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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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