On Sunday 04 March 2007 19:04, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > You say above, and I tried "su -", and found myself in roots home > > directory with no access to the "SConstruct" file in my /home/user > > directory. > > > > How do I change back to my source directory after I've done a "su -" > > ? > > Use cd. Something like "cd /home/user/path/to/dir/with/SConstruct". Sorry. I thought I'd tried that, but obviously made a typo or something, because trying it now I get access to the source directory ok. > > (You can use the shortcut ~user in place of /home/user similarly to > how you can use ~ to point to your own home directory.) Yes I know that one, and ~/ does save a bit of typing. Thanks Todd, and all the other folks for the quick responses. Nigel.