[Alpine-info] Maildrop setup in laymans terms?

[Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info]

On 2024-06-07 14:06, Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info wrote:

> On 2024-06-07 06:03, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:

>> touch command doesn't work

>>

>> chris at q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

>>

>> touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or 

>> directory

>>

>> chris at q4os-desktop:~$ cd /home/chris

>>

>> chris at q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

>>

>> touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or 

>> directory

>> chris at q4os-desktop:~$

> 

> But this is not an Alpine problem. You have problems handling the 

> standard Linux command line.

> 

>    cd /home/chris/

>    ls maildrop

> 

> If it says it is a file, you have to delete it and create a directory 

> instread:

> 

>    rm maildir


Sorry,

   rm maildrop


>    mkdir maildrop



When you get:

chris at q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

  touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or
  directory

It is because one element of the path does not exist. So you do:

   ls /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail
   ls /home/chris/maildrop
   ls /home/chris
   ls /home

to find out what does exist and what doesn't. Or rather:

   ls -l /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail
   ls -l /home/chris/maildrop
   ls -l /home/chris
   ls -l /home




-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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