Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 05:23:36 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /etc/make.conf and AMD Athlon 600 Message-ID: <20021010022336.GH21391@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20021009214930.K36987-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20021008065146.GM81796@vectors.cx> <20021009214930.K36987-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On 2002-10-09 22:00, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> > > I didn't have .../share/mk/ so I went out with google and downloaded
> > > bsd.cpu.mk -- Wouldn't it be nice if "mv" had a flag to create directories
> > > if they don't exist? Same with the command "touch."
> > put this in your shell's rcfile:
> > mvm() {mkdir -p `dirname $2` && mv $1 $2;}
>
> Doesn't it matter which shell I'm running? (tcsh) But the script looks
> seriously cool, thanks!
>
> I just did some Google and AltaVista searches for mvm mvm() and mkdir and
> unix... Didn't find anything. Which manpage concerns mvm??
You won't find any. It's a shell function, named mvm() by the poster
of that message. Shell functions are one of the ways to create custom,
elaborate 'aliases' of commands. The other two alternatives being the
`alias' shell builtin (where it works) and writing shell scripts.
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