Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sunday 10 September 2006 22:28, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:21:13 -0400 >> >> alan zl3kr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Well I managed to stuff that up, Robert I used that to try and point at >>> the device and of course I now have that on the desktop and cannot seem >>> to delete it off there. >>> I now have it there using the url pointer to set it up thanks. >>> Can you or Chris tell me how to get rid of the wonky one?? >>> when I right click on it it will not bring up delete, so guess there >>> is(or hope there is) another way to delete it off the desktop. >>> >>> thanks Alan >>> >> in your trusty console window: >> >> cd ~/Desktop (change directory to the Desktop) >> ls (list whats there) >> rm whatever (remove (ie delete) the offending file) >> > Remember that 'whatever' is both the label of the icon, and the name of the > file. Remember that if the label has spaces in its name then you have to > surround the file name with quotes. > > e.g. rm "The Windows to Linux Letterbox" > > The file may end with .desktop, if so, put that inside the quotes. > > Thanks Chris it would not accept the cd -/ so tried cd double space Desktop and changed to the Desktop directory and object now removed from the desktop. much appreciated Chris
Alan
