Re: Introduction for new users
This is an excellent document. Placing it on the CD would be
helpful, but, IMHO, it would be even better if it were posted on the
debian web site, and referred to in the CD's README file. Following
are some suggested additions/modifications.
Bob
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:08:14 +0000 "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>
wrote:
> Would anyone like to suggest additions:
I suggest you describe the home directory concept, and explain
the ~/ referring to a home directory.
> You have to log in (as with Windows) by entering a username and password.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You don't log in with Windows 3.x, and I don't think you do with
Windows95. Did you mean WindowsNT?
> ls [directory]: list contents of [directory] (like DOS dir, but the
> output is sorted)
I suggest you mention ls -l here, saying it gives file sizes and
other information, referring to "6. Permissions" below for discussion
of "other".
I think a mention of ls -a would also be appropriate. This, of
course, would necessitate a brief explanation of dot files, which
could lead into a mention that files, especially dotfiles, ending in
rc, are usually configuration files.
> 11. Errors
>
> Unix commands normally execute silently unless asked to be verbose
> or unless there is an error. An error means something that does not
> make sense to Linux; it doesn't mean something you don't want to
> happen! For example, I once had a client who had some unwanted files
> in his root directory which were named &TEMP& and so on. As superuser
> in the root directory he typed
>
> rm -rf /&*
>
> when he should have typed
>
> rm -rf \&*
>
> What he actually asked for was to delete his entire file system, as a
> background job. It did too.
In this connection, you might mention the desirability of
aliasing potentially destructive commands to include the -i option,
such as:
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
> 12. Finding more information
>
> Look in /usr/doc for the various HOWTO files. Read the man pages. Get a
Should be HOWTO and README files.
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