Q: How come the Finder doesn't display directories like /usr/bin, for example?
Q: Is there a way to make Finder do that?
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 23:03:41 -0400, GR Gaudreau wrote:
Q: How come the Finder doesn't display directories like /usr/bin, for example?
Q: Is there a way to make Finder do that?
- open finder
- in file menu - select 'Go to folder' (or command-shift-G)
- type in /usr/bin
that's one way.
Do you know a way to make
the invisible directories visible in Finder? Is there a setting
somewhere? I find it funny that Apple makes a Unix type OS available,
but doesn't show you the power at your disposal under the hood. Go
figure!
In article <pan.2003.07.05.03.44.18.470624@mailexcite.com>,
"johnny bobby bee" <stepore@mailexcite.com> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 23:03:41 -0400, GR Gaudreau wrote:
Q: How come the Finder doesn't display directories like /usr/bin, for example?
Q: Is there a way to make Finder do that?
- open finder
- in file menu - select 'Go to folder' (or command-shift-G)
- type in /usr/bin
that's one way.
[gr] Thanks, Johnny, I appreciate that. Do you know a way to make
the invisible directories visible in Finder? Is there a setting
somewhere? I find it funny that Apple makes a Unix type OS available,
but doesn't show you the power at your disposal under the hood. Go
figure!
nothing funny at all. its a macintosh and its supposed to be easy to
use. unix is hidden. the target market is not unix geeks who want a
command line - its the mass market who want an easy to use computer.
as for getting finder to show the unix folders, download tinkertool.
GR Gaudreau wrote:
[gr] Thanks, Johnny, I appreciate that. Do you know a way to make
the invisible directories visible in Finder? Is there a setting
somewhere? I find it funny that Apple makes a Unix type OS available,
but doesn't show you the power at your disposal under the hood. Go
figure!
Look around for a file called "hidden" or ".hidden"
It contains a list of some folders that should be hidden. I'm not sure
if the ones you mentioned are in that list, though, or are built in somehow.
In article <3f06ad12$0$13739$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk>,
Ian Gregory <i.h.gregory@herts.ac.uk> wrote:
GR Gaudreau wrote:
HI all,
I've been rooting around using the terminal and command line, and I'm discovering a whole bunch of stuff I didn't know I had with OS 10.2.6.
Q: Where would one go to find out just what's under the hood; I mean, what commands and programs are available for the command line, for example?
[Ian Gregory]
If you no objection to using old fashion books get hold of a
copy of O'Reilly's "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks". I read it before
buing my iBook.
[grgaud] I love old fashion books. Thanks for the recomendation,
it'll be a nice book to read while on vacation--coming up soon.
[grgaud] I love old fashion books. Thanks for the recomendation,
it'll be a nice book to read while on vacation--coming up soon.
_Mac OS X for Unix Geeks_ is a good book, but it's specifically
geared to readers who know Unix and want to learn about the OS X peculiarities. You may prefer one that takes the other approach
and assumes you know earlier versions of Mac OS and want to learn
about the Unix component. Practically all other books about Mac OS
X do that (if they concern themselves with the Unix part at all).
Anno
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