Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:45:29 -0500 From: "Mikhail Evstiounin" <evstiounin@adelphia.net> To: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@emsphone.com>, "Darren Wiebe" <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> Cc: "aunty" <aunty@comcen.com.au>, "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Midnight Commander Message-ID: <004901bf5014$71d7cf80$a2353018@evstiouninadelphia.net.pit.adelphia.net>
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I believe, "mc" stands for media copy command - at least HP-UX 11.00 has it. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> Cc: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au>; Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>; freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Sunday, December 26, 1999 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Midnight Commander >In the last episode (Dec 25), Darren Wiebe said: >> > On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 02:01:37PM -0800, Duke Normandin wrote: >> > > Pkg_add mc??????? installed w/o a hitch, but I something went >> > > wrong, cuz I can't man mc or do odie@/# mc. What else needs doing >> > > before I can get this beast fired up? TIA >> > >> > Simple: train your fingers to go 'midc' instead of 'mc' when using >> > FreeBSD systems. Apparently we have something else called mc >> > already so the name had to be changed in the FreeBSD port :-( >> >> You could just add a link "man ln" to point mc to midc. It may not >> be as correct but it's what I originally did. It took me a bit to >> catch on when I switched over from linux too. Which program is >> called mc?? I have not used it. > >I think it's becuase 'mc' is too close to 'mv'. I have midc symlinked >to mc, and I accidentally start up mc at least twice a week because I >slip when I type 'mv'. > >-- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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