Path Finder

Of course, this begs the question why can't Apple's finder use this functionality as well as the Terminal can? ...

You mean you get an error saying something to the effect of "You cannot use a name that begins with ".", because these are reserved for the system. Please choose another name."? If this is the case, then this simple terminal script will change the filename: "mv path/to/file/htaccess.txt path/to/file/.htaccess" (without quotes). If you saved the file from TextEdit, it will...

init.csh and i dont have any third party app's that let the finder display hidden files. is there a plist i can change to trash the setup files? ...

So if you want to use the alias in the Finder rather than the terminal, make an alias in the Finder in the normal manner. ...

wite an applescript say: tell application "finder" sleep end tell this will work fine when run from script editor and even from the command promt as osascript /path/to/sleep.scpt (sleep.scpt being the script above)

--jaredbdk... don't waste my time with a dumb ass remarks!! ->>nintendo..thanks for your help...i can only run apps from within my dock.. i can't open the applications window (using the keybaord shortcut) to see the terminal,nor can i open my hard drive since the icon is not there... I have ran single user mode.. ran fsck -y.. it came up with sbin error (4,0) it fixes the...

When you use the Applications menu, the environment variables are the ones that X11.app has inherited from where it was started. So if you launch X11 from the Finder or Dock, very likely your environment will be limited. See previous question to set the PATH environment for all applications include X11.app. ...

Then, looking at the CD from inside the Finder you see 3 files off the bat. ...

ck. I Like to be able to Control click an icon, and be able to stuff, like Mail, iTunes etc ... now, i'd say iChat could quite easily combine the features of the Finder Bar, into a Dockling? ...

OS X's firewall will probably be enough, as for monitoring, if you are just worried about monitoring the web access, there are logs in /var/log/httpd/ to get to this in terminal type "cd /var/log/httpd" (dont forget the first slash) Then see whats in there by typing "ls" you'll see this: access_log error_log