On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 13:57, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> On Friday 12 September 2003 12:39 pm, Ed Skinner wrote:
> > On Friday 12 September 2003 11:56, Mike Starke wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:47:25AM -0700, Don Calfa wrote:
> > > /_How do I check to see the owner, group, and permission settings of
> > > /_file/directories?  I've been doing it in the GUI but now it's one of
> > > the /_last things I do in the GUI.
> > > /_
> > >
> > > How about "ls -l" on the command line?
> > > -mike
> >
> > And "man ls" (on the command line) will tell you all about "ls" and its
> > options. Similarly, "man mv" will tell you about "mv" and so forth. And
> > "man man" will tell you about the man command itself.
> >
> > A few shell commands have more documentation in "info" so, if you don't
> > find what you need with "man", then FIRST try "info info" to learn how to
> > use "info" and then do, for example, "info ls". ("info libc" is a prime
> > example -- and the documentation is HUGE but only available through
> > "info".)
> 
> "info", unfortunately, is a PITA to use (well, maybe not for emacs users).  I 
> suggest using a graphical 'info' browser instead.  If you are using KDE, then 
> you have one built in.  In any konqueror window (or using Alt+F2), just type
> 
> info:
> 
> It will go to a page listing all of the available info pages on your system.  
> If you know which one you want (say, 'automake'), try:
> 
> info:automake
> 
> The big advantage over regular 'info' is that all the hyperlinks are just 
> that: mouse driven hyperlinks.
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RH9 - Gnome

Alt-F2 / info: <RUN>

Application "gnome-help" (process 10570) has crashed
due to a fatal error.
(Segmentation fault)

I may have to give up on Gnome - my first 2 years on Linux GUI were KDE
and I really want to like Gnome...

Craig