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Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?

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Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?

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Post by kasra » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 7:25 PM UTC

Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?
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Re: Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?

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Post by bitwize » Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 11:58 PM UTC

Because the ADM 3A terminal had HOME on its tilde key for some reason.

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