From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 3 3: 8: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED9E37B401 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 03:08:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25FCE43EB2 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 03:08:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18JAuF-000Hm8-00 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:08:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id D613AD65 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 699AAB6F for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:48 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 92635225CC; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:48 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear my $500] ..improvement Message-ID: <20021203110748.GC694@raggedclown.net> References: <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:09:24AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:28:07PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user with: > > > > > Hello, which port would you like? > > Boggle. > Do you mean something like this ? > > #!/bin/sh -- > while : do > /bin/echo -n "Hello, which port would you like? : " > read PORT [ "$PORT" = "" ] && { echo Toodle Pip; exit 0; } > portinstall $PORT done > > > $500 is pretty steep, even if it IS for a priceless utility! Negotiable? > Price just went up :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message