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Don Chedele
7,676 PointsConfused about Console question.
Which of these commands will NOT take you to your home directory, assuming your username is treehouse?
- cd /home/treehouse
- cd $HOME
- cd ~
- cd /home
I choose cd $HOME the first time thinking that was the answer, but it's cd /home.
I even tried cd /home in the console and it works! cd $HOME however doesn't work.
Any explanations?
Here's the link
4 Answers
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 PointsHi Dustin,
The key phrase there is "your home directory". '/home' is where all system user homes are created, but not your home directory. An individual user home is typically /home/username.
Hope that helps!
Nathan W
Nathan Williams
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,851 PointsHi Dustin,
$HOME is a per-user environment variable set in bash which translates to the user's home, which is not the same as the path /home. I'm not sure why cd $HOME wouldn't have worked, assuming you were in a bash shell.
Regards,
Nathan W
Don Chedele
7,676 PointsIt's asking which one wouldn't take you to the home directory though.
I didn't see anything mentioned about cd $HOME
Don Chedele
7,676 PointsOk, I see what I was doing wrong.
I had it like treehouse ~/documents $ HOME,
when it should of been treehouse ~/documents $ cd $HOME.