Thanks Ivan. For a novice lesson, it seems using && would be an unnecessary obfuscation? I'd be inclined to either do separate cd then cd Desktop or else cd ~/Desktop if that is supposed to make sense to them at this point.
> On Jun 2, 2016, at 16:35, Ivan Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yep, it should be added to the "Getting ready" section, similarly to what we > do in the rest of the lessons. I've just filed an issue [1]. > > In the meantime, as others said, the best is doing: > > $ cd && cd Desktop > $ mkdir planets > > instead of just: > > $ mkdir planets > > This changes first to the home directory and then to the Desktop, and works > in all OS (in fact, we do this in all lessons, but somehow forgot to add it > here...) > > Best, > > Ivan > > [1] https://github.com/swcarpentry/git-novice/issues/275 > > >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Steve Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: >> What directory were you in when you were trying the mkdir command? (I.e., >> the output of pwd). The fact that ~/planets worked suggests you were >> somewhere you shouldn't be, so maybe a cd step needs to be added to the >> tutorial? >> >> -Steve >> >>> On Jun 2, 2016, at 10:46, Tyler Richards <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm working on the git tutorial, and when I try to create directories using >>> $ mkdir planets >>> but it says 'cannot create directory 'planets': permission denied >>> >>> then I tried >>> $ sudo mkdir planets >>> and the same issue came up. Any idea how to fix? I found a temporary >>> solution using >>> $ mkdir ~/planets >>> but would like to know if anyone knows a more permanent solution. >>> >>> >>> best, >>> >>> -- >>> Tyler Richards >>> [email protected] | Linkedin | Twitter | >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
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