So I originally came to Linux to escape Windows, so I typically have stuck to Linux distribution that rely more on the gui. Lately though I have been wanting to learn the command line further then just installing and removing applications. I picked up a copy of openSUSE 11.0 Bible and have just started out but I already have a question. One of the first things I have came across was to change the value of home by
> export HOME=/tmp
Does change the value mean to make the home folder into a tmp folder? Wouldn’t I want to keep them separate instead of changing the value of home to tmp?
Any book concerning 11.0 would be out of date, even though the command line commands probably not have changed openSUSE has made quite a few changes since then.
I didn’t get the book to learn openSUSE since I am relatively comfortable with running and working in openSUSE using the gui, just the command line and I am sure the command tutorials would still work, or would I be wrong on that?
I could try to give you a formal answer. But, when my assessment is correct tthat would sound like black magic spells to you. This is not to discourage you into learning more, but when you take any more extended field of knowledge and jump in the midst of it, pick one item and then try to interprete that, you wll most likely fail. And someone who knowns much more about that field of knowledege will fail in trying to explain you what it means because any background of mutual understanding is lacking.
Please start with studying some reference om shell prgramming. There are many on- and off-line. I have no doubt that people here can point you to many. No need to go for a specific openSUSE 12.3 one. Shell programming is rather common and did not change much since the Bourne shell in the 1970’s. But when the refenence is about bash, the better.
Then when you got stuck, we are here to help you, but then it will be on a base of mutual understanding.
One more thing. Create a seperate user on your system for experimenting. Thus you will never destroy your precious data belonging to your “normal” user.
On 2013-04-04 07:26, DMGrier wrote:
>
> So I originally came to Linux to escape Windows, so I typically have
> stuck to Linux distribution that rely more on the gui. Lately though I
> have been wanting to learn the command line further then just installing
> and removing applications. I picked up a copy of openSUSE 11.0 Bible and
> have just started out but I already have a question. One of the first
> things I have came across was to change the value of home by
>>> export HOME=/tmp
>
> Does change the value mean to make the home folder into a tmp folder?
> Wouldn’t I want to keep them separate instead of changing the value of
> home to tmp?
Well, the book should explain why they are doing that!
That’s why one buys books, to pay the work of someone that took time and
pains to explain things
it is “old as the hills” and that is a good thing, the best place
[imHo] to learn the basics…yes, eventually you WILL find stuff
which doesn’t quite work the exact same way in openSUSE (or Debian,
or or or or) but most will work everywhere…
the Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition is laid out like a school
text book…that is, start on page one and work your way forward and
you will not meet new stuff you don’t understand the “why of”…that
is, if you just open it to page 100 you won’t have the basic
foundation to allow you to understand, and learn from page 100…
alternately you might wanna look at the triad on Bash (but you do
good to start above, first):
then, there are about a million other references (like the one you
bought) which are also good…and, the more you know about the basics
(above) the more you can use the book on your shelf…(its probably
too advanced for you, now)
Hey guys thanks for all the input, it truly helps and it is great all the sources out there. Is there a specific area of the message board I am suppose to post any command line questions? If not I will just continue to post in this thread. Thanks again guys.
On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:16:01 +0000, DMGrier wrote:
> Hey guys thanks for all the input, it truly helps and it is great all
> the sources out there. Is there a specific area of the message board I
> am suppose to post any command line questions? If not I will just
> continue to post in this thread. Thanks again guys.
I’d recommend the programming/scripting forum. CLI questions are
“support”, and this is the “no-support” area.
On 04/05/2013 06:16 AM, DMGrier wrote:
> If not I will just
> continue to post in this thread.
in additions to what Jim wrote, i would also ask you to NOT use a
subject like “command line question” because there are millions of
those, and any/all helpers might only be able to easily help with a
couple of hundred thousand questions…so anyone might open and read
your question just to learn it is a total waste of their
(volunteer) time (which they could be using to find and answer stuff
they can help with)…
