I'm giving up on the single huge page of bash documentation in the K-Menu help. It can't be searched. I don't see how anyone can use this pile of Greek. I'd go looking for a bash tutorial, but how do I know that the flavor of bash dealt with is what Kubuntu uses? This is simply all too geeky for an average user, and in all honesty I'm considerably more informed than said "average user". In fact, this command line thing isn't remotely usable by "average users" (which probably doesn't characterize many folks on these forums!).
My question: I need to give my user account write permission on a file system directory so I can update it from within an application program that I'm running within that account. I installed the files in the directory, but I appear not to have access to them directly. It appears that I need to use some sudo command to access the permissions. I wish there were an easy way to find out which one. I have yet to find it, if there is.
1. If this is a more accessible way to get into bash than what is provided by the K-Menu help system, what is it?
2. What is the bash command to give my user account write permission on a whole directory of files (they're just Ruby source files)?
Thanks in advance.
My question: I need to give my user account write permission on a file system directory so I can update it from within an application program that I'm running within that account. I installed the files in the directory, but I appear not to have access to them directly. It appears that I need to use some sudo command to access the permissions. I wish there were an easy way to find out which one. I have yet to find it, if there is.
1. If this is a more accessible way to get into bash than what is provided by the K-Menu help system, what is it?
2. What is the bash command to give my user account write permission on a whole directory of files (they're just Ruby source files)?
Thanks in advance.
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