[Frodo Baggins]

I need some quick help to get some work done. I usually compile and run my programs on a PC, but here at my lab, I have to do all my work on a Mac (OS X). The problem is that I have to direct my programs to a certain directory, but I have NO IDEA how the directories work on this Mac.

For example, in Windows, I would simply state "C:\myworkdir\andsoforth\"

But I have no idea what is going on with my Mac here. What I can do is show you what the Terminal looks like within my directory, so you can show me the path I need to use:

Code:

Welcome to Darwin!
[macdonald:~/Ego] trinh%

trinh is my user name, and /Ego is the directory where my files are held. What path would I use for my java programs?

[fiji]

well if osx is somewhat similar to linux

~/ <--- means your users home directory, not the root of the drive


so you could try ~/Ego


also if you want your full home user directory location

type
*example*

tom@gentoo tom $ file ~/
/home/tom/: directory
tom@gentoo tom $


here my home directory is /home/tom
and where you want to save the files (if your home dir was /home/tom)
would be /home/tom/Ego

[Titan386]

I usually put my code inside the src/ directory, which I put in my home directory. So, to set it up like that, you could do:

mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src

Now you are inside the src directory. I like to have seperate directories for each project, so do that, the steps are similar:

mkdir ~/src/someproject
cd ~/src/someproject

And repeat that for each project you want a directory for.

Here is a listing of unix terminal commands that you might find useful coming from a Windows environment:
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/uni...dos_users.html

[kaltag]

the absolute path would be
/Users/trinh/Ego
Remember that unix/linux are case sensitive so use capitalization where appropriate

[Frodo Baggins]

Thanks guys, got it