Need help with assignment

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

http://m.imgur.com/fXeIetN

So the pic explains what I have to do. I know i use pico a1.A but I'm unsure of what to type in it.

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

What to type in is the question. As an assignment this is supposed to be testing your knowledge and/or ability to do research, so there would be little point in supplying you with an answer. If you are really having difficulty with this you might like to have a word with your tutor.

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

Well it's not really an assignment and it's just one of 12 parts. I tried pico a1.A then typed in mkdir -p documents/pictures but didn't work

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

Well, if it's not really an assignment there won't be any trouble with asking your tutor, will there.

I'm sorry if I was confused by your subject heading.

boosted1g · Feb 23, 2015

You need to talk to your professor then.
The parameters for this assignment is really basic, just a simple script to make directory; this is level 1 type stuff so the assignments are only going to get tougher

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

Well I just starte using Linus hence why I don't know much about it, can you at least tell me what's wrong with my scripting, if its a simple thing then answer

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

can you at least tell me what's wrong with my scripting

Until you show us your script no-one can tell you what is wrong with it, can they.

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

I posted it above, but I'll repeat myself, I used pico a1.A and then typed mkdir -p a1.A/documents/pictures

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

Sorry. I didn't notice that you had edited your post.

That script will create the directories "a1.A/documents/pictures", which is not what you want. You want "documents/pictures". Actually, as the script itself is called "a1.A" it will fail with the error "mkdir: cannot create directory ‘a1.A/documents/pictures’: Not a directory"

You may want to review the man page for mkdir.

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

So I shouldn't be using mkdir? Should I be using touch then? Or something else

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

No, you should use mkdir. But you should think about what directories you are trying to create and what the correct command is to create them.

Do you want to create a directory named "a1.A"?

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

Ah so it should be pico lnx155/a1.A?

skittle · Feb 23, 2015

I think some of the confusion here is what the 'script' actually is.

pico is a text editor, like notepad.exe on windows. the 'script' is just a text file containing the commands you would enter into a terminal. It is not a script that does anything, or is executable until you do some special things to the script.

the mkdir command is analogous to 'RightClick->New Folder" in windows.
To make a new directory in your "home" directory you can do:
mkdir /home/username_goes_here/documents/
mkdir /home/username_goes_here/documents/pictures
or
mkdir ~/documents/
mkdir ~/documents/pictures/

These are commands that you would execute on the command line, not inside of pico.
pico ~/lnxll55.txt
creates or opens a file lnxl55.txt then you would just type those commands into the text file.

If you want to execute the file/script, first give it executable privlages then run the file!
chmod +x ~/lnxl55.txt
sh ~/lnxl55.txt (or ./lnxl55.txt)

McHenryB · Feb 23, 2015

I just think the OP isn't reading the question and understanding what directories to create. Until you understand the question it is difficult to provide a solution.

death_hellscythe · Feb 23, 2015

ok i got it to work but still having a problem with it, checking contents of your ~/lnx155.a1/ directory... INCOMPLETE , and when i tree it it only shows a1.A

skittle · Feb 23, 2015

Ok at this point you just have a complete failure of understanding your task. Please re-read your assignment and review these commands and you will of course see what you did wrong. This is really basic things... God help you if you can't get it figured out from here.

BTW whatever font you are using on your iphone there is <mod edit> RETARDED. 1's look like l's and some charaters are not formatted correctly. Switch to a proper font ASAP.

Code:

mkdir ~/lnx155.a1
pico ~/lnx155.a1/a1.A

Code:

mkdir ~/lnx155.a1/documents
mkdir ~/lnx155.a1/documents/pictures

Code:

chmod +x ~/lnx155.a1/a1.A
./lnx155.a1/a1.A

Before you turn your assignment in, verify that the code actually does what you want it to..

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