You can show all hidden files in the finder, too.<br><br>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE<br><br>On tiger, this causes all icons to get a little bit transparent as though they're all hidden.<br>
<br>I think that there is a macosxhints discussion about this that wraps it all up in a nice applescript or automator applet.<br><br>Jonathan Saggau<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Dethe Elza</b> <<a href="mailto:delza@livingcode.org">delza@livingcode.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 4/9/06, Daniel Lord <<a href="mailto:daniellord@mac.com">daniellord@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On Apr 8, 2006, at 7:59 PM, linda.s wrote:<br>><br>> > Hi,<br>> > I installed quite a few python versions in my computer and I want to
<br>> > know where they are located.<br>> > Should i check them in the bin folder?<br>> > If so, why I can not find the bin folder in my home directory?<br>><br>> Someone answered the portion regarding the commands. As for the
<br>> location of the 'bin' directory, OS X hides several UNIX directories<br>> in the Finder as part of their simplification facade. You can always<br>> access them from the shell:<br>[snipped]<br><br>You can access them from the Finder too, either with the menu Go->Go
<br>to Folder... or via the keyboard: Cmd-Shift-G. Either way, you can<br>then type in any directory (such as /bin/) and it will open up a<br>Finder window for it, whether it is normally visible in the Finder or<br>not.<br>
<br>If you're already in the Terminal (or other command-line shell), the<br>command "open [directory]" will open the directory as a folder in the<br>Finder. So, "open ." will open the current directory, and "open
<br>/usr/local/bin" will open that directory in a Finder window. Of<br>course, the quotes are just for this email, you don't type them in the<br>command.<br><br>--Dethe<br>_______________________________________________
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