Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:31:03 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: rajunpl@hotmail.com Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20040926173103.14740.qmail@web53906.mail.yahoo.com>
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it was said: > % man 1 chmo > > whaT does (%) sign means here? root ,user or something else? > > Note ! [greypixel.gif] > Alternatively please send me mails on [i.p.emphone.gif] > [1]rajunpl@yahoo.co.uk and also please add me in your messenger > [greypixel.gif] Hello, The % is the "shell prompt." It marks the place where you should type in the command you wish to execute. The symbol depends on which shell you are using. The % is used by csh and tcsh, the default shell for FreeBSD. If you "su" to root, the symbol changes to #. Of course, you can change these symbols to whatever you want; but if I were you, I would learn a great deal more about FreeBSD before worrying about that. You should read the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html (URL may have wrapped) because many of these types of questions are answered there. Also, I suggest reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ (URL may have wrapped) so that when you ask a question on this list, you get the best possible answer. Regards, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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