I think I asked that question before (which directory things should be going into). It must have slipped past. For a while I was unsure between Home and Root. Prior to yesterday, I removed individual files from Home and left their counterparts in Root.
All the other remove commands worked fine from Desktop. Guess I ought to go over them again from Root. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:03:11 -0400, Jim Saklad wrote: >> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .xinitrc .cshrc >> rm: .xinitrc: No such file or directory >> rm: .cshrc: No such file or directory >> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .xinitrc >> rm: .xinitrc: No such file or directory >> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% rm .cshrc >> rm: .cshrc: No such file or directory >> >> Should I be worried, or is this cause for Ah-Ha's!? > > The key is here: >> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% > > What these return messages are telling you is that these files are > not present ON YOUR DESKTOP. > > Now, why your shell is AT the desktop level is another question, but > those files *should* be at ~ > > If you can easily get to a prompt that says: >> [blueDog:~] greghyde% > THEN try those commands again. > > If for some reason you find yourself at >> [blueDog:~/Desktop] greghyde% > again, try typing "CD .." (without the quotes). That should put you at >> [blueDog:~] greghyde% > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jim Saklad mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Never be afraid to try something new. > Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners