]
Of course, if you start your path with /, it's an absolute
path, like /usr/local/bin/foo/command.
That was the key.
*BUT* it went unrecognized until crashed full tilt into another problem.
My subject line SHOULD HAVE BEEN:
" When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ and /"
On Tue 28 Mar 2017 at 13:09:57 -0400, songbird wrote:
> kAt wrote:
> ...
> > I have an example where this might be useful or then I am not
> > understanding the difference.
> >
> > Let's say you have an executable package in the system and let's call it
> > pkgX
> > If you type pkgX in any prompt
kAt wrote:
...
> I have an example where this might be useful or then I am not
> understanding the difference.
>
> Let's say you have an executable package in the system and let's call it
> pkgX
> If you type pkgX in any prompt then /usr/bin/pkgX will be executed
maybe, maybe not (depends upon
On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 21:48:00 (+), kAt wrote:
> PS off-topic rant
> I just updated and a package named busybox came up. Since I didn't know
> what it was I went into the page and its most recent revision of 1/2017
> seemed to be 3 years ahead of the testing/unstable version that we just
>
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:48:00PM +, kAt wrote:
>
> PS off-topic rant
> I just updated and a package named busybox came up. Since I didn't know
> what it was I went into the page and its most recent revision of 1/2017
> seemed to be 3 years ahead of the testing/unstable version that we
On 28/03/17 10:48, kAt wrote:
PS off-topic rant
I just updated and a package named busybox came up. Since I didn't know
what it was I went into the page and its most recent revision of 1/2017
seemed to be 3 years ahead of the testing/unstable version that we just
updated now! And this is very
Richard Owlett:
>
> SEE https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01167.html
>
> Where I said "I was not aware that search engines accepted
> non-alphanumeric strings as legitimate search terms. Previous experience
> had suggested otherwise.
>
> Thank you, this old dog has learned a new
On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 14:51:08 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/27/2017 02:25 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >Not only do you want a web page but you want one with particular
> >characteristics. That's a tall order but we will try. Any particular
> >colours it has to be in?
> >
>
> SEE
On 03/27/2017 02:25 PM, Brian wrote:
Not only do you want a web page but you want one with particular
characteristics. That's a tall order but we will try. Any particular
colours it has to be in?
SEE https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01167.html
Where I said "I was not aware
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:39:41AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/27/2017 09:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> >[give us examples]
>
> Thought I did ;/
I was just paraphrasing your paragraph, which I snipped out ;-)
> >FWIW I studied
On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 06:39:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> *Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
Its hard - but we will try.
> *_Please refer me to a good web page._
Deconstruction: Please do my searching for me.
> I *KNOW* I'm
On 03/27/2017 09:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:26:58AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/27/2017 07:47 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:25:30PM +1100, David wrote:
On 27 March 2017 at 22:39,
On 03/27/2017 08:27 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
Please refer me to a good web page.
I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
A web page will
Richard Owlett:
> On 03/27/2017 07:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
>>
>> Can you explain what your question is?
>
> No, not even after having having had an explanation that alleviated the
> problem.
I think you could have posed your question as simply:
"What do ./ and ~/ mean? What is the
On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 22:27:05 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> > On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > > Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> > > Please refer me to a good web page.
> > > I *KNOW* I'm missing
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:26:58AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/27/2017 07:47 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:25:30PM +1100, David wrote:
> >>On 27 March 2017 at 22:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/27/2017 07:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
Please refer me to a good web page.
I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
Or it will
On 03/27/2017 07:47 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:25:30PM +1100, David wrote:
On 27 March 2017 at 22:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
*Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
*_Please refer me to a good
On 03/27/2017 07:25 AM, David wrote:
On 27 March 2017 at 22:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
*Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
*_Please refer me to a good web page._
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix1.html
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> > Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> > Please refer me to a good web page.
> > I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
> > A web page will either have links to whatever my
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:25:30PM +1100, David wrote:
> On 27 March 2017 at 22:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > *Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
> > *_Please refer me to
On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> Please refer me to a good web page.
> I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
> A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
> Or it will inherently use keywords for which I
On 27 March 2017 at 22:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> *Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
> *_Please refer me to a good web page._
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix1.html
> On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
*Please avoid trying to briefly explain.*
*_Please refer me to a good web page._
I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
Or it will inherently use keywords for which I
./ - the current director, usually used when running a script from it
and it not being in the search path for executables
~/ - the current users home directory
Trying to get through an interview?
Regards,
/peter
On 03/27/2017 01:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Please avoid trying to briefly
Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
Please refer me to a good web page.
I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
Thank you.
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