Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:19:08 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>, FBSDQ <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Script to hangup ppp? Message-ID: <20020314151908.GA28899@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEELFCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <20020314003211.11956.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEELFCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On 2002-03-13 20:10, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> Radhika Sambamurti wrote:
> >
> > kill -HUP `cat /var/run/tun0.pid`
> >
> > this should do it for you.
>
> No that does not work.
> It does not like the 'cat /var/run/tun0.pid' part. Gives a message argument
> should be jobs or process id.
You used the wrong type of quotes. Pay careful attention to the ones
Radhika suggested. You'll notice they are "backquotes", not the usual
apostrophe-like quotes you used. They're those quotes that are left of
"1" on US-style keyboards.
See the difference, in the example below:
$ echo hello
hello
$ cat 'echo hello'
cat: echo hello: No such file or directory
$ cat `echo hello`
cat: hello: No such file or directory
The second time, "echo hello" is executed as a command, and its output is
substituted in its place.
PS: Please do not top-post (i.e. write your replies on top of everything
else, quoting the entire text of the original poster). Also set your
mailer to quote the original posting in a more clear manner. I had to do a
bit of editing to reply to your message, since your text was separated from
the original post only by an -----Original Message----- line.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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