Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 16:35:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: kerby@bengali.npl.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quotes Message-ID: <199806072035.QAA16837@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <004201bd924a$03d0e960$4a52f126@kellogg> from Kerby Smith at "Jun 7, 98 02:25:10 pm"
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> hi, i have 2 questions... im VERY new to FreeBSD (dont even run it yet, > waiting on the cd to get here *grin*) and subscribed to learn about it so i > dont do anything stupid... > > first of all, do i post questions to "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" or do i > post them to "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"??? i think i only subscribed > to freebsd-newbies, cause a friend told me i should. should i also > subscribe to freebsd-questions too? im sorry for the stupid question, but > im new to mailing lists too as u can see :( Either one, but only post to one. I think you'll get better replies from freebsd-questions. > > for the second VERY stupid question, how come on most things unix related i > see quotes done like ``this" like below??? i mean, can u do regular quotes? > or is it just 'how its done' for ppl who use freebsd? When you use a word proccessor, the quotes are flipped, right? This is just to symbolize that. It isn't required. Some people do that, some don't It doesn't matter. > > You need to indent the non-label lines as described in the man page > and shown in the sample files. ``net'' is being treated as a label > with no instructions. In what? > > sorry for the stupid questions and annoying yall... im just kinda confused > and dont know if i send to freebsd-newbies if it'll even go anywhere, > thanks alot That's ok. If you don't know where to send it, try freebsd-questions first. I don't know about freebsd-newbies, but I'm sure that less people subscribe to it. > > kerby smith :) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kerby Smith > kerby@bengali.npl.com > I am Guilty of Murder... Blame me for > the death of Jesus Christ, because it was > for my sins that he was tortured and crucified! > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) I love the smell of fdisk in the morning FreeBSD Rules! Micro$oft Sucks! http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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