaces the tilde-prefix.  If the tilde-
>>        prefix is a `~-', the value of the shell  variable  OLD?
>>        PWD,  if  it  is set, is substituted.  If the characters
>>        following the tilde in the  tilde-prefix  consist  of  a
>>        number  N,  optionally  prefixed  by a `+' or a `-', the
>>        tilde-prefix is replaced with the corresponding  element
>>        from  the  directory  stack, as it would be displayed by
>>        the dirs builtin invoked with  the  tilde-prefix  as  an
>>        argument.   If the characters following the tilde in the
>>        tilde-prefix consist of a number without a  leading  `+'
>>        or `-', `+' is assumed.
>> 
>>        If  the  login  name  is invalid, or the tilde expansion
>>        fails, the word is unchanged.
>> 
>>        Each variable assignment is checked for unquoted  tilde-
>>        prefixes  immediately  following a : or the first =.  In
>>        these cases, tilde expansion is also performed.   Conse?
>>        quently,  one  may  use filenames with tildes in assign?
>>        ments to PATH,  MAILPATH,  and  CDPATH,  and  the  shell
>>        assigns the expanded value.
>> 
> 
> But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure

That's your problem right there.  Look at it, you moron.

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#333640

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 18:18 -0700
Message-ID<D2727168.649C3%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333638
On 11/18/15, 6:06 PM, in article fhgbvnd803rap.e@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

>> But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure YOU would know what
>> folder to go to when Apple pointed to:
>> 
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>     -----
>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>     -----
>> 
>> If I am wrong please let me know. :)
> 
> That's your problem right there.  Look at it, you moron.

So you would need to look at the manpage to figure out where Apple is
pointing to. OK.

I would not.

Not sure why you have a need to go around and around and around about this.


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#333641

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 01:27 +0000
Message-ID<fbvncue83.jgif@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333640
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/15, 6:06 PM, in article fhgbvnd803rap.e@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>> But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure YOU would know what
>>> folder to go to when Apple pointed to:
>>> 
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>     -----
>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>     -----
>>> 
>>> If I am wrong please let me know. :)
>> 
>> That's your problem right there.  Look at it, you moron.
> 
> So you would need to look at the manpage to figure out where Apple is
> pointing to. OK.
> 
> I would not.
> 
> Not sure why you have a need to go around and around and around about this.
> 
> 

So it suits you to use an isolated example -- which illustrates *one*
possible meaning -- as an explanation for the general case that you put
forward at the start of the thread.  Fine.  Continue to live in ignorance.

Just for fun, run this and tell me what it shows:

$ ls "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"

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#333649

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 19:19 -0700
Message-ID<D2727FC8.649D6%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333641
On 11/18/15, 6:27 PM, in article fbvncue83.jgif@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/15, 6:06 PM, in article fhgbvnd803rap.e@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>>> But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure YOU would know what
>>>> folder to go to when Apple pointed to:
>>>> 
>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>     -----
>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>     -----
>>>> 
>>>> If I am wrong please let me know. :)
>>> 
>>> That's your problem right there.  Look at it, you moron.
>> 
>> So you would need to look at the manpage to figure out where Apple is
>> pointing to. OK.
>> 
>> I would not.
>> 
>> Not sure why you have a need to go around and around and around about this.
> 
> So it suits you to use an isolated example

As long as it is a common and representative usage, sure! Now it does not
mean people cannot have a file or folder named "Fred~Wilma" or "~Bob" or
even "~~~~~~~", and of course I would take that into consideration based on
the context. 

But clearly the idea the tilde means "the hard drive only" is absurd - it
generally means the user's home folder.

...
> Just for fun, run this and tell me what it shows:
> 
> $ ls "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"

You would not want the tilde in quotes. Try this instead:

ls ~/"Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"

But no desire to get into an extended side issue on this.



