Re: simple things...


Subject: Re: simple things...
From: Jon Reynolds (jonr@destar.net)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 10:35:19 AKST


On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 10:26, Tim Jordan wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I downloaded a tar file and unzipped it to my home directory under
> yahoopops-0.3.9.2 folder. I would now like to locate the executable
> for the install. My problem is that when I'm in a shell I can't seem to
> change to the yahoopops-0.3.9.2 directory. I'm using a the cd
> /yahoopops-0.3.9.2 command ...I get back No such file or directory.
>
> I'm confused on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Also, what is the best way to locate my executable that will install my
> yahoopops application?
>
> Thanks for helping the Newbie!
> Tim
>
>
Tim, the problem is that you are using a / at the begining of the
yahoopops directory. The / tells the OS that this directory should be
located in the root directory. Do as Sean suggested and type ls -l yah
(TAB) don't put the / in.

Hope that helps,

-- 
Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net>

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