Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH 6.1
desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I right
click on the desktop and choose what......? Does the file have a
particular extension? because most files are executable, I don't which
executable launches/starts the software so I can use it. Thanks.
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:56:02 +0000 "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 09:17:11PM -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote:
>[...]
>> Under Windows it is very easy to tell what file launches the
>program. Is
>> there a particular file to look for with Linux? It's confusing to
>me
>> cause you may have a gazillion files that say -rwxrwxrwx-, but which
>one
>> do I use to launch the program?
>[...]
>
>Ok, looks like you're mixing up something here:
>
>The "-rwxrwxrwx-" thingy is not the name of a file but its
>permissions.
>The first dash is usually replaced by a "d" if the file in question is
>a
>directory (note: To Unix, everything is a file). The next three "rwx"
>determine, what you yourself (i.e. the user) is allowed to do with
>the
>file: If the "r" is set, you're allowed to read it, if the "w" is
>set,
>you're allowed to write to that file and if the "x" is set, you're
>allowed to execute it. Unset options are replaced by dashes.
>The next triplet of "rwx" does the same, but for the group (you can
>set
>up user groups under Unix and use the permissions to allow or deny
>access for group members) and the last triplet represents the
>permissions for "others", i.e. everybody. Hence, if you have files
>which
>say "-rwxrwxrwx-", it means that everybody can read, write and
>execute
>them.
>
>As for the name: Assuming that you're using KDE and hence its file
>manager "kfm", switch to text view (View -> Text View).
>In the list you get then, the name should be in the first column and
>the
>permissions in the second. The third column represents the owner of
>the
>file (which in your home directory is most likely you yourself), the
>fourth column shows the group the file is assigned to (under Red Hat,
>it'll be yourself again for your own files), the fifth column gives
>the
>size and the last the date of the last modification.
>
>So, now that's out of the way, I have to admit that I'm not entirely
>sure what you mean by "what file launches the program" - or were you
>just looking for the name?
>
>HTH,
>
>Thomas
>
>P.S.: It is considered courteous to delete all unnecessary quotes
>when
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