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Why root?


  • Subject: Why root?
  • From: John Delacour <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:17:00 +0100

Why does this script list the root instead of the user directory...

do shell script "ls -l"

and require us to to "cd ; ls -l" ?

The Terminal takes you to the user directory without any coercion. So does BBEdit. What happens if a user has no access permission to the root?

JD
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