APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Mon May 6 21:41:27 2002

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> Where the files go is a function of the applicaton, and less of the OS.
>
> Dick

Really, the _application_ choses where your files end up. Does it also
name your files for you (Like M$ word tries to)?

At least on Unix, non-root users are prevented from sticking files in
completely random locations thanks to 'intelligent' file permissions.
Typically you can only save files under your $HOME directory or /tmp
(perhaps also /var/tmp or /usr/tmp depending on the instance). You can't
stick your documents into /, /etc, /usr/bin, /usr/X11/lib/xinit, or any
other 'system' directory becuase it has _sane_ directory/file permissions.
Even on Windows 2000/XP, you can stick files into C:\, C:\Program Files,
or other 'stupid' directories with an out-of-the-box install, logged in as
a normal user.

As long as you have some idea of where a file _can_ be placed on *nix, you
don't really need a find command for 'user document.' If you do need one,
get yourself a terminal shell and type 'locate MYCRAP' and you'll get a
listing of _all_ files on the machine that contain the string 'MYCRAP' in
their name. (This works on all the Linux installs I've used, I'm not sure
how widespread the 'locate' command and it's 'locatedb' is on Unix in
general.)

-- Pat
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 21:41:27 BST