Creating a file in the /etc/folder?

To install MySQL I'm following the instructions on http://stringfoo.com/2007/11/05/serversetup_onleopard/
Step 8 is to write a four-line file and save it in the directory /etc/. BBEdit has a menu item for "Open Hidden" that can open files in that directory, but I'm stumped how to save a new file there. I'm logged in as a administrator. Dreamweaver can open files from that directory, but not save a new file there. The terminal can open files in that directory and I see "mkdir" for creating a directory there but I don't see a command for making a file. I searched help files but couldn't find anything.

Another easy way to save files into the "hidden" Unix folders that should work in most GUI applications...
When you're in the standard save dialog press <Command><Shift>G (just like Finder's "Go -> Go to folder..." menu item). You'll get the same "Go to folder" dialog and can just type in "/etc" to get into that folder, then save your file.
Steve

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Another easy way to save files into the "hidden" Unix folders that should work in most GUI applications...
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Hello,
I not sure I understand your problem.
Are you using the "Publish to a Folder…" command to publish into a site that you connected to with the Finder opening a FTP site?
I assume the server in question is a Sun server.
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G Systems, www.gsystems.com
Certified LabVIEW Architect
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Russel,
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It is a bug since CS4, agravated in CS5, because until CS3 it worked very well.
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Is anyone of Adobe reading this? Are you going to help us and fix this problem, please?...

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From the top of the page where the scripts live...
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Your posted resources worked for me. Thank you! After many attempts (to include Adobe's overseas call canter) to resolve the same installation and run errors, I used your suggested steps and I finally have a clean and running install. I did have to take a few extra steps;
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PS: when you look into the menu bar commands by mouse, you may note
there are keyboard shortcuts to perform the same tasks; such as they are.
*Edit> Select all* = uses 'Command + A' keys to do this, without mouse/menu.
And, it can be done quickly by keyboard. +(this will select all, for the next step)+
You would have to select the folder to be edited; yet there also are other key
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I'd thought about those 'keyboard symbols' after the first posting; but,
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