On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:13:12 -0800 (PST) [email protected] dijo: >> I'm not terribly familiar with permissions, but after reading man >> chmod and a couple web sites, I think I have figured how to do what >> I want. > >A good way to test things like this is to create yourself a sandbox, so >that you can find out if what you're planning will screw things up or >not. You could just make yourself a directory like '/tmp/test', copy >or create a handful of files there, and then play around. It's a lot >easier to learn these things with hands-on practice and faster than >waiting around for responses from a mailing list.
A long time ago I learned the benefits of using ls as a test bed, especially before doing something like rm or rmdir, and even more especially when using wildcards. I have learned a lot, and I now understand the basics. However, I decided to wait until the Clinic tomorrow. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
