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@@ -301,6 +301,29 @@
301 variable becoming the current date. 301 variable becoming the current date.
302 </para> 302 </para>
303 </section> 303 </section>
304
305 <section id='providing-pathnames'>
306 <title>Providing Pathnames</title>
307
308 <para>
309 When specifying pathnames for use with BitBake,
310 do not use the tilde ("~") character as a shortcut
311 for your home directory.
312 Doing so might cause BitBake to not recognize the
313 path since BitBake does not expand this character in
314 the same way a shell would.
315 </para>
316
317 <para>
318 Instead, provide a fuller path as the following
319 example illustrates:
320 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
321 BBLAYERS ?= " \
322 /home/scott-lenovo/LayerA \
323 "
324 </literallayout>
325 </para>
326 </section>
304 </section> 327 </section>
305 328
306 <section id='conditional-syntax-overrides'> 329 <section id='conditional-syntax-overrides'>