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entering command in Terminal - graylocks - 05-06-2010
i'm trying to sync my Tiger copy of Textexpander to Dropbox. the directions entail entering this command in terminal:
i'm not Terminal savvy. do i start with the word 'In'? do i put in the rest spaced out like the image shows?
Re: entering command in Terminal - microchip - 05-06-2010
Yes, you start with the word ln. A single space between everything will do just fine. Don't forget the "\" before the space in the last filepath.
Re: entering command in Terminal - graylocks - 05-06-2010
microchip wrote:
Yes, you start with the word ln. A single space between everything will do just fine. Don't forget the "\" before the space in the last filepath.
okay. is it all really one line or is there a return in there somewhere?
Re: entering command in Terminal - C(-)ris - 05-06-2010
all one line.
Re: entering command in Terminal - C(-)ris - 05-06-2010
Whoever did example image should be less sloppy and get decent pictures of what it really looks like:
That is how it should look.
Re: entering command in Terminal - graylocks - 05-06-2010
C(-)ris wrote:
Whoever did example image should be less sloppy and get decent pictures of what it really looks like:
i actually took that as a Jing screenshot from the blog page the instructions were on. maybe it was spaced like that because of the limits of html? certainly is confusing for neophytes like me.
Re: entering command in Terminal - Seacrest - 05-06-2010
The better blogs use
or tags to display their command line commands.
ls -s ~/Dropbox/Library/TextExpander ~/Library/Application\ Support/TextExpander
Re: entering command in Terminal - raz - 05-06-2010
Seacrest wrote:
The better blogs use or tags to display their command line commands.
ls -s ~/Dropbox/Library/TextExpander ~/Library/Application\ Support/TextExpander
And really good ones don't confuse ln with ls :-)