> -----Original Message----- > From: PJ [mailto:af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:56 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: whoami explanation > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:07 PM > >> To: PJ > >> Cc: Daniel Brown; Per Jessen; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: whoami explanation > >> > >> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 11:16 -0500, PJ wrote: > >> > >>> Daniel Brown wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:57, PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> forgot to add: > >>>>> What's the difference between back ticks or quotes and regular > >>>>> > >> single > >> > >>>>> quotes? > >>>>> How does one enter back quotes from the keyboard? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Welcome to the Internet! > >>>> > >>>> The first place you should look when you have a question is on > >>>> Google. The first result that comes up for "backtick operator" is > >>>> > >> the > >> > >>>> PHP manual itself: > >>>> > >>>> http://php.net/language.operators.execution > >>>> > >>>> If you don't know where a key is on your keyboard, please look > >>>> > >> down. > >> > >>>> > >>> I don't think it's necessary to be sarcastic... > >>> Hate to disappoint you, but on my computer (FreeBSD 7.0) on Firefox > >>> Google does not go directly to the php manual... it goes to some > >>> > >> nitwit > >> > >>> site thinkexist.com > >>> So, this list is a much better source of information that waddling > >>> through the crap that's thrown at you on G. > >>> And I find that Googie is getting pretty garbagy even if there is > >>> nothing better around ;-) > >>> As for the keyboard, this is the first time I have ever, ever > needed > >>> > >> the > >> > >>> back quote key although I have occasionally needed the ~ key for > >>> > >> Windows > >> > >>> stuff. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> http://www.ptahhotep.com > >>> http://www.chiccantine.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> You tinker on Unix and you only ever use ~ for Windows?! > >> > > > > I realize this thread is old and dead and buried, but I have to get > my > > licks in on the new guy, too... but Ash beat me to it. I was going to > > talk about how "~" was an alias for the current user context's home > > directory in any POSIX system I've ever used. :) > > > > Welcome aboard, PJ. > > > Gee, thanks. So, when was I supposed to have used this alias? Hell, I > can live with my ignorance. What's a POSIX system and why is it a POSIX > - a language, I think I heard.... > > But I'm sorry I missed the fun earlier about the American foibles... > unfortunately that should go on some other list and I wish I knew which > one - one that had some smarts to it (like this one) and I'd like to > really hear what people think about "us" and what's really going on in > the world... oooooooh, well.... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=posix ;) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
