On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 08:18:32 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >JFTR $HOME usually is > >~ > >aka > >/home/your_user_directory That should read: JFTR $HOME is ~ aka, usually /home/your_user_directory since $HOME and ~ should point to the same directory, that not necessarily is in /home or /root.