Re: BSD / Mac style

[Larry Pohl]

On 2/4/05 9:53 AM, "Rob Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A piece of antique  DOS and unix/linux I still use today for this; mc
> known as Midnight Commander runs in terminal with root privileges if
> user has them.
> 
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040112172024838
> 
> 
> It is not that difficult to accomplish, but their are other ways of
> accomplishing this I find this the most productive. Also no FINK
> needed.
> 
> enjoy.
> 

I find muCommander a nice little tool.



larry

Re: BSD / Mac style

[Rob Davies]

A piece of antique  DOS and unix/linux I still use today for this; mc 
known as Midnight Commander runs in terminal with root privileges if 
user has them.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040112172024838


It is not that difficult to accomplish, but their are other ways of 
accomplishing this I find this the most productive. Also no FINK 
needed.


enjoy.

On 02 Apr 2005, at 9:09 AM, Rob Findlay wrote:

Just now I needed to copy a file I had download to my Partners Desktop 
in her profile on my powerbook.
Without giving it much thought I switched to the terminal app, su'd to 
root, issued the cp command, dragged the file from my desktop into the 
terminal to give the source path and then typed the first 2 letters of 
each part of the path to her desktop and used the tab auto-complete to 
finish the path. Hitting the enter key the job was done in less than 5 
seconds and then it struck me how integrated the Mac and BSD methods 
of achieving a task have become in my thought. A year ago I would have 
been trying to accomplish the whole thing with drag and drop and 
getting frustrated by the strict permissions based approach of the OS 
denying me access to her home folder. The un-"Mac"ness of this would 
have infuriated me. Now my mind has integrated the methods of each OS 
and I am able to use the "Mac-goodness" of drag and drop with the 
savage "Don't mess with me" authority of the super-user and "no room 
for error" exactness of the terminal do something in a way that is 
more efficient /fun than either of these approaches would be on their 
own.


Of course being a Mac user  at heart I had to then switch to her 
profile to make sure the "Unix Magic" had really happened (cause I 
couldn't see it happen with my own eyes) and to marvel at my own 
cleverness when the file was actually there on her desktop.


Made my morning.
Rob


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Rob Davies
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Re: BSD / Mac style

[Paul]

Rob Findlay wrote:

Just now I needed to copy a file I had download to my Partners Desktop 
in her profile on my powerbook.
Without giving it much thought I switched to the terminal app, su'd to 
root, issued the cp command, dragged the file from my desktop into the 
terminal to give the source path and then typed the first 2 letters of 
each part of the path to her desktop and used the tab auto-complete to 
finish the path. Hitting the enter key the job was done in less than 5 
seconds and then it struck me how integrated the Mac and BSD methods 
of achieving a task have become in my thought. A year ago I would have 
been trying to accomplish the whole thing with drag and drop and 
getting frustrated by the strict permissions based approach of the OS 
denying me access to her home folder. The un-"Mac"ness of this would 
have infuriated me. Now my mind has integrated the methods of each OS 
and I am able to use the "Mac-goodness" of drag and drop with the 
savage "Don't mess with me" authority of the super-user and "no room 
for error" exactness of the terminal do something in a way that is 
more efficient /fun than either of these approaches would be on their 
own.


Of course being a Mac user  at heart I had to then switch to her 
profile to make sure the "Unix Magic" had really happened (cause I 
couldn't see it happen with my own eyes) and to marvel at my own 
cleverness when the file was actually there on her desktop.


Made my morning.
Rob



I've come across some similar golden moments before going back to my 
beginnings with using Apples.


Using the software gives me ideas, when I act on those ideas its like 
there is an Apple designer standing there holding a door open saying 
"Welcome, we've been expecting you".


Have fun
Paul


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BSD / Mac style

[Rob Findlay]

Just now I needed to copy a file I had download to my Partners Desktop 
in her profile on my powerbook.
Without giving it much thought I switched to the terminal app, su'd to 
root, issued the cp command, dragged the file from my desktop into the 
terminal to give the source path and then typed the first 2 letters of 
each part of the path to her desktop and used the tab auto-complete to 
finish the path. Hitting the enter key the job was done in less than 5 
seconds and then it struck me how integrated the Mac and BSD methods of 
achieving a task have become in my thought. A year ago I would have 
been trying to accomplish the whole thing with drag and drop and 
getting frustrated by the strict permissions based approach of the OS 
denying me access to her home folder. The un-"Mac"ness of this would 
have infuriated me. Now my mind has integrated the methods of each OS 
and I am able to use the "Mac-goodness" of drag and drop with the 
savage "Don't mess with me" authority of the super-user and "no room 
for error" exactness of the terminal do something in a way that is more 
efficient /fun than either of these approaches would be on their own.


Of course being a Mac user  at heart I had to then switch to her 
profile to make sure the "Unix Magic" had really happened (cause I 
couldn't see it happen with my own eyes) and to marvel at my own 
cleverness when the file was actually there on her desktop.


Made my morning.
Rob