# swift path

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-path/281>\
**Category:** Compiler\
**Created:** [December 7, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-path/281 "2015-12-07T19:51:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pierre90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@Pierre90](https://forums.swift.org/u/Pierre90)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-path/281/1 "2015-12-07T19:51:40Z")

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Where I find ~/.bashrc file?

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**Author:** ![Alexandros\_Salazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Alexandros\_Salazar](https://forums.swift.org/u/Alexandros_Salazar)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-path/281/2 "2015-12-07T19:55:40Z")

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The ~/.bashrc file is a hidden file in your home directory. In Linux/\*nix  
land, ~ always points to your local repository; for instance, on a Mac, ~  
will typically point to /Users/YOUR\_USERNAME, and ~/.bashrc would be  
/Users/YOUR\_USERNAME/.bashrc

This link has a thorough, if concise, overview of Linux file system basics:

> **[Linux Filesystem Navigation Basics](https://linuxconfig.org/filesystem-basics)**
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> ... Read more

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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Piero Sabino via swift-dev \< swift-dev@swift.org\> wrote:
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> > Where I find ~/.bashrc file?
> > 
> > \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
> > swift-dev mailing list  
> > swift-dev@swift.org  
> > [https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev](https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev)

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**Author:** ![Alexandros\_Salazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Alexandros\_Salazar](https://forums.swift.org/u/Alexandros_Salazar)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-path/281/3 "2015-12-07T19:56:26Z")

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Wow, sorry, not local repository; home directory. Don't know what I was  
thinking.

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> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Alexandros Salazar \<nomothetis@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > The ~/.bashrc file is a hidden file in your home directory. In Linux/\*nix  
> > land, ~ always points to your local repository; for instance, on a Mac, ~  
> > will typically point to /Users/YOUR\_USERNAME, and ~/.bashrc would be  
> > /Users/YOUR\_USERNAME/.bashrc
> > 
> > This link has a thorough, if concise, overview of Linux file system basics:
> > 
> > [http://linuxconfig.org/filesystem-basics](http://linuxconfig.org/filesystem-basics)
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Piero Sabino via swift-dev \< \> swift-dev@swift.org\> wrote:
> > 
> > > Where I find ~/.bashrc file?
> > > 
> > > \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
> > > swift-dev mailing list  
> > > swift-dev@swift.org  
> > > [https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev](https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev)