Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:50:09 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Dan Kalowsky <dkalowsky@wgate.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error in documentation Message-ID: <20000814195009.C254@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000814194535.B254@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 07:45:35PM %2B0100 References: <3997EE00.77988B82@wgate.com> <20000814194535.B254@parish>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 07:45:35PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 09:02:56AM -0400, Dan Kalowsky wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2735 > > > > > > minor typo in your dcumentation on the above URL. > > > > you have listed > > > > # sh MAKDEV snd0 > > > > shouldn't it be > > > > # sh MAKEDEV snd0 > > > > ?? > > You are quite correct. I will fix this. Thanks for pointing it out. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Forget I said that. 2 minutes after I posted I saw Ben has already done so. > > BTW, can anyone explain why many (most?) people suggest running ``sh > MAKEDEV <device>'' rather than ``./MAKEDEV <device'' (assuming both > are preceded by ``cd /dev'')? > > The first line of /dev/MAKEDEV is: > > #!/bin/sh - > > so irrespective of which shell the user runs MAKEDEV from it will > always be executed under sh(1). > > Is this just another historical thing? > > > > > -- > > Dan Kalowsky "Tonight I think I'll walk > > alone, > > Worldgate Communications, Trevose PA I'll find my soul as I go > > home." > > Software Engineer - TICS Group - Temptation > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > -- > 4.4 - The number of the Beastie > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000814195009.C254>