On Monday 28 Mar 2005 15:29, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> >On Monday 28 Mar 2005 14:47, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> >>>Hello Frank
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for that vote of confidence!
> >>>No joy with df ...
> >>>
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt
> >>>bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file or directory
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ su
> >>>Password:
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# df /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt
> >>>df: `/home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt': No such file or directory
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# exit
> >>>
> >>>Tried to do the attachments as requested.  The only /etc/udev/udev is
> >>>the .conf.  I can't attach the /etc/udev/permission.d and can't see a
> >>>/etc/udev/udev/permission
> >>>
> >>>The files don't all match your requests.  I've included old lilo
> >>>seeing as it is there.  The rules is /etc/udev/rules.d
> >>>
> >>>Hope this makes sense.
> >>>
> >>>Rosemary
> >>
> >>You missed the most important part Rosemary: Compare to two commands
> >> below:
> >>
> >>$ df    /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt          [ Your closet command to
> >>my request ]
> >>
> >>$ df    >    /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt      [ The correct command ~
> >>notice the greater than symbol ]
> >>
> >>This is how [ whenever it is possible to do so ] we put the output of a
> >>command ( in this case $ df ) to a text file instead
> >>of printing it directly to the screen. This makes/overwrites a text file
> >>at the location ( path ) you choose.
> >>
> >>An extension of this is to use two greater than symbols " >> " and this
> >>will add to the text file rather than overwrite it.
> >>
> >>Hope this becomes a useful tool for you to use.
> >
> >In fact I had tried it both ways, and have tried again.
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ df > /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ df >  /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt
> >
> >On the first ocassion, some while ago, I got syntax error when I put the
> >greater than sign in.
> >
> >Rosemary
>
> Well, I just tried it by highlighting and copy then pasting it into
> konsole just as you have reported it back here and on my desktop I now have
> the df.txt file ( changed rosemary to frank of course.
>
> Something else to fix because this is a great tool for sharing your
> problems AND for making text files of your files before you make
> alterations.
>
> In a previous post you sent me the output of df so I have that info at
> least and is why I have asked for the fdisk stuff.
>
> Try cd~ing to the Desktop and see if all the directories exist as to
> /home/rosemary/Desktop/
>
> It may well be that there is something different here.
>
> *Er.... if either of the commands simply returned you directly to the
> prompt without doing anything then check your Desktop....
> the file ( df.txt ) may actually be there.......*

Yes - it is there.  I had looked but missed it - partly because it is so 
small, and also because I have a beautiful photo of Abel Tasman Park set as 
wallpaper, and it was lost in that.  Apologies ...

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