Re: Hidden Folders
Re: Hidden Folders
- Subject: Re: Hidden Folders
- From: Gil Dawson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:58:07 -0800
Hi, Roger--
At 4:32 PM -0800 1/10/05, Roger Howard wrote:
what you expect to do in there via the Finder?
In this case, I had performed an install, and the suggested
invocation did not work, so I wanted the Finder to tell me where the
product landed. I was surprised when the Finder could not find it.
I thought maybe the install had gone awry.
I received numerous suggestions as to what directories to name in
order to invoke pdftotext. Several did not work, but the last one I
tried worked. I suppose this technique is as valid as asking the
Finder to tell me where it is, so long as there's a wonderful group
of helpful people here at my fingertips. <all blush />
I was a little disappointed to learn that the Finder had had its
wings clipped, but I'm grateful to learn that it can be still coaxed
(shift cmd G) into peeking behind the unix curtain anyway.
--Gil
At 4:32 PM -0800 1/10/05, Roger Howard wrote:
On Jan 10, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Gil Dawson wrote:
Could someone please explain how I can see these directories...
/usr/bin
/sw/bin/
/usr/local/bin/
...on my machine?
Gil,
For the purposes of pdftotext, you should have little reason to go
into those folders from the Finder, which is why they are invisible.
Anything you might need to do in there you'll likely have to do via
Terminal anyway, so the better question is what you expect to do in
there via the Finder?
That said, Go to Folder (shift cmd G) in the Finder can take you
anywhere... you just need to give it the path you want.
But really, you'll not learn much by going there from the Finder -
these are directories reserved for shell apps, and as such should be
accessed via a shell.
PS, not trying to discourage you... if anything, the opposite - fire
up the Terminal, and type:
cd /usr/local/bin
ls -la
The first line will take you iinto that directory (cd = change directory)
The second line will list all the files, including invisible files,
in the current directory (whatever you happen to be in)
Cheers,
Roger
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