Okay, apologies in advance, but something I _just dont get_ is the PATH variable. (I'm a born and raised Macintosh user so please bear with me) I bought a SAMS Teach Yourself book on Unix, but it says nothing about WHY this PATH thing is even necessary. (Under MacOS... if I invoke the 'FIND' command it just looks everywhere all the time)
I just want to execute a command, or find a file, something 'simple' For example, I tried running commands the SuSE 7.3 (for PPC) manual tells me to use for configuring stuff like my PCMCIA network card and all I get back is - command not found. But it HAS to be there, somewhere. Doesn't work as regular user or as root. Why is it not the default that the system can look *everywhere*? Or more to the point, why would my followed-the-rules install of SuSE Linux 7.3 not be already configured to allow me to do the very things the printed manual says should work? Almost every time I try something on my own I burn up time and a new set of spinning wheels without getting anywhere. :0) As the months fly by, MacOS X improves; there's now this Fink project http://fink.sourceforge.net and I'm left feeling that all the money I've put into distro software and books has been for nothing... Maybe I just need a more basic intro book? Maybe I should just learn OS X and go away!? :0) TIA, I appreciate the willingness of experts on this mailing list to stoop to my level! --Michael -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Michael L. Bovee, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow University of Vermont Department of Biochemistry B403 Given Building Burlington, VT 05405-0068 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biochem.uvm.edu Lab 802-656-0345 FAX 802-862-8229 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
