Space Forum / SETI / September 2003

How are you starting the client? Do you create a terminal window and
launch it from there?

Primitive computer operating systems had all the files in one large
drawer. This made it far more diffitult to group sets of those files
together, run multiple versions of SETI, etc. Most modern operating
systems have the concept of directories. You could think of a
directory as a folder in a file cabinet; folders can either have files
or other folders within them. If you want a more detailed explanation,
seek out a FAQ on UNIX or perhaps O'Reilley's new book on Learning
Unix on the Macintosh.

To find out what your current directory is, run the command

pwd

this should yield a response similar to

/Users/gulliver

That is where you're running the SETI@home CLI now. To create a new
directory to run seti, run the command

mkdir seti2

which will create a new directory under /Users/gulliver called
"seti2". To run seti in that second directory, do

cd seti2

Which will move you into the "seti2" directory. Then do:

../setiathome

which will start seti@home running in that new directory. You should
use the same command line options you use to run the first instance of
seti@home .

It's somewhat difficult to do that, since you didn't say exactly how
you're running the first copy of seti@home . Hopefully, that will be
complete enough instructions.

--phli