"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
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> With Linux the directory structure doesn't seem to be stable! Things seem
> to be under several branches or something all at once. One time a folder
> will be under one place, another it will be under another place. Also, as
> / (root) seems to shift from one place to another, I never know where I am
> in relation to the tree.
put \w somewhere in your prompt, this shows full directory names.
If you don't know how to do it:
su
mcedit /etc/profile
search for PS1
add \w somewhere to the end, eg before the $
example: PS1="[\h] \w\\$ "
save
Next time you log in it will work.
If you want to try it immediatly, execute from commandline:
export PS1="[\h] \w\\$ "
There is a confusing thing in here: When you're in your homedirectory
no path will be shown. (/root for root or /home/username for users)
> Then there are a million possible ways to do one thing, making it hard to
> remember how I did it the first time. Many of my Linux breakthroughs have
> been the "bash on keyboard screaming till something different happens" type
> and heaven only knows which key or combination of keys did the trick.
look at .bash_history in your homedirectory, it records commands
executed.
> Then, of course, whether or not any given application recommended to me is
> installed is purely chance!
> Document what I've done?? What, you mean pick up a pencil and force
> cramping fingers to form letters on paper more than one sentence
> long??? What, are you nuts? hehehe. Guess I could get out the laptop and
You do have the Linux spirit :) look at ~/.bash_history
> type it all in but what a nuisance. I suppose I'm the programmer type if
> I'd ever had been given the training... I hate documenting and taking
> notes, really, almost as much as I hate re-reading them. I'm canadian, I
> want everything and I want it yesterday! :-)
> But seriously, once I get that stupid MCP exam over with I'll dive back
> into linux again. i've a friend who's gotten caldera installed and is
> actually deciphering it so i can get direct demonstration. That's what I
> really need to learn, I have to see it done, not merely be told in print.
If you want I can give you a shell account on my machine, but it's
only online for a few hours each day (+- mon-fri 11am-5pm Dutch Time) so
it might be out of your timezone.
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Casper Gielen
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