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[Ruben Varela]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
<gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2009/5/16 sg1 <thedoctor at iinet.net.au>:
> > Hi
> >
> > Trying to move from sg1 to desktop what is the exact command.
> > The below lines did not work.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > root at sg1-desktop:/home/sg1# cd ~/Desktop
> > bash: cd: /root/Desktop: No such file or directory
> > root at sg1-desktop:/home/sg1#
> >
> Seems like you are still root. You don't need to be, do you? So first
> type ”exit” to go back to normal user. As long as you are root, ~
> means ”/root”, even if you are at your home folder.
>
> If you use your TAB key for autocompletion, you will make sure that
> every folder and file you enter exists. You can double-hit the TAB to
> see what options are available.
>
> When not root, these commands will do what you want:
>
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~$ cd Desktop
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$
>
> or
>
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~$ cd ~/Desktop
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$
>
> or
>
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~$ cd $HOME/Desktop
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$
>
> or
>
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~$ cd /home/sg1/Desktop
> sg1 at sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$
>
> Even though the last command is longer than the others, it doens't
> require very much typing. It depends on how your folders and files are
> organized, but this would probaby be enough:
>
> cd /h[TAB]s[TAB]D[TAB][↵]

cd /h[TAB]s[TAB]De[TAB][↵]
If not it'll give you the options of Desktop and Documents
;)

>
> If you really have to be root (why, why why?), you can't use ~ since
> that's the root's home folder, not yours. You can't use $HOME either,
> since that's also root's home folder. So you really need to input the
> complete path: cd /home/sg1/Desktop
>
> I've seen people saying that root doesn't have a desktop. On my
> machine root DOES really have a desktop, but I don't know why. Maybe I
> copied my own desktop there by mistake months ago when I was an even
> more beginner than I am today… That doesn't explain, however, why my
> wife also have /root/Desktop on her machine…
>
> J.R.
>
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