Sorry for coming in halfway through a thread, but it looks like everyone is discussing a different subject :) To save to a floppy from within an application then just select 'Save' and save it as /mnt/floppy/filename
The floppy must be already inserted and mounted. You mount it either by right clicking on the floppy icon on your desktop and selecting mount, or by typing mount /mnt/floppy in a terminal window. Do not forget to 'unmount' it before removing the floppy. Right click on the floppy icon or else 'umount /mnt/floppy' in a terminal window. The utility kwikdisk is handy for quick mounting/unmounting of removable media.You will find it in Kmenu>Configuration>Kardware>Kwikdisk set it to dock in your taskbar, and then when you leave KDE make sure the save settings box is checked. Kwikdisk will then automatically load as an icon in your task bar for ever more. By the way: In Linux it is a good idea to avoid spaces in file names. Spaces are allowed, but when you refer to the file in a terminal command you have to 'quote' the space by putting the whole file name in Quote marks. For example if we want to list the contents of a text file in a terminal window we can use the 'more' command, as in more "/mnt/floppy/Note to Luke.txt" or alternatively you could precede each space with a '\' as in more /mnt/floppy/Note\ to\Luke.txt If you do not do this the 'more' command will think it has to list the file called '/mnt/floppy/Note' and has command options 'to' and 'Luke.txt' specified. As you can see its a lot less trouble to just not use spaces. When saving or loading from your application you do not have to worry about spaces, so for example StarWrite is quite happy to load or save /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke.txt Hope I have not confused you even more than you were already. It is a steep learning curve at first, but once you get it you will find it real easy. derek On Wednesday 16 January 2002 21:55, Matt Bullock wrote: > Try using the entire path to the file i.e. /home/user/filename? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wildeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Terminal syntax??? to a floppy directly from wordstar? > > > > Hello, > I couldn't find a terminal icon in starword. But i can find one on the tool > bar, so I used it to type in: > > /mnt/floppy/Note to Luke1.doc > > Yet I got an error saying the directory or file doesn't exist. What did I > do > > incorrectly? i can see clearly using the file browser that it is existing. > Btw is there a direct way of accessing this terminal in starword? > > Thanks for any help, Thmswldmn > > From: s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Now HOW can I access the save area? to a floppy > >directly from wordstar? > >Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:58:15 -0600 > > > >On Wednesday 16 January 2002 01:26 pm, you wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Thanks for the help and the replies. > > > > > > This just shows how ignorant I am. What do I have to do to access or > > > >write > > > > > in the words: /mnt/floppy/<name of file> ? I apologize for asking such > > > a basic thing ahead of time. > > > Respectfully, > > > thmswldmn > > > >don't worry about it, as long as it looks like you're interested in > >learning, > >someone will always answer. They mean type it in at a terminal, kinda > >similar in appearance to the dos prompt in windows. Usually by default > >there > >is a little icon that looks a little like a little monitor screen in your > >panel, that's the link to a terminal/console. In there you will find a > >whole > >new world. :-) > >-s > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com
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