Re: [cobalt-users] making the .htaccess file visible

[Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

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What was that about intercalating Robert?

:-} for the humoUr impaired.

Robert Davis wrote:

> To view your file, type "more .htaccess". Again, hit the spacebar to advance
> a space at a time.

A superior alternative (IMO) to "more" is "less".  less allows you to 
page back up as well as down.  (Somebody will probably now tell me how 
to do it in more).  Hit "q" to quit.

> To change permissions, type, for instance, "chmod 755 .htaccess" "chmod"
> changes permission. "755" (or whichever number) is the permission. First
> digit is the permission of the owner. Second is permission for the group.
> Third is permission for the public. 

Use "man chmod" to learn about the other way of using chmod.
(Hit "q" to get out of man).

> To edit the file ...........  well, these primitive Unix editors are a pain
> in the ass.

For "vi", which "more" has a habit of dropping you into while viewing a file,
you need to learn how to quit.  (Type a colon (:) followed by "q" and that 
should get you out....)

emacs, OTOH, is not an editor, it is an environment.

I picked up emacs-nox-19.34-7.mips.rpm somewhere on the cobalt site.

> Congratulations! You are now a certified Unix geek!

Almost...