[benschilke]

I'm new at UNIX, so I apoligize if this is a simple question or has been asked before (I did just do a search on it).

For some reason I'm unable to change directories using cd for certain directories. In my default "home" directory, I can't seem to go to Pictures, or Desktop or another folder I created.

I'm using: cd /Pictures
and it's reading: /Pictures: No such file or directory.

Any ideas?

[I can move to the Documents and Library folders, however.]

[ 05-19-2002: Message edited by: benschilke ]

[tinrib]

Originally posted by benschilke:
<STRONG>I'm new at UNIX, so I apoligize if this is a simple question or has been asked before (I did just do a search on it).

For some reason I'm unable to change directories using cd for certain directories. In my default "home" directory, I can't seem to go to Pictures, or Desktop or another folder I created.

I'm using: cd /Pictures
and it's reading: /Pictures: No such file or directory.

Any ideas?</STRONG>

yep do cd Pictures

/ is the root of your hard drive - where your Applications/Library/System/Users folder is

if you want to go straight to your Pictures folder from anywhere do cd ~/Pictures

~ is your home directory.

[maddjn]

in 'cd Pictures' Pictures is a relative path, relative to your current work directory (cwd). if you are in your home (~) it means 'go to ~/Pictures', if you are in /usr it means 'go to /usr/Pictures' etc.
in 'cd /Pictures' Pictures is an absolute path, same with 'cd ~/Pictures'. it doesn't matter which cwd you are in, you are going to /Pictures whether you are in your home, /usr, /tmp or something else.

maddjn

[skipjack]

Originally posted by benschilke:
<STRONG>
For some reason I'm unable to change directories using cd for certain directories.
I'm using: cd /Pictures
and it's reading: /Pictures: No such file or directory.

[I can move to the Documents and Library folders, however.]
</STRONG>

You were able to go to "a" Documents and "a" Library folder, but not "your" Documents and "your" Library folder.

Another answer to your question is you need, "cd Documents" and "cd Library" and "cd Pictures".

To illustrate this, open your hard drive and select Column View. You'll see all the folders at the root, "/", level. Now select "Users" and then the folder representing your home directory. You'll see all the folders in your personal directory. Note that one of the intentions of this system is that if you want to backup your personal settings, all you have to do is save the folders in the "Users" folder. Everything else should be able to be restored by reinstalling the system and software.