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#333654

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 03:15 +0000
Message-ID<fhgnvmc93.a0@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333649
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/15, 6:27 PM, in article fbvncue83.jgif@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/18/15, 6:06 PM, in article fhgbvnd803rap.e@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> But, seriously, without even looking at that I am sure YOU would know what
>>>>> folder to go to when Apple pointed to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>>     -----
>>>>>     Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>>     -----
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I am wrong please let me know. :)
>>>> 
>>>> That's your problem right there.  Look at it, you moron.
>>> 
>>> So you would need to look at the manpage to figure out where Apple is
>>> pointing to. OK.
>>> 
>>> I would not.
>>> 
>>> Not sure why you have a need to go around and around and around about this.
>> 
>> So it suits you to use an isolated example
> 
> As long as it is a common and representative usage, sure! Now it does not
> mean people cannot have a file or folder named "Fred~Wilma" or "~Bob" or
> even "~~~~~~~", and of course I would take that into consideration based on
> the context. 
> 
> But clearly the idea the tilde means "the hard drive only" is absurd - it
> generally means the user's home folder.
> 
> ...
>> Just for fun, run this and tell me what it shows:
>> 
>> $ ls "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
> 
> You would not want the tilde in quotes. Try this instead:
> 

That's correct, but how did you come by that knowledge?  After all,
most path names can be quoted without causing problems.

anon@lowtide:~$ cd /usr/bin
anon@lowtide:/usr/bin$ cd
anon@lowtide:~$ cd "/usr/bin"
anon@lowtide:/usr/bin$ cd
anon@lowtide:~$ 


> ls ~/"Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
> 
> But no desire to get into an extended side issue on this.
> 
 
It is not a "side issue" when it comes to the tilde.  Nothing prevents 
you from having a directory "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
anywhere in your tree.
 

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#333655

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 20:32 -0700
Message-ID<D27290DC.649F5%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333654
On 11/18/15, 8:15 PM, in article fhgnvmc93.a0@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

... 
>> But clearly the idea the tilde means "the hard drive only" is absurd - it
>> generally means the user's home folder.
>> 
>> ...
>>> Just for fun, run this and tell me what it shows:
>>> 
>>> $ ls "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
>> 
>> You would not want the tilde in quotes. Try this instead:
> 
> That's correct, but how did you come by that knowledge?

Hmmm, don't know. Have known it for years. I will admit I tried yours first,
then had my "do'h" moment and did it the other way. I do not use the command
line much... used to back in the 1990s.

>> ls ~/"Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
>> 
>> But no desire to get into an extended side issue on this.
>> 
>  
> It is not a "side issue" when it comes to the tilde.  Nothing prevents
> you from having a directory "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
> anywhere in your tree.

Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
     -----
     Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
     -----

That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning is
clearly the user's home folder.



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#333657

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 04:07 +0000
Message-ID<fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333655
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/15, 8:15 PM, in article fhgnvmc93.a0@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
> ... 
>>> But clearly the idea the tilde means "the hard drive only" is absurd - it
>>> generally means the user's home folder.
>>> 
>>> ...
>>>> Just for fun, run this and tell me what it shows:
>>>> 
>>>> $ ls "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
>>> 
>>> You would not want the tilde in quotes. Try this instead:
>> 
>> That's correct, but how did you come by that knowledge?
> 
> Hmmm, don't know. Have known it for years.

And yet when asked to explain how you know, without reading a manpage,
that the following are equivalent:

cd "/usr/bin"
cd /usr/bin

but the following are not equivalent:

cd "~/foo"
cd ~/foo

your response was "Never said if I do or do not know that".

And when asked:
If the tilde refers to "the user's home folder", can you explain the following
without referring to the manpage?

anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~       # OK, that's my home directory
/home/anon
anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anon   # why is this not /home/anonanon?
/home/anon
anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anona  # why is this not /home/anonanona?
~anona
anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~root   # why is this not /home/anonroot?
/root
anon@lowtide:~$

your response was to accuse me of "changing my defaults."

Is that something else you have "known for years"?


> I will admit I tried yours first,
> then had my "do'h" moment and did it the other way. I do not use the command
> line much... used to back in the 1990s.
> 

And yet you are above using a manpage that could prevent
a catastrophic mistake.


