Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 05:55:24 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1014033325.b9df33@mired.org> To: "Beatty, Simon" <Simon.Beatty@northernrock.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4 - a question regarding a directory Message-ID: <15466.21548.679394.975027@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <50678224@toto.iv>
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This probably belongs on newbies@freebsd.org, but we'll let that pass. Beatty, Simon <Simon.Beatty@northernrock.co.uk> types: > Firstly may I state that I am a newcomer to FreeBSD, I have started to work > through the excellent book 'FreeBSD An Open-Source System for Your PC' by > Annelise Anderson. This book comes with version 4.2. I have recently > purchased a boxed set of version 4.4 dated September 2001. Having followed > the installation instructions I have found the set-up to be seamless and > very easy - well done. I have come across my first 'bug' (?) however. Congratulations, and welcome to the coolest OS on earth. > In the book on pages 103/104 it shows how to do the command 'echo $PATH'. I > get the same answer in book except that obviously the last directory in the > path is for my local user, i.e. /usr/home/simon/bin. On page 104 it goes > onto say that if you do the command 'cd bin' you will be switched into the > local 'bin' directory. I get 'NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY'. When I 'cd' the > full directory path I still get the same error message? I've not read Annelise's book, but does that directory exist? You can just do an "ls" after you log in, and if you don't see "bin", then it doesn't. If so, you'll need to create it with "mkdir bin". <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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