..>Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:23:49 +0000 From: walter fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
my.in => -ls -ld /home/walter
sys.out=> -ls not found
myin => mkdir /home/walter/.rhoffice1.1/user/backup/usb
sysout=> cannot create dir. file exists
but the ooffice progm still can not save to the disk. I dont want to be a burden ,,,but noone else is interested it seems , , ,is there any where i
Walter, you are OK asking those questions. One purpose of a LUG is to provide support, including for beginners.
In my original post I said
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:05:32 -0800 (PST)
From: horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] OpenOffice backup path // wa: thanks for you'r help horst
As user 'walter':
a) Try to see where the path breaks.
ls -ld /home/walter (should work)
ls -ld /home/walter/.rhopenoffice1.1
ls -ld /home/walter/.rhopenoffice1.1/user
...etc.
do this until you have confirmed the default path reported by openoffice .
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As others pointed out: (the single 'quotes' below are not to be entered)
'ls' is the command to list your file system (no leading '-')
commands in Unix are often followed by options, then by arguments
under DOS options are often called switches
short options begin with 1 dash '-'
short options can be aggregated, here '-ld'
long options begin with 2 '--' followed immediately by a keyword
option '-l' gives you a long listing
this shows permissions and ownership --if you post the results people
may be able to see what's wrong.
option '-d' prevents 'ls' from listing the content of directories (to
reduce clutter on your screen)
option '-h' (human readible output) is not supported on all distros.
Now, as indicated by
sysout=> cannot create dir. file exists
the path is there, but we don't know about permissions and ownership. If you login as walter and issue touch /home/walter/.rhoffice1.1/user/backup/usb/touch-test and you don't get an error message it proves that you can write to that directory. To see you can read and list it, enter ls -l /home/walter/.rhoffice1.1/user/backup/usb/
If you still have problems with OpenOffice that then indicates that something is wrong with OpOff (configuration?).
- Horst, back in a couple of days.
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