Notices

To make life easier you can also type this command (as user!):

Originally Posted by gohan2091

When I run the echo, I am running it as a user, not as root because it says:

Code:

-rw-r--r--    1 user     users         112 Jan 23 16:37 /home/user/.profile

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Originally Posted by casper27

@Gohan
As user

Code:

vi /home/user/.profile

Then when it opens copy this into it

Code:

trap exit SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"

Ensure that they are on different lines.
Then press

Code:

Esc Esc
:wq
Enter

Then try

Code:

cat /home/user/.profile

The Esc key is to be pressed twice it is on the screen at the bottom.When you press it twice you will notice the curser goes to the bottom left of the screen. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by cardiff-blues

hi jan

when i try to install it tells me it's already there...

/home/user # apt-get install iplayer-dl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
iplayer-dl is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
/home/user #

then when i try
/home/user # /opt/ruby/bin/iplayer-dl
/bin/sh: /opt/ruby/bin/iplayer-dl: not found
/home/user #

i get a not found

Originally Posted by Alan_Peery

Gohan, this isn't responding with who you are running as -- it's listing the permissions on the file.

To find out what user the computer thinks you are operating as, use the command "id".

To make it more obvious as you're learning, here is a small exercise:

1. Start a new xterminal window from the one you have running by selecting "New" from its menus at the top of the screen
2. in that new window type "id" and hit return
3. Do #1 again
4. In this new xterm, type "sudo gainroot" followed by "id". The results should be different
5. Use the task switching of maemo to switch between these windows. Note that the you're now effectively logged in as multiple users.
6. Now that you've seen this, exit all xterms by typing "exit", and start again. Having multiple xterms logged in as different users can be handy, but when you're getting started it's just too confusing on a small screen device like the N900.
7. Start up the xterm again, fight the iplayer battle some more.

When you've won on the iplayer front, you'll also have won on the "learning the command line" front. :-)

Originally Posted by gohan2091

Thanks Jan for your informative post. When I run the echo, I am running it as a user, not as root because it says:

Code:

-rw-r--r--    1 user     users         112 Jan 23 16:37 /home/user/.profile

When I run: ~ $ cat /home/user/.profile, I get this:

Code:

alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"
alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"
alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"

When I run:

Code:

rm /home/user/.profile
echo 'alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"'

and then run cat /home/user/.profile, I get this...

Code:

cat: can't open '/home/user/.profile': No such file or directory

I know your post was trying to help but I think I am more confused now than ever. Is it possible to erase everything I've done and start over?

Your newly edited instructions are still unclear to newbies e.g

You didn't mention on first page how to run as user. I think I will sit back and be patient.