Mac Shell script get home directory

Question

I need to get the home directory in my shell script so my coworkers can run it. What my shell does is really simple, it only copy some directories to another. I've used:

$HOME,
$(whoami)
even this:
ABSPATH=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd),

but when I use the variable like this:

DIR= $ABSPATH/folder/afolder/bfolder/

and run it I receive this:

/Users/theUser/Desktop/FusionTest.command: line 14: /Users/theUser/Desktop/folder/afolder/bfolder: is a directory
Copying to usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory logout
[Process completed]

I'm using the command cp -r to copy all files and directories.

Whay I am missing? or how can I do this??

Answer 1

As the error message implies -r is the incorrect flag for recursive copying. The flag you want is -R (flags are case-sensitive). As for the home directory, $HOME should always work.