>>> ls ~/"Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
>>> 
>>> But no desire to get into an extended side issue on this.
>>> 
>>  
>> It is not a "side issue" when it comes to the tilde.  Nothing prevents
>> you from having a directory "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
>> anywhere in your tree.
> 
> Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
> understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:
> 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>      -----
>      Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>      -----
> 
> That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning is
> clearly the user's home folder.
> 

The meaning is context-dependent as described in the manpage.  Quotes,
existing users, path position, etc., all determine what the tilde "means".

 

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#333658

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-18 21:31 -0700
Message-ID<D2729EA9.64A00%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333657
On 11/18/15, 9:07 PM, in article fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

... 
>> Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
>> understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:
>> 
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>      -----
>>      Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>      -----
>> 
>> That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning is
>> clearly the user's home folder.
> 
> The meaning is context-dependent as described in the manpage.  Quotes,
> existing users, path position, etc., all determine what the tilde "means".

In the context I show above the meaning is crystal clear. As I have told
you: I am not really interested in your side issues and am barely
skimming... so, yeah, I messed stuff I should not have. Whatever.


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#333659

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 07:43 +0000
Message-ID<fheja0.3aw@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333658
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/15, 9:07 PM, in article fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
> ... 
>>> Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
>>> understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:
>>> 
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>      -----
>>>      Find device backups in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>      -----
>>> 
>>> That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning is
>>> clearly the user's home folder.
>> 
>> The meaning is context-dependent as described in the manpage.  Quotes,
>> existing users, path position, etc., all determine what the tilde "means".
> 
> In the context I show above the meaning is crystal clear.

So what?  That's not the only possible context.  You made sweeping statements
about the meaning of the tilde.  You are wrong (and clueless).  RTFM.

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#333692

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-19 08:31 -0700
Message-ID<D2733967.64A9B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333659
On 11/19/15, 12:43 AM, in article fheja0.3aw@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/15, 9:07 PM, in article fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> ... 
>>>> Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
>>>> understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:
>>>> 
>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>      -----
>>>>      Find device backups in ~/Library/Application
>>>> Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>      -----
>>>> 
>>>> That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning
>>>> is clearly the user's home folder.
>>>> 
>>> The meaning is context-dependent as described in the manpage.  Quotes,
>>> existing users, path position, etc., all determine what the tilde "means".
>>> 
>> In the context I show above the meaning is crystal clear.
> 
> So what? 

So I know what it means in the common context without having to run to a
manpage, and I know it does not mean the hard drive only. Which was the
question.

> That's not the only possible context.

Can you show another context from, say, an Apple tech article. How about
Linux one? One other than how to deal with confusion about the tilde, but
just an article that happens to use it?

> You made sweeping statements about the meaning of the tilde.  You are wrong
> (and clueless).  RTFM.

I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
ignoring. Yup. So?



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#333729

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 19:12 +0000
Message-ID<afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333692
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/15, 12:43 AM, in article fheja0.3aw@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/18/15, 9:07 PM, in article fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ... 
>>>>> Well, I can name a folder "~" if I wanted... but that does not stop me from
>>>>> understanding the common usage and what Apple means here:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204215>
>>>>>      -----
>>>>>      Find device backups in ~/Library/Application
>>>>> Support/MobileSync/Backup/
>>>>>      -----
>>>>> 
>>>>> That is the common use of the tilde in a path statement - and the meaning
>>>>> is clearly the user's home folder.
>>>>> 
>>>> The meaning is context-dependent as described in the manpage.  Quotes,
>>>> existing users, path position, etc., all determine what the tilde "means".
>>>> 
>>> In the context I show above the meaning is crystal clear.
>> 
>> So what? 
> 
> So I know what it means in the common context without having to run to a
> manpage, and I know it does not mean the hard drive only. Which was the
> question.
> 

No, you don't run to a manpage (the proper place).  You run to a "tech
article."

