Thanks for the explanations. This is what I get when running ls -l /Applications/fink-0.29.19/mirror
>total 440 >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 17981 Oct 16 2007 COPYING >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 18129 Jan 7 2010 ChangeLog >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 979 Dec 24 2003 README >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 1512 Mar 2 2005 README.buildsystem >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 737 Mar 24 2008 README.contacts >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 591 Apr 18 2005 README.versioning >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 339 Nov 18 2003 TODO >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 13 Apr 4 2009 VERSION >-rw-r--r-- 1 claraginther staff 1358 Nov 19 2008 _keys >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 624 Nov 19 2008 _list >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 215 May 6 2006 _urls >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 39 May 15 2006 anonymous-cvs >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 10972 Sep 26 2007 apache >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 329 Feb 25 2009 apt >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 15981 Sep 26 2007 cpan >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 4970 Sep 26 2007 ctan >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 25 May 15 2006 cvs-repository >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 1801 Sep 26 2007 debian >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 39 May 15 2006 developer-cvs >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 606 Jan 12 2007 fink-mirrors.info.in >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 8667 Sep 26 2007 freebsd >-rw-r--r-- 1 claraginther staff 15096 Nov 19 2008 get-mirrors.pl >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 1795 Sep 26 2007 gimp >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 607 Sep 26 2007 gnome >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 3438 Sep 26 2007 gnu >-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 claraginther staff 1951 Jan 7 2010 inject.pl >-rwxr-xr-x 1 claraginther staff 2128 Jan 7 2010 install.sh >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 4314 Sep 26 2007 kde >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 671 Sep 16 2008 master >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 6285 Nov 19 2008 postgresql >-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 claraginther staff 3053 Jan 7 2010 postinstall.pl.in >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 501 Sep 16 2008 rsync >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 1162 Nov 21 2008 sourceforge >-rw-r--r--@ 1 claraginther staff 27 Jan 12 2007 website > > > >On 2/26/11 3:42 PM, "Alexander Hansen" <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>On 2/26/11 8:27 AM, Clara Ginther wrote: >>> I apologize in advance. I am learning by doing and most of the stuff is >>> still incomprehensible to me. I try my best. >>> >>> >>> Downloads folder is on an OSX disc. >>> $ find . -name "*keys*" #no file related to fink >> >>This depends on where you are running the find command from. If you're >>in /Applications/fink-0.29.19/mirror then it should show up. >> >>> ./mirror/_keys #Permission denied >> >>That was an output, not an input. :-) I prefaced inputs with $, to >>match my shell prompt. >> >> That file appears to be present, then, but not executable, which is >>fine. >> >>> $ pwd #/Applications/fink-0.29.19/mirror >>> /tmp/fink-0.29.19 # No such file or directory; fink folder are in >>>/sw >>> and /Applications >> >>Right. That's where _I_ set up my test (as per the output of pwd) >> >>> >> >>Permission denied >> >>Again, this is an output, not an input. >> >>> >>> Hope this makes things any clearer >>> >> >>Actually, no. Let's simplify things. Run >> >>ls -l /Applications/fink-0.29.19/mirror >> >> >>and post back what you get. >> >> >>- -- >>Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. >>Fink User Liaison >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) >>Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >>iEYEARECAAYFAk1pEU8ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8T0wCdFDvqb/laolfqjlDzKZxbPZT5 >>29UAnjyM9OZ3RFeywzANKEr8oL0dgZ1J >>=stgp >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
