From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 18 10:15:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE2D37B9F3 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:15:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA87406; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:15:43 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:15:43 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: "david e. banning" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting help following ports installation In-Reply-To: <200002181306.NAA08230@mweb.worldy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, david e. banning wrote: > following my make and make install > I would like to find out info like; > > 1. Where is the executable stored - which one (if there are several) do > I execute? > > 2. Where are the configuration / help files and how do I access them. > For both, read hier(7) for a good understanding of your operating system's directory structure. If you still can't find an executable, try using whereis or locate (if your locate database has been rebuilt recently). Read the respective man pages for extra options. Configuration/help files, in addition, usually come in the form of man pages, for which you do not need to know the location, just the name (and perhaps section) of the page. For configuration files, one usually checks /usr/local/etc first. -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message