From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 18:50:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A36516A4DC for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:50:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from turing.cs.hmc.edu (turing.cs.hmc.edu [134.173.42.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2236343D54 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:50:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmason@cs.hmc.edu) Received: by turing.cs.hmc.edu (Postfix, from userid 34126) id 20F2653911; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:50:09 -0700 From: "Julian M. Mason" To: Lloyd Hayes Message-ID: <20040615185009.GA15857@turing.cs.hmc.edu> References: <40CF4287.1060005@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40CF4287.1060005@yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Commands X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jmason@cs.hmc.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:50:47 -0000 This is generic unix, so it goes something like this: cd takes you to a directory. cp copies a file from to mv does the same, but moves it. I recommend ("UNIX Basics" in the handbook), and in particular (tells you about the filesystem layout). --Mac On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:40:07PM -0600, Lloyd Hayes wrote: > I have the FreeBSD Handbook on a computer hard drive. There isn't any > mention of the line commands that FreeBSD uses or recognizes in the > handbook. Where do I find these? > > I just received instructions to find and copy my X-configure file to a > different directory so that KDE would work. One problem. Under this file > system, I have no idea how to change directories using line commands. I > was sent the command for viewing the current directory, but I need the > syntax for changing to different directories, and for moving and > copying files to different directories. > > (If you did it every day, simply walking on Mars would be child's play.) > > -- > > Lloyd Hayes > > Email: wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com > URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com > E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 > Web Journal: http://lloyd_hayes.bravejournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Julian "Mac" Mason jmason@cs.hmc.edu Computer Science '06 (909)-607-3129 Harvey Mudd College