On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 17:51 +, John Matthews wrote:
> Oh wow, thanks everybody for the replies, that has helped. I just
> wondered then, what is the difference between the /desktop and
> ~/Desktop. Sorry for being so thick. Why is it used in the Terminal?
John,
Part of the confusion arises
Sounds to me like jakewc2-desktop is simply the name of your PC,
whereas the /Desktop is the path you're in...
If you imagine your machine was called "Fred" I'd guess that it'd be
in place of jakewc2-desktop and the "Desktop" path would be there the
same, less confusion!
Sean
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Rob Beard wrote:
> Sean Miller wrote:
>
>> Yes /Desktop is most definitely a different thing to /desktop
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
> Not to mention if you're looking for the folder that relates to your own
> desktop, it'll be in ~/Desktop or most probably /home/jakewc2/Desktop
>
> Rob
>
>
>
O
Sean Miller wrote:
> Yes /Desktop is most definitely a different thing to /desktop
>
> Sean
>
Not to mention if you're looking for the folder that relates to your own
desktop, it'll be in ~/Desktop or most probably /home/jakewc2/Desktop
Rob
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Tony Arnold,
> See my previous post. I don't think the $ indicates anything
> about root privileges. The user can define their own prompt
> and put whatever he/she likes in there!
You are of course perfectly right. By default, though, a # denotes root
privileges and a $ non-root, and I'm sure tha
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 17:25 +, Sean Miller wrote:
> Traditionally in Unix "$" denoted user, "#" denoted root.
>
> Dunno how it works in Linux because in Ubuntu I tend to use "sudo"
> rather than logging in directly, though I'd guess if I were in as root
> I'd get a "#" prompt rather than a "$"
Yes /Desktop is most definitely a different thing to /desktop
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Traditionally in Unix "$" denoted user, "#" denoted root.
Dunno how it works in Linux because in Ubuntu I tend to use "sudo"
rather than logging in directly, though I'd guess if I were in as root
I'd get a "#" prompt rather than a "$" one - others can clarify
whether this is actually the case.
Se
..oh and a # denotes root - $ denotes anything else
so if you sudo -i you'll see the prompt replaced with # :)
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Paul Roach wrote:
> Just to emphasise - hostnames aren't case sensitive - file and
> foldernames are :)
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Mat
Just to emphasise - hostnames aren't case sensitive - file and
foldernames are :)
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Matthew Daubney wrote:
>> Sorry to be pedantic, but the missing word is quite important :)
>>
>
> Indeed, apologies for that!
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Jim,
jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote:
> Matthew Daubney
>> The $ shows that you
>
> /don't/
>
>> have root priviledges, and the : is just a seperator :)
>
> Sorry to be pedantic, but the missing word is quite important :)
See my previous post. I don't think the $ indicates anything about ro
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 18:08 +0100, jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote:
> Matthew Daubney
> > The $ shows that you
>
> /don't/
>
> > have root priviledges, and the : is just a seperator :)
>
> Sorry to be pedantic, but the missing word is quite important :)
>
Indeed, apologies for that!
-Matt
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 16:40 +, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 18 February 2010 16:37, John Matthews wrote:
> > ok, I hope I can explain this. In my Terminal it has
> > jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$.
>
> this is your username
> @ ^ is your hostname.
>
> You hostname is jakewc2-desktop.
Matthew Daubney
> The $ shows that you
/don't/
> have root priviledges, and the : is just a seperator :)
Sorry to be pedantic, but the missing word is quite important :)
jim
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Matt,
Matthew Daubney wrote:
> the jake...@jakewc2-desktop bit of that prompt shows you the user you're
> logged in as, followed by the hostname of your computer. The ~ really
> means /home/jakewc2 . If you where to type cd Desktop you'd end up with
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~/Desktop$ The $ show
Isn't "jakewc2-desktop" your machine's hostname?
What happens if you cd ~/Desktop ?
Charlie.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 16:37, John Matthews wrote:
> ok, I hope I can explain this. In my Terminal it has
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$. but in Places, desktop is spelt with an
> Uppercase D. Does tha
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 16:37 +, John Matthews wrote:
> ok, I hope I can explain this. In my Terminal it has
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$. but in Places, desktop is spelt with an
> Uppercase D. Does that make any difference. Can somebody explain what
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$ is/means? Mayb
On 18 February 2010 16:37, John Matthews wrote:
> ok, I hope I can explain this. In my Terminal it has
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$.
this is your username
@ ^ is your hostname.
You hostname is jakewc2-desktop.
/home/jakewc2/Desktop is a folder in your home directory.
> Upperc
On 18 February 2010 16:37, John Matthews wrote:
> ok, I hope I can explain this. In my Terminal it has
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$. but in Places, desktop is spelt with an
> Uppercase D. Does that make any difference. Can somebody explain what
> jake...@jakewc2-desktop:~$ is/means? Maybe that is
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