Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
cd /usr/share/zoneinfo ls and then > cd Europe > ls Gives a first impression to a newbie, about the directories. OTOH it's not very important. IMO both is ok, with and without cd. Arch Wikis usually are very good :). Regards, Ralf

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread brainworker
> I corrected my mail, with a second mail. For a beginner it's easier to > follow the structure if the user several times changes the dir and list > several times the contents. Changing directory with 'cd' makes sense only when we have to do some (several) operations with files in this directory.

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 15:01 +0200, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:52:09 +0200 > schrieb Ralf Mardorf : > > > Because cd + ls gives an overview about the structure? > > The output of > > $ cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe > $ ls > > is exactly the same as > > $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:52:09 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf : > Because cd + ls gives an overview about the structure? The output of $ cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe $ ls is exactly the same as $ ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe There's only one difference. The first one firstly changes the working d

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 14:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 19:58 -0400, brainwor...@lavabit.com wrote: > > In installation chapter we can see: > > > > > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the > > > |/usr/share/zoneinfo//| directories. > > > > > > it's helpful to

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 19:58 -0400, brainwor...@lavabit.com wrote: > In installation chapter we can see: > > > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the > > |/usr/share/zoneinfo//| directories. > > > > it's helpful to see the available time zones. To do so, cd to the > > directory: > >

Re: [arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-08 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:58 AM, wrote: > In installation chapter we can see: Why not just update it, its a wiki after all.

[arch-general] note about beginners guide

2012-08-08 Thread brainworker
In installation chapter we can see: > Available time zones and subzones can be found in the > |/usr/share/zoneinfo//| directories. > > it's helpful to see the available time zones. To do so, cd to the > directory: > > # cd /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > > then type: > > # ls Why not type just this ? ls