Re: 20090723KP -- Copying KMail

On Friday 24 Jul 2009 18:37:41 Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> On Friday 24 July 2009 03:44, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 24 Jul 2009 06:49:03 Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> > > At first, I was in "/home/bruce/", which means that
> > > "/.kde/share..." was immediately visible.
> >
> > Hi, Bruce.  I haven't been following too closely as others are
> > helping you, but this caught my eye.
> >
> > Be careful.  /.kde/share means that it looks for .kde under / - not
> > what you intended I think.  You probably need either ~/.kde/share,
> > or, since you are already, just .kde/share should find it.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Anne
>
> The fully-qualified path-name is --
> /home/bruce/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail.
>
> I was in /home/bruce.
> That means that I could see the folder /.kde -- which had the remainder
> of the path logically "under" it.
>
> Am I confused myself, or did my poor choice of wording confuse those who
> know what is going on?

It may be that what you wrote is not exactly what you mean.  When you start a 
path with '/' you are saying that the path is starting from /.  When you 
specify a path beneath your current directory you miss off the leading '/'.  
Is that clearer?

Anne
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