Brian, I follow these instructions as you describe, and it works the same, but after I see the "mime.types" and hit return, that is when I get the "File not found."
And, I did type pico mime.types without the period. That was a typo in the email itself. On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:43:40 -0500, Brian Futrell wrote: > > On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Gretchen Summers wrote: > > Essentially when you open a file with pico, it copies the file to a > section of memory called a buffer. When it asks you to save the > modified buffer, it's asking if you want to save the contents of that > buffer back to a file. > > After you press 'Y' to save the contents of the buffer, it should > have a prompt that says 'File name to write:'. On my window, it has > the file name 'mime.types'. If that is not there, you will need to > type it in then press return afterwards. > > Normally you should type in 'exit' on the command line before closing > a terminal window, but I don't think it hurts too much when using > pico. I may be wrong though. > > Also, when typing in "pico.mime.types", there should be a space > between 'pico' and 'mime', not a period. That should get you back > into that file. > > Brian > >> Brian, >> >> OK. I'm a little closer. I was able to do the first >> part--pico.mime.convs. When I got to the point where I typed "Y" to >> save modified buffer (whatever that is!), it went fine. When I pressed >> return, however, it said "file not found." So I closed the terminal >> window, and opened a new one. I typed in "pico.mime.types," and it >> said "file not found." I don't know what else to do. BTW, I hope I >> didn't mess anything up by just closing the window. I really am a >> novice with the terminal. >> >> On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0500, Brian Futrell wrote: >>> This is what I did: >>> >>> On Saturday, March 20, 2004, at 08:27 AM, Gretchen Summers wrote: >>> >>>> Brian, >>>> >>>> I don't know what to do when you get to this step (this is where I got >>>> hung up the first time). As I mentioned, I am not very familiar with >>>> the terminal and how to use it. >>>> >>>> >>>> 4. Use a text editor to uncomment the following line towards the end >>>> of the mime.convs file (by removing the # sign): >>>> #application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 - >>>> I usually use pico as the editor, as it is fairly self explanitory >>>> (sudo pico mime.convs). >>> >>> At the command line I typed in 'pico mime.convs' (without the quotes). >>> I moved the cursor towards the end of the file until I saw the line >>> mentioned in step 4. >>> I then removed the # sign by using the delete key (del didn't work). >>> It's like the 5th line from the bottom of the file. >>> Then I pressed Control and X to exit the pico program. >>> It will ask you to Save Modified buffer. Type 'Y' to proceed. >>> It will then ask you for a file name. Press Return to accept the >>> default file name. >>> >>>> 5. Also uncomment the following line towards the end of the >>>> mime.types file: >>>> #application/octet-stream >>>> >>> >>> At the command line I typed in 'pico mime.types' (without the quotes). >>> I moved the cursor towards the end of the file until I saw the line >>> mentioned in step 5. >>> I then removed the # sign by using the delete key (del didn't work). >>> Again it's like the 5th line from the bottom of the file. >>> Then I pressed Control and X to exit the pico program. >>> It will ask you to Save Modified buffer. Type 'Y' to proceed. >>> It will then ask you for a file name. Press Return to accept the >>> default file name. >>> >>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:07:40 -0500, Joe Questore wrote: >>>>>> I finally managed to share the HP Deskjet 812c connected to my G3 >>>>>> AIO with my Windows XP computer using an article from >>>>>> www.macOSXhints.com. Here's the exact link I used: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021101062604548&query=sharing+printers+with+Windows >>>> >>>> *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >>>> Gretchen Summers >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>> I hope my steps help you out Gretchen. If not, let me know. >>> >>> The two files mentioned above can only be saved once the sudo command >>> is issued. This is done in Step 3. >>> >>> While I'm not as proficient with the BSD command line, I've used PCs >>> long before Windows was in widespread use. 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