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@videotron.ca> 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@ptahhotep.com > http://www.ptahhotep.com > http://www.chiccantine.com > > You tinker on Unix and you only ever use ~ for Windows?! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk