Problems kicking off shell script through Telnet step

[bwilder]

If I execute my test.sh script manually, a new directory named my_test is created in ~/bin (as expected). If I execute "echo test > ~/bin/xyz.txt" manually, a new file with the word "test" is created in ~/bin/xyz.txt (also as expected).

If I execute my test.sh script via the telnet step in Visual Build, VB reports the script completed successfully, but there is no directory on the host. If I run "echo test > ~/bin/xyz.txt" vi the telnet step in VB, again the app tells me the step completed successfully, but there is no ~/bin/xyz.txt on the host.