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When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/

Started byRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
First post2017-03-27 13:20 +0200
Last post2017-03-27 17:10 +0200
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  When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 13:20 +0200
    Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Peter Ludikovsky <peter@ludikovsky.name> - 2017-03-27 13:30 +0200
      Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 13:50 +0200
        Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 14:30 +0200
          Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-27 14:50 +0200
            Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 16:30 +0200
              Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-27 16:40 +0200
                Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 17:50 +0200
                  Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-27 21:40 +0200
            Chaos of confusion RESOLVED - was [Re: When specifying path to file -  confused about ./ and ~/] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-03 14:50 +0200
          Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 16:00 +0200
        Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 21:30 +0200
          Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 22:00 +0200
            Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 23:20 +0200
            Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ kAt <giathnygeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-03-28 00:10 +0200
              Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-03-28 00:30 +0200
              Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 02:00 +0200
              Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 03:20 +0200
              Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-28 19:20 +0200
                Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 19:30 +0200
    Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-03-27 14:40 +0200
      Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 15:30 +0200
        Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 17:00 +0200
        Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 17:10 +0200
      Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-27 16:40 +0200
        Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/ Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-03-27 17:10 +0200

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#179448

FromThe Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
Date2017-03-27 14:40 +0200
Message-ID<tpC6e-83W-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> Please refer me to a good web page.
> I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
> A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
> Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
> Thank you.

Can you explain what your question is?

. and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of
your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you
to.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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#179453

FromMark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com>
Date2017-03-27 15:30 +0200
Message-ID<tpCSB-hj-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#179448
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
> > Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> > Please refer me to a good web page.
> > I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
> > A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
> > Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
> > Thank you.
> 
> Can you explain what your question is?
> 
> . and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of
> your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you
> to.
> 
> -- 
I was thinking the same. Essentially posted "I have a basic 
misunderstanding. For God's sake don't help me! Instead I want to use 
this list as a human search engine"

Takes all sorts I suppose...

Mark

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#179467

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2017-03-27 17:00 +0200
Message-ID<tpEhI-17e-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#179453
On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 22:27:05 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> > On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > 
> > > Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
> > > Please refer me to a good web page.
> > > I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
> > > A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
> > > Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
> > > Thank you.
> > 
> > Can you explain what your question is?
> > 
> > . and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of
> > your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you
> > to.
> > 
> > -- 
> I was thinking the same. Essentially posted "I have a basic 
> misunderstanding. For God's sake don't help me!

No, the question is posed in such a way that the OP can slap you down
when you answer it in your way as opposed to the OP's required way.
It took 6 minutes for Peter Ludikovsky to fall into the trap, and
a further 19 minutes for the rude response, "Peter Ludikovsky wrote
without useful content:".

> Instead I want to use 
> this list as a human search engine"

Or, as Curt wrote in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg00694.html
"And anyway, it's obvious Dick Owlett is crowdsourcing his retirement,
and although it's smart and modern, where's the fun in that?"

I liked this, from the same person earlier on the same day:

"Maybe not what you're asking. But if you would be kind enough to tailor your
questions to my answers, it would be much more pleasant for the both of us."

> Takes all sorts I suppose...

Cheers,
David.

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#179470

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-03-27 17:10 +0200
Message-ID<tpErq-1wA-55@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#179453
On 03/27/2017 08:27 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:38:08AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>> On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
>>> Please refer me to a good web page.
>>> I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
>>> A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
>>> Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> Can you explain what your question is?
>>
>> . and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of
>> your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you
>> to.
>>
>> --
> I was thinking the same. Essentially posted "I have a basic
> misunderstanding. For God's sake don't help me! Instead I want to use
> this list as a human search engine"
>

Not true.
I was not aware that search engines accepted non-alphanumeric strings as 
legitimate search terms. Previous experience had suggested otherwise.
Thank you, this old dog has learned a new trick.
P.S. Fourth hit of https://www.google.com/search?q=~/+tutorial was 
David's first link ;/


> Takes all sorts I suppose...
>
> Mark
>
>

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#179464

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-03-27 16:40 +0200
Message-ID<tpDYl-XG-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#179448
On 03/27/2017 07:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2017-03-27 at 07:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> Please avoid trying to briefly explain.
>> Please refer me to a good web page.
>> I *KNOW* I'm missing something fundamental.
>> A web page will either have links to whatever my underlying problem is.
>> Or it will inherently use keywords for which I can search.
>> Thank you.
>
> Can you explain what your question is?

No, not even after having having had an explanation that alleviated the 
problem.


>
> . and ~ are sufficiently distinct that I'm not sure what the nature of
> your confusion could be, so I'm not sure what to potentially link you
> to.
>

I knew my problem was fundamental enough that I needed an explanation by 
someone who was writing for an unknowable audience.

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#179468

FromJochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de>
Date2017-03-27 17:10 +0200
Message-ID<tpEro-1wA-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
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Richard Owlett:
> On 03/27/2017 07:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
>> 
>> Can you explain what your question is?
> 
> No, not even after having having had an explanation that alleviated the
> problem.

I think you could have posed your question as simply:

"What do ./ and ~/ mean? What is the difference between the two?"

J.
-- 
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jams.
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