Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 22:02:35 -0000 From: "Christopher Raven" <gurab@lineone.net> To: "Sue Blake" <sue2@welearn.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Link to Ports CDROM Message-ID: <01bd5127$3a1e98a0$0300a8c0@admin.cian.net>
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>> # for i in *; do >> > ln -s $i /usr/ports/distfiles/$i >> > done went to >> and the console returns the error:- >> >> for: Command not found >> do: Command not found >> with the answer ....... >I'm a newbie but my guess might help while you're waiting :-) >I think that won't work with csh but it will work with bash. >The book tends to assume that bash is the shell being used as most people do >seem to use it. installed and ran it > >If you have bash installed you can type bash and see your prompt change from ># to $ and then do whatever. To get back to csh you could type exit. became #bash> (even more confusing) > >I hope this helps. If not, wait for an expert to set you right :-) > >-- > >Regards, > -*Sue*- > > problem solved - runs a.o.k. thanks Chris R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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