what windows manager are you using?
At 18:23 2/12/99 -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote:
>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.
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>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
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