You can start with /Users (note the slash in front) but usually when you open terminal you are in your home directory you can just start with the directory. For instance from my home directory:
open -a /Applications/VLC.app Music/Classical I made this up but this should give you an example. If this doesn't work, tell what the directory is and I can send you an exact example to past into Terminal. Also remember that when typing you can tab to have it complete. Fore example, once you type VL you can probably tab and it will complete VLC.app but there will be a slash after that and no space so you would have to space before typing the directory. The same with /applications. You can type /App and do a tab and it should compete /Applications with a slash after that and of course then you can start VLC.app without spacing. Voiceover should echo enough for you to know what you are doing. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: I’m requesting a lesson in terminal. I followed Cheryl’s instructions about how to open a music folder in vlc. I got the message “file does not exist”. it’s a folder, but besides that I must have done the syntax incorrectly as far as the path goes. do you start from users/ or before that? I wrote the name of each folder with a slash in-between. what am I missing? Thanks. Lorie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
