# Is there a way to make julia aware of ~ as the home directory on linux

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** filesystem\
**Created:** [March 5, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-julia-aware-of-as-the-home-directory-on-linux/56550 "2021-03-05T13:00:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-julia-aware-of-as-the-home-directory-on-linux/56550/7 "2021-03-05T13:50:51Z")

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Ah, true.

But that means it won’t necessarily work on other operating systems. Good to keep in mind.

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