Re: [orca-list] making directories

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com>]

The tilde (~) is shorthand for you home directory. so mkdir ~/mail would 
create a directory named mail in your home directory.

Tom


On Thu, 20 May 2021, Glenn K0LNY wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> On the page:
> https://www.bowaggoner.com/bomail/getmail.html
> it gives instructions about setting up GetMail.
> The instructions refer to making some folders, like a mail folder as
> mkdir ~/mail
> So what I don't understand, is that supposed to be in the home directory, or in the root directory, as I made 
> a folder in both the root /.getmail and
> /home/ubuntu-mate/.getmail
> because I wasn't sure what was meant by ~/
> Thanks for any assistance.
>  
> Glenn
>