From: nmurrayr@cc.curtin.edu.au Subject: OK, OK, I get the message! Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 06:56:53 GMT
OK, enough already! Thanks to all those who replied; I now understand all
about long file names!
I guess I could see the uses of longer filenames before I posted the
original message; what I DIDN'T know about was the filename completion
available with the TAB key in bash. The book I have on Unix, while otherwise
quite useful, is really about Berkeley Unix and doesn't seem to mention
filename completion at all. I suppose the man page on bash talks about it, but
I haven't read it all (who reads documentation anyway?).
Changing the subject (nothing up my sleeve ...), I get strange problems
using Linux v0.12 (BTW, is it pronounced line'-ux or linn'-ux?). One problem
occurs when I've been working in a subdirectory (eg to compile mtools), then
remove all files in the directory, go up a level, and try to rmdir the
subdirectory. Linux will often refuse, claiming I'm not the owner. Now as
far as I understand it, the superuser should be able to do most anything, so
it does seem abnormal. Using chmod to change the file permissions doesn't
seem to make much difference either -- the permissions get changed, but I
still can't remove the directory. If I either reboot or logout, I can remove
the directory with no problems. What's going on?
.....Ron
P.S. Or is it line-ux' ???
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