[plug] KDE on Mandrake some questions

[Onno Benschop]

Innis Cunningham wrote:

> Hi All

Hi yourself.

First off the bat, it's considered bad form using an email from someone 
else and replying to that and changing the subject if the email you're 
replying to has nothing to do with the email you're writing.

The reason this is the case is because many email programs are able to 
track which messages belong to which discussion and can show the email 
in the appropriate thread - as do many archiving programs.

So, next time, just start a new message and send it to the group.

> Running KDE on Mandrake 10.
> Two questions
> 1)Where are the KDE files on my system?.
> I have looked in USR and other places but can't
> find them.

Well, there isn't really a concept of "KDE files", because KDE is really 
more of a framework that allows you to run programs. It's like asking 
where are the letters "a" in this email. You could point to each one, 
but it wouldn't actually help you, so instead, what question are you 
really asking here?

> 2)The writing under the icons on my desktop have a shadow
> under them is there a way of removing this feature.If so where
> should I look?.

I'm not familiar with that, but I'm guessing you're referring to a drop 
shadow and I'm also guessing that it is a property of the theme you're 
using, but other Mandrake users might be able to point in a more 
specific location for you.

>
> Also I have tried using the CP command to move directory files
> on my system but each time I get a "omitting directory" warning and
> nothing gets copied.What am I doing wrong?.

You are likely trying to copy a whole directory, not files, the copy 
command does this only if you ask it to, using the "-r" option. Before 
you use it I *strongly* recommend that you use the command "man cp" to 
read the appropriate manual page.

> And if I change the permissions for a directory will this change the 
> permissions
> for all the subdirectories and files in the main directory or do I 
> have to go and
> change the permissions of every file separately?.

No it won't change the permission for each file, but you can use the 
"-R" option, or a wild-card, like this:

    chmod -R +r fred
    chmod +r fred/*

Which both would set the read flag on the files inside fred, but they do 
change different things, the first command would change fred and all the 
files and directories below it, the second one would only change the 
files inside fred and the directories inside fred, but not the files 
inside the directories inside fred.

Again the "man" command is there for assistance: "man chmod".

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