> I know these are pathetic questions to most of you so please have patience
> with a Windows user...
Hehe, welcome to the world of the command line...
> what is "shell>"?
In windows world, this is the 'MS-DOS Prompt'. Will probably look like this
to you:
C:\>
In unix, it is typically something like this:
user@host:~/>
But can be anything, because unix has many types of prompts to choose from
sh, bash, csh, korn to name a few ).
> what is the "./"?
This is shorthand for the current directory. In the dos prompt, use ".\"
> is "mysql_installation_directory" supposed to be replaced with my
> installation dir?
Yes.
> I realize that I'm going to be in the minority here but I have to say it.
> Open source would go much farther if they had self explanatory GUIs and
had
> basic pre-setup apps that were ready for the average user to use. I
program
> in Java and I feel the same about the JDK Sun produces. I use JCreator
> because it has an easy to follow GUI interface. Most open source apps I
have
> attempted to use have some of the worse documentation around. The writers
> assume so much about the users. OK - call me inept, stupid, or whatever
but
> I had to say it.
True. But mysql's user mailing list is typically _very_ helpful.
hope this helps,
dpk
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