RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-22 Thread Vikram Khurana
/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list Subject: Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 02:32:55PM -1000, Vikram Khurana wrote: > The reason I can't do cd ~ is because it may or may not be in the home > directory. > Here is why. The way I i

Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Vikram Khurana wrote: In windows I create a shortcut & that runs from anywhere I place the shortcut. I essentially need the same functionality in Linux. If you are talking about creating a shortcut icon then placing it in one or more folders (so you can run from there), Linux (via KDE or GNO

Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Vince Hoang
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 02:32:55PM -1000, Vikram Khurana wrote: > The reason I can't do cd ~ is because it may or may not be in the home > directory. > Here is why. The way I intend to distribute this program is by zipping up > the directory tree which looks like > > /Parse/Linux/ > /Parse/Windows

Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Thomas Ryan Gordon Sr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vikram Khurana wrote: | The reason I can't do cd ~ is because it may or may not be in the | home directory. Here is why. The way I intend to distribute this | program is by zipping up the directory tree which looks like | | /Parse/Linux/ /Parse/Windo

Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Eric Hattemer
Vikram Khurana wrote: /Parse/Linux/ /Parse/Windows/ /Parse/123.dat Now the user could save this anywhere they want. Now in Win I can tell people to create a shortcut to //Parse/Windows/ & place it in any folder they want. The 123.dat file is read relative to the executables. How do I do the sa

RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Vikram Khurana
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom_Gordon/RISE/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:54 PM To: Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list Subject: RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux you could cd ~ as long as the script cds back to your previous directory, corr

RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-19 Thread Tom_Gordon/RISE/HIDOE
s Hawaiian community discussion list To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux Sorry I didn't explain my question well enough. I can't do a cd ~ in the script, because I don't want to change the dire

RE: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-18 Thread Vikram Khurana
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MonMotha Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:50 AM To: Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list Subject: Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux Vikram Khurana wrote: > Hi, > > I want to ru

Re: [LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-18 Thread MonMotha
Vikram Khurana wrote: Hi, I want to run a program that resides in a particular directory, say /home/Parse When the program is run it reads some files in the /home directory using a relative path ../ I want to run this program from other directories without having to copy the program & required

[LUAU] Windows shortcut equivalent in Linux

2004-05-18 Thread Vikram Khurana
Hi, I want to run a program that resides in a particular directory, say /home/Parse When the program is run it reads some files in the /home directory using a relative path ../ I want to run this program from other directories without having to copy the program & required files to those directori