From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 23 4:22:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94CA837B405 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:22:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b206.otenet.gr [212.205.244.214]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id fANCMhY06315; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:22:43 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fANCI7G11025; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:18:07 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from charon@labs.gr) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:18:07 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Anthony D'asero" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pointers for a freebsd beginner Message-ID: <20011123121806.GB10577@hades.hell.gr> References: <000801c17391$d4917840$0301a8c0@tonyl0hivzdf57> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c17391$d4917840$0301a8c0@tonyl0hivzdf57> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Anthony, On 2001-11-22 12:11:08, Anthony D'asero wrote: > Hi: I did install the 4.4 version of Linux X86, and after spending 6 > hours trying to get thru LOGIN I get a dollar sign, and nothing > else. I have to assume that you mean version 4.4-RELEASE of FreeBSD and not Linux, since this is a FreeBSD support list :) This dollar sign is the `prompt' for entering commands. The program that prints this dollar sign and lets you enter commands to be run, is called a `shell'. To see the files of the /etc directory you would enter at this prompt: $ ls /etc > What do you use this thing for, it does not seem to be able to do > any thing. Unix shells are very powerful programs. You need to learn the proper commands to give though, before all this seems a bit useful to you :) > Please help me understand, I am lost. > Thank you. > Anthony D'asero You should probably start reading about using Unix for doing every day work. There are hundreds of books and web pages on this topic, and I will not attempt to reproduce them all in a short message. You can do many things to start learning about Unix (and FreeBSD): a) Many useful pointers are available from the http://www.FreeBSD.org/ home page. Follow the "Documentation" link at the left side of the page. b) Search at http://www.google.com/ for "unix introduction" c) Visit your local bookstore and search for introductory Unix books. Ciao, -giorgos PS: Try to send messages with a more descriptive `Subject' line. I customarily delete messages that do not seem interesting. A subject of "any pointers for a beginner in freebsd?" will certainly grab the attention of more people than a simple "?". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message