I took "~" to mean the root directory. Is that a Unix thing? My bad... Thanks for clearing that up and educating me. -DC On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 06:22 PM, Macintosh Digital Video List wrote: > > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 19:40:36 -0600 > Subject: [MacDV] Re: Sound Effects cont'd > From: Steven Rogers <srogers1 at austin.rr.com> > Message-Id: <7E525EDA-3718-11D7-ADB1-00039373464C at austin.rr.com> > > > On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 07:24 PM, David wrote: > >> This one doesn't work for me: >> >> ~/Library/iMovie/Sound Effects/Animals >> >> This one DOES work: >> ~/Users/username/Library/iMovie/Sound Effects/Animals > > There appears to be some communication confusion > > The little "twiddle" character is the 'username' directory, not the > root of the file system. > > ~/Library is the same as /Users/username/Library > > SR