Thanks to all, Ya'll are great. All is fixed and I understand what I did wrong.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2016, at 8:54 PM, Steve Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > . . > > Senders Card > STEVE HADDOCK > @ MBARI > MBARI | 7700 Sandholdt Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA > @MBARI_News | 11K followers | 10K tweets - 2 hours ago > RT @Oceanwire : 5 Strange Fish Species of the #Amazon nsm.me/1T5rTSq > pic.twitter.com/gA78mvhrod > Tyler is using Senders. View / edit your own Card > .
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