From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 18 21:17:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA28920 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:17:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28915 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:17:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue2@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue2@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA19014; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:15:45 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980719141541.08251@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:15:41 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Jon Hamilton Cc: Greg Lehey , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Unsetting exported environment variables? References: <19980719122446.M957@freebie.lemis.com> <199807190310.UAA24713@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199807190310.UAA24713@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jon Hamilton on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 10:12:18PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 10:12:18PM -0500, Jon Hamilton wrote: > > In message <19980719122446.M957@freebie.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey wrote: > } On Saturday, 18 July 1998 at 21:42:00 -0500, Jon Hamilton wrote: > } > > } > In message <19980719103309.J957@freebie.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey wrote: > } > > } > I know you already found the answer; I'm just marveling that you asked > } > the list in the first place. > } > } Man pages are good for finding something if you know what you're > } looking for. I never thought there would be an "unset" command, so I > } would have needed to read the entire man "page" (68 pages in the case > } of bash), which is rather inefficient. I *did* scan it, but I thought > } it would be quicker to ask. It was. > > You're just being lazy; I am certain your problem solving skills are really > much better than that. Haven't you noticed? He does these things occasionally so that we newbies won't feel so bad all the times that we miss what's obvious to everyone else. Not only does it make us feel better, it gives us an occasional opportunity to understand a question enough to join in the hunt for the answer. Given enough time, I might have even been able answer this one. I was already up to page 3 when someone who should have known better blurted out the answer, which of course is on the last page. Now, Jon, it's your turn to do your duty for the morale of the keen beginners. When you do, it'd better be convincing because now you know that I'll know what you're up to. I'll be watching and waiting :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message