mirrors.yaml: does not expand ~ (#7631)

Use `$HOME` for cli commands in `mirrors.yaml` and add
"username" example strings in the file itself.
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Axel Huebl 2018-03-28 21:30:18 +02:00 committed by Adam J. Stewart
parent fa7e92fa0a
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@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ a directory, you can use a file URL like this one:
.. code-block:: none
file://~/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
file://$HOME/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
That points to the directory on the local filesystem. If it were on a
web server, you could use a URL like this one:
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ You can tell your Spack installation to use that mirror like this:
.. code-block:: console
$ spack mirror add local_filesystem file://~/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
$ spack mirror add local_filesystem file://$HOME/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
Each mirror has a name so that you can refer to it again later.
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ To see all the mirrors Spack knows about, run ``spack mirror list``:
.. code-block:: console
$ spack mirror list
local_filesystem file://~/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
local_filesystem file:///home/username/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
.. _cmd-spack-mirror-remove:
@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Adding a mirror really adds a line in ``~/.spack/mirrors.yaml``:
.. code-block:: yaml
mirrors:
local_filesystem: file://~/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
local_filesystem: file:///home/username/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
remote_server: https://example.com/some/web-hosted/directory/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
If you want to change the order in which mirrors are searched for