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Dear Halesh,

   By doing "export CAD_HOME=~cad_try", you are implying (with the "~") that
there is a user on the system named "cad_try".  The system will convert "~"
into "/home", but ONLY if 1) there is a valid entry for user "cad_try" in
the /etc/passwd file, and 2) the home directory for cad_try in the /etc/passwd
file is "/home/cad_try".

   However, 7.1 does not require that the install directory be the home
directory of a user.  So you don't have to change /etc/passwd; just do
"export CAD_HOME=/home/cad_try", and it should work properly.

   The use of "~cad" is historic, but I have been discouraging it,
particularly in version 7.2, which defaults to CAD_HOME=/usr/local/,
a more sensible place for the install directory to be.

					Regards,
					Tim

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