From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 2 8:27: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from janus.afccc.af.mil (janus.afccc.af.mil [209.22.30.2]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2AB840AE for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:27:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from janus.afccc.af.mil (root@localhost) by janus.afccc.af.mil with ESMTP id QAA01101; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:27:04 GMT Received: from thor.afccc.af.mil (thor.afccc.af.mil [209.22.31.24]) by janus.afccc.af.mil with ESMTP id QAA01097; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:27:04 GMT Received: by thor.afccc.af.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:23:18 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Havener, Kevin" To: William Woods Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Netscape issues.... Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:23:07 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Then it must be some demand dialing/Netscape interaction wierdness. I don't use demand dialing and yet my netscape default page is set to a file on my local machine using just syntax I've described. Sorry, I don't know anything about demand dialing. Good luck Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: William Woods [SMTP:freebsd@cybcon.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:12 AM > To: Havener, Kevin > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Brett Taylor > Subject: RE: Netscape issues.... > > Still trying to dial, > > I do have ppp -alias -nat myisp > > going, but I need that > > On 02-Feb-00 Havener, Kevin wrote: > > If that doesn't work, use netscape > > file:///usr/local/books/unixbookshelf/index.htm > > IIRC, the number of leading slashes is important. > > > > Kevin > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Brett Taylor [SMTP:brett@peloton.runet.edu] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 10:29 AM > >> To: William Woods > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Re: Netscape issues.... > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, William Woods wrote: > >> > >> > I have a couple manuals on my system in .htm format that I use often, > >> > but every time I execute a small script I have written: > >> > > >> > netscape /usr/local/books/unixbookshelf/index.htm > >> > >> I'm not 100% certain this will work, but I think it will: > >> > >> netscape file:/usr/local/books/unixbookshelf/index.htm > >> > >> I don't think it will dial if you use the file:. > >> > >> Brett > >> ***************************************************** > >> Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * > >> Dept of Chem and Physics * > >> Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * > >> Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * > >> Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * > >> ***************************************************** > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: William Woods > Date: 02-Feb-00 > Time: 08:11:46 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > > 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