From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 20 17:34: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93ED510E05 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:33:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10ENmN-0006O4-00; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:33:56 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id BAA00689; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:33:26 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00828; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:32:01 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990221013200.B787@localhost> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:32:00 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Nelson Yu , FreeBSD Subject: Re: Tech Questions References: <19990220173912.23514.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990220173912.23514.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com>; from Nelson Yu on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 09:39:12AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 09:39:12AM -0800, Nelson Yu wrote: > Hello, > > As a root user, I was able to use shortcut !v for vi-editor I have > used earlier for editing file, which I want to use !v to re-edit the > same file without typing: vi filename.txt at the prompt. As a user > being a different login name, I wasn't able to do this. > Which file should I edit and what do I add in so that I can do the !v > shortcut command as a different user (not root)? > ``!v'' is a csh(1) feature. Is the other user using csh as their shell? ``!v'' type syntax is not supportted under sh(1). > And I want to download and upload files from a:\ floppy to my account, > suppose I have a file hello.C, what command do I use? > ``mount -t msdos /dev/rfd0 /mnt'' then use it like a standard Unix filesystem. > How do I do the same above as e:\cd-rom? > ``mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt'' Your CD-ROM may not be ``cd0''. Also you can't mount the floppy and the CD at the same time. HTH > Help appreciated, thanks. > > Nelson > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message