On Wednesday 04 July 2007 21:07, Doug Pollard wrote:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > The command is:
> >
> >    ls $HOME/.bcast/cinelerra_rc
> >
> > (note the "ls" at the beginning, which means "list"). The command to
> > remove is
> >
> >    rm $HOME/.bcast/cinelerra_rc
> >
> > Of course, you can achieve the same using some file manipulation GUI,
> > like konqueror. But those usually hide the directories (and files) that
> > begin with a dot '.', so you must type the directory name (.bcast) into
> > some address bar to force the tool to list the contents.
> Didn't know if I needed to be root to do this or not. Here is what I got
> in return.

Don't be root!

> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls $home/.bcast/cinelerra_rc
> ls: /.bcast/cinelerra_rc: No such file or directory

Oops, it's Cinelerra_rc (capital 'C'). And $HOME, not $home. (Linux command 
line does what you tell it to do, and doesn't try to be too clever - 
uppercase and lowercase matters!)

But try it with your file manager first.

-- Hannes

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