From: Derek.Glidden@f42.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Derek Glidden) Subject: Some Linux questions Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1992 16:13:48 -0800
>> What makes you say that you can't create a file with a preceeding
dot?
>> Does it not show up under ls? That's the whole point of the preceding
>> dot (use "ls -a" to see dotfiles). Does linux respond "permission
>> denied", "read only" or whatnot? Check the permissions on the
>> directory where you're trying to create the file. Are you creating
>> the correct file? Tcsh uses .cshrc & .login, while bash and sh use
>> .profile.
(Thanks for the reply!)
I was unaware of the -a parameter for ls. I'm familiar with *NIX, but
more of a DOS person. I must have been creating dot-filename files
without knowing it because ls didn't show them. I'm still not sure I
created them, because even .login and .cshrc and .profile (Which were
just some of the filenames I tried to create) still didn't seem to set
the proper settings on login. (Created them in the home directory, and
tried with ash, bash, and tcsh.)
I'll play around with it some more today, and see if I'm just not
knowing
entirely what I'm doing. :)
>> Check the MCC-interim release: It's full of lots of useful
utilities.
Will-do. Thanks for this info!
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