On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:05:35 +0000, Rockinghorse Winner wrote:

> In alt.os.linux.debian, Rodney had the audacity to say that:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:21:00 +0200, Edmund wrote:
>>
>>> How to find what processes are running and how to kill one? It seems
>>> that an FTP process is running and now the windows from "Search for
>>> Files" doesn't open anymore :-(
>>>
>>> As I newbie I need such a Search option all the time.
>>>
>>> Edmund
>>
>> Edmund, it would be a good idea for you to get in the habit of giving
>> better information. From what you have written, you'll likely get
>> exactly what you received, brief replies with commands that you aren't
>> familiar with and from another thread it seems you aren't even familiar
>> with man pages (manual pages) to look those commands up. Commands like
>> "man ps" and "man top" would show you what those commands do and "man
>> kill" would explain the kill command. My guess is that the brief answers
>> might be of limited use to you at this point, even though they are
>> correct.
>>
>> In addition, is
>> this "Search for Files" some GUI program on a menu provided by one of
>> the desktop environments like Gnome or KDE or something else? Lots of us
>> don't use either Gnome or KDE and might not be familiar with what's on
>> one of those menus, you don't want people to ignore your question
>> because they don't think it's clear. What is it you need to search for
>> "all the time", take some time to learn about the file system structure.
>> Any files you've created are in your home directory, that's the only
>> place a user has permission to write files in a default install.
>>
>> A site like Debian newbie documentation:
>> http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Deb..._documentation might be a
>> good place for you to look, howto's, tutorials, FAQ's which can probably
>> get you started on things that you will want to know and help you to ask
>> questions. A lot of the people reading this group want to help people
>> who show they have tried to help themselves, rather than someone who
>> comes here all the time with every question they encounter. I would
>> guess that is the point Dan C is trying to make to you.
>>
>> I think chances are good, from your questions that I've seen over the
>> last while, that you actually want some program with a graphical
>> interface like gnome system monitor or something like that but that's
>> not likely to be the first answer that will be provided.
>>
>> Rodney
>
> I have found the apropos command useful when you don't know what command
> to look up. "apropos 'keyword' will output commands that contain
> 'keyword' in their description. GL
>
> *R* *H*

*R* *H*,
And you're telling *me* this, why? Did you perhaps post this to the
incorrect thread? I'm neither looking for nor confused by any commands,
I'm trying to help Edmmund and asking him to explain better what he wants.

Rodney