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Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015.

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015.
Date 2015-11-19 19:12 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <afhn8.aefp@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
References (7 earlier) <D27290DC.649F5%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <fhgnv30.paf@rooftop.invalid> <D2729EA9.64A00%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <fheja0.3aw@rooftop.invalid> <D2733967.64A9B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>

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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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  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
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        Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-17 18:37 -0500
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            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
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                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
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                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 19:18 +0000
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                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 19:41 +0000
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                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-18 21:10 +0000
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                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
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                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
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                Re: Statistics on 15.11.2015. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-11-19 01:27 +0000
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                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
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                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
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