At 09:05 -0700 11/14/08, Bruce Johnson wrote: >/var/log is part of the infamous Unix Underbelly parts of OS X. > >This is the standard place for Unix system applications to save their >log files. > >To navigate here in the Finder, select Go> Go to folder and enter /var/ >log in the box (remember /'s mean folder boundaries in Unix speak, / >var/log is the folder log inside the folder var at the very top level >of the system (which is normally hidden from the Finder).)
Actually on my box, 10.3.9, the var directory is /private/var. /private is declared a hidden directory so Finder won't show it even though it doesn't start with a dot. Infamous is clearly the correct phrase. I'm sure the folks working on the bug report have no real idea that Finder doesn't allow you to just select the log file and attach it. If you need access via Finder you can create a symbolic link to the /var, /etc, /tmp, and others and put the links on the root, /, Finder will then let you in because it treats the links the same as it would an alias. ln -s /private/etc /_etc ln -s /private/var /_var for instance. The underline can be pretty much anything but it can't be a dot or a slash. -- --> A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
