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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Install App in Debian Etch 4.0 Post 302252323 by drl on Wednesday 29th of October 2008 09:21:36 AM
Old 10-29-2008
Hi.
Quote:
Originally Posted by icecom10
... I can not use "cd ~/Desktop" it just does not work unless I use a regular terminal (which has no privilages) ...
If you are root, then to cd to a different user desktop you need to specify which user desktop, like so:
Code:
cd ~username/Desktop

or
Code:
cd /home/username/Desktop

cheers, makyo
 

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gnome-default-applications-properties(1)			   User Commands			  gnome-default-applications-properties(1)

NAME
gnome-default-applications-properties - set your default applications SYNOPSIS
gnome-default-applications-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The Preferred Applications preference tool allows you to specify the applications that you'd like the desktop to use when the desktop starts an application for you. For example, you can specify Xterm as your preferred terminal application. When you open the Desktop Back- ground menu and choose New Terminal, Xterm starts. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Preferred Applications preference tool example% gnome-default-applications-properties EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-default-aExecutablesforoPreferred Applications preferences tool ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-default-applications-properties(1)
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