From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jul 11 21:30:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA00109 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:30:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29989; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:30:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA09182; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:30:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id AAA00801; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:30:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:32:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: Nicolas Blais cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I have 4 questions In-Reply-To: <35A7C590.4BFFBFD4@netrover.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Nicolas Blais wrote: > These may be stupid questions, be aware! (I'm new to UNIX) > > 1) I downloaded GNULS and I like it a lot. How do I change ls to GNULS > so that I don't have to type GNULS? First, find out where GNULS is but typing: which GNULS or whereis GNULS. second, you can either: make an alias by typing alias ls {pathToGNULS}/GNULS make a link to GNULS by typing ln {pathToGNULS}/GNULS ls see man ln, and man alias for details. (type man man if you really don't get it... ;) BTW, what is GNULS, and what is so nice about it? > 2) What is the best port for reading and sending text email, I tried > Pine but I think it's not good. I'm using Pine since I know UNIX, and I am pretty satisfied... What is the problem with it? There are many other mail readers (Elm, netscape , ...) see /usr/ports/mail/README.html if you installed the ports, or www.freebsd.org/ports/ > 3) How do I read content from the floppy drive? (I'm new to UNIX) > You _mount_ the floppy drive in a "directory". If it's a dos floppy, try mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Explanations: -t is the type of floppy (filesystem) you're mounting /dev/fd0 is the device you're mounting, in occurence the floppy. /mnt is the place where it should be mounted. Then you can cd to /mnt and ls (or GNULS!) to see what's inside. > 4) What do I have to add to .cshrc so that my prompt shows the UPDATED > current directory and %? Ahhhh! The funny part! you must change the "prompt" variable, which is set ine .cshrc to 'hostname -s' by set prompt = 'hostname -s'. You might like to comment this line out and put: set prompt = "%n@%m [%t] %c3%# %L" it gives me: beaupran@outpost [12:26am] ~> ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | \_________ my logname the hostname the time the tree top dirs of the current dir (%n) @ (%m) [%t] %c 3 > hope this helps! reply if something's bad... Spidey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message