>> That's not the only possible context.
> 
> Can you show another context from, say, an Apple tech article. How about
> Linux one? One other than how to deal with confusion about the tilde, but
> just an article that happens to use it?
> 

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_userdir.html
anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~anon
/home/anon
anon@lowtide:~$ echo ~snit
/dungeon/snit
anon@lowtide:~$ tree --charset=ascii ~anon/public_html
/home/anon/public_html
`-- blah.html

0 directories, 1 file
anon@lowtide:~$ tree --charset=ascii ~snit/public_html
/dungeon/snit/public_html
`-- torture.html

0 directories, 1 file
anon@lowtide:~$ curl http://localhost/~anon/blah.html
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
blah
</body>
</html>

anon@lowtide:~$ curl http://localhost/~snit/torture.html
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<b> ouch! </b>
</body>
</html>

anon@lowtide:~$ 
>> You made sweeping statements about the meaning of the tilde.  You are wrong
>> (and clueless).  RTFM.
> 
> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
> ignoring. Yup. So?
> 

Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?
 
 

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#333765

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-19 16:06 -0700
Message-ID<D273A404.64B6E%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333729
On 11/19/15, 12:12 PM, in article afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

...
>> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
>> ignoring. Yup. So?
>> 
> 
> Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?

Your side issues, of course.


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#333767

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 23:12 +0000
Message-ID<3fhua03.ar@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333765
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/15, 12:12 PM, in article afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
> ...
>>> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
>>> ignoring. Yup. So?
>>> 
>> 
>> Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?
> 
> Your side issues, of course.
> 

Why snip the example I provided at your request without comment?
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_userdir.html

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#333769

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2015-11-19 16:19 -0700
Message-ID<D273A705.64B7C%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#333767
On 11/19/15, 4:12 PM, in article 3fhua03.ar@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 11/19/15, 12:12 PM, in article afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> ...
>>>> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
>>>> ignoring. Yup. So?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?
>> 
>> Your side issues, of course.
> 
> Why snip the example I provided at your request without comment?
> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_userdir.html

Why am I snipping your side issues... um, because I am not interested in
your side issues. As I said.

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6252471/what-is-the-use-of-tilde-in-url>

The tilde in the URL on apache means someone's home directory.

And people asking how to remove it:

<http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Active_Directory/Q
_27258514.html> OR <http://goo.gl/qXejQT>

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#333777

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2015-11-19 23:53 +0000
Message-ID<sfhgncjv83.oae@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#333769
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/15, 4:12 PM, in article 3fhua03.ar@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/19/15, 12:12 PM, in article afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ...
>>>>> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
>>>>> ignoring. Yup. So?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?
>>> 
>>> Your side issues, of course.
>> 
>> Why snip the example I provided at your request without comment?
>> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_userdir.html
> 
> Why am I snipping your side issues... um, because I am not interested in
> your side issues. As I said.
> 
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6252471/what-is-the-use-of-tilde-in-url>
> 
> The tilde in the URL on apache means someone's home directory.
> 

No, in this context it is the tilde IN COMBINATION WITH THE USERNAME that
means someone's home directory.

> And people asking how to remove it:
> 

So?

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#333779

FromSteve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-19 16:04 -0800
Message-ID<403d678b-0ef1-4c5f-82bb-d9c3a65f9fc6@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#333777
On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 4:53:04 PM UTC-7, owl wrote:
> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> > On 11/19/15, 4:12 PM, in article 3fhua03.ar@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> > <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> > 
> >> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> >>> On 11/19/15, 12:12 PM, in article afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> >>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> ...
> >>>>> I made an admitted error when you showed your side issue I was basically
> >>>>> ignoring. Yup. So?
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Why do you keep calling it a "side issue"?
> >>> 
> >>> Your side issues, of course.
> >> 
> >> Why snip the example I provided at your request without comment?
> >> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_userdir.html
> > 
> > Why am I snipping your side issues... um, because I am not interested in
> > your side issues. As I said.
> > 
> > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6252471/what-is-the-use-of-tilde-in-url>
> > 
> > The tilde in the URL on apache means someone's home directory.
> > 
> 
> No, in this context it is the tilde IN COMBINATION WITH THE USERNAME that
> means someone's home directory.
> 
> > And people asking how to remove it:
> > 
> 
> So?

So he also didn't read any of the comments on the page he linked to... not that he would have understood any of them ;)

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