Good afternoon Mi Jul 10 15:46:14 2013 Thank You for help.
> | > Please configure your mail reader to indent the quoted material. > | * > | How can I do this? > > That depends on your mailer. But you seem to have done it for this message. * The problem was I deleted to much >>>>> so it is better to read. I am sorry. > Have you changed something? Your email is easier to read than it used to be. * I deleted the >>> sometimes. That was the problem. > | > Picking your reply text out of mine or others' is very difficult. > | > Observe that in this message the quite text is indented with a > | > marker character down the side, making it easy to distinguish the > | > new text. > | * > | How can I produce a marker in the email? > > Again, you seem to be doing so already. Normally a mailer will make > these markers for you. Then you just walk down the message, removing > irrelevant stuff and replying to the other parts as necessary. * Thunderbird did but I deleted it to save space. I am sorry. > > | > The root, "/", is the top of the filesystem tree. Everything can be > found > | > from there by descending into subdirectories. > | > > | > Your "home" directory is the working directory you start with when > | > you log in, and is a special area set aside in the system for _your_ > | > files. It is owned by you, and you can do what you like inside it. > | * > | So when I am searching > | file > | which I wrote by myself > | I should start > | grep in the home-directory, is this right? > > Yes. * Thanks. > | > Of you look at your $PATH variable by going: > | > echo $PATH > | echo $PATH > | > /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games > | > | I did it > | but the result is confusing me: > | I opened the terminal: > | echo $PATH > | > | > you will see a list of directories, separated by colons. > | > Program files like in those directories. > | So I should copy a compiled file > | or a shell file > | in one of these directories? > > Yes, but normally you would have a directory of your own for this purpose. * But then I have to connect this directory to the path command. Example: I create shell files and I save them in my directory: dailytodo. > > | What directory should I use for own files? > > Normally, $HOME/bin. So: > > - log in > - type "pwd" to check that you are in you home directory > - type "mkdir bin" to create a directory called "bin" in your home > directory * Is it better for not confuse myself to name it mybin ? > > Then you need to put $HOME/bin into your $PATH. > > You can do this by running the command: > > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin > export PATH * Thank You. Then Linux is searching when I give comand like dothisnow in the directory bin or mybin for dothisnow.sh. ? > That does it only for the shell you ran it in. * This does mean I close the terminal and Linux will forget it. > > To make it permanent, you would put that same command in your > .bash_profile (if your login shell is bash, which is probable). The > command: > > echo $SHELL * Thank You. > > should tell you which shell you have. > > | > Normally there will be a "bin" directory in your own home directory, > | > eg "/home/name/bin", at the start of your $PATH. This lets you write > | > your own commands and have somewhere to put them. > | * > | So I should use: > | /home/name/bin. > > Yes. * Thank You. > > | > | Ist home where the data files are? > | > > | > Your home directory is where your files live, be they data or > | > program. "/home" is a common convention for where the user home > | > directories are stored. > | So > | maybe this is computer1 with user1. > | When I start using user2, then there will be a new home directory. > | Where using > | Linux > | Xubuntu > | Siduction > | is the place for > | create a second user? > > Yes. So there would be a /home/user1 for user1's files, and a > /home/user2 for user2's files. * Thank You Regards Sophie ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
