Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 01:50:01 +0200 (SAST) From: Matthew West <mwest@cs.uct.ac.za> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some misc questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980828013840.23642C-100000@gimli.cs.uct.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980827000902.26862K-100000@dsinw.com>
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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, rick hamell wrote: > Ok, question #1, how can I setup Bash to have the server name for > certain users like root has? man 1 bash, skim down to the "PROMPTING" section. You'll probably want something like: export PS1="[\u@\h] \w$" in your "~/.bashrc" file(s). > Question #2, I've got a stray e-mail message in pine in the compose > buffer, every time I try to continue it, I get a panic, and pine dumps > me back to the prompt. Pine keeps it's postponed messages in "~/mail/postponed-msgs". If you don't mind loosing what's in it, just rm it. > Question #3 I find myself in the position of needing ICQ. Their homepage > dosen't have anything for Unix at all, and from what I've seen of the > port collection, there isn't one. Is there a Linux version I can use? There are 3 ICQ ports afaik; licq, micq and xicq, all in the ports/net. If they're not listed in the ports collection on your machine, you may want to use cvsup /usr/ports to bring yourself up to date, or you can install the pre-compiled packages. --mwest@cs.uct.ac.za http://www.cs.uct.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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