I think I asked that question before (which directory things should be 
going into). It must have slipped past.  For a while I was unsure 
between Home and Root.  Prior to yesterday, I removed individual files 
from Home and left their counterparts in Root.

All the other remove commands worked fine from Desktop.  Guess I ought 
to go over them again from Root.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:03:11 -0400, Jim Saklad wrote:
>> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .xinitrc .cshrc
>> rm: .xinitrc: No such file or directory
>> rm: .cshrc: No such file or directory
>> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .xinitrc
>> rm: .xinitrc: No such file or directory
>> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .cshrc
>> rm: .cshrc: No such file or directory
>> 
>> Should I be worried, or is this cause for Ah-Ha's!?
> 
> The key is here:
>> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde%
> 
> What these return messages are telling you is that these files are 
> not present ON YOUR DESKTOP.
> 
> Now, why your shell is AT the desktop level is another question, but 
> those files *should* be at ~
> 
> If you can easily get to a prompt that says:
>> [blueDog:~] greghyde%
> THEN try those commands again.
> 
> If for some reason you find yourself at
>> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde%
> again, try typing "CD .." (without the quotes). That should put you at
>> [blueDog:~] greghyde%
> 
> 
> -- 
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  Jim Saklad                                      mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>                  Never be afraid to try something new.
>     Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.


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