Linux Terminal In Windows XP

[x0r515t]

dyserq, the reason my command didn't work for you is because you didn't type it right; you forgot the *. Copy and paste this command exactly.

cd /cygdrive/c/Documents*

*EDIT* Thought I would add, you type ls to list the files in a directory or ls -la for more details.

Also this is a *nix terminal, use / instead of \.

 

[dyserq]

dyserq, the reason my command didn't work for you is because you didn't type it right; you forgot the *. Copy and paste this command exactly.

cd /cygdrive/c/Documents*

*EDIT* Thought I would add, you type ls to list the files in a directory or ls -la for more details.

Also this is a *nix terminal, use / instead of \.

Thanks, that helped a bunch !
Umm ... one more question, why is the asterick there, is it to replace the 'and settings' from 'Documents and settings', if it is, how can i apply this principle to other commands ?

 

[x0r515t]

Thanks, that helped a bunch !
Umm ... one more question, why is the asterick there, is it to replace the 'and settings' from 'Documents and settings', if it is, how can i apply this principle to other commands ?

Think of the asterick as a wild card, or a shortcut method. For example say I want to navigate to /usr/local/bin/insertlongstringhere, without the use of a asterick I would have to type:

cd /usr/local/bin/insertlongstringhere

If I use a asterick I can greatly reduce typing, for example:

cd /usr/local/bin/ins*

It is important to note though that if another file in /usr/local/bin/ started with ins, the system could select that file or path rather than your intended path, in this case /usr/local/bin/insertlongstringhere/. To remedy this problem you could simply specify more characters:

cd /usr/local/bin/insert*

Hope that clears things up for you.

 

[dyserq]

Thanks alot ! Your really helpful lol
Anyways, with your help i have now figured out how to change directories to files with spaces in it, you just put quotation marks

 

[ShiroFerret]

Another option is to get zipslack from www.slackware.com. it installs a small linux system onto a windows partition.

 

[dyserq]

Thanks ShiroFerret ... i may try that out later