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Not just Apache, but POSIX shell syntax! It's called Tilde Expansion[0], so in your dash, bash, whatever, ~USER expands to the home directory of USER. This is the general form of standard "bare tilde" syntax as a stand-in for $HOME.

[0]:https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V...




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