From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 3 15:12:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 903B1C2A; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 711BB6F1; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t33FC7vg013588; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:07 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t33FC7gR013587; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:07 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504031512.t33FC7gR013587@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: eadler set sender to eadler@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Eitan Adler Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:07 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46447 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:12:07 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Fri Apr 3 15:12:06 2015 New Revision: 46447 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46447 Log: new users: Remove steps which are no longer required. - rehash is taken care of by autorehash - shells is modified when the package is installed Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml Fri Apr 3 15:02:31 2015 (r46446) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml Fri Apr 3 15:12:06 2015 (r46447) @@ -764,34 +764,17 @@ Then go back to /usr/local/kermit, find the directory with Makefile, and type make all install. - - The other thing that happens when installing ports or - packages is that some other program is needed. - - Once it is installed type rehash to make - FreeBSD reread the files in the path so it knows what is there. - (If you get a lot of path not found - messages when you use whereis or which, you - might want to make additions to the list of directories in the - path statement in .cshrc in your home - directory. The path statement in &unix; does the same kind of - work it does in DOS, except the current directory is not (by - default) in the path for security reasons; if the command you - want is in the directory you are in, you need to type - ./ before the command to make it work; no - space after the slash.) Your Working Environment Your shell is the most important part of your working - environment. In DOS, the usual shell is command.com. The shell + environment. The shell is what interprets the commands you type on the command line, and thus communicates with the rest of the operating system. - You can also write shell scripts, which are like DOS batch - files: a series of commands to be run without your - intervention. + You can also write shell scripts a series of commands to be run + without intervention. Two shells come installed with FreeBSD: csh and sh. @@ -815,17 +798,7 @@ Install the shell as a port or a package, just as you - would any other port or package. Use - rehash and which tcsh - (assuming you are installing tcsh) to make - sure it got installed. - - - - As root, edit /etc/shells, adding a - line in the file for the new shell, in this case - /usr/local/bin/tcsh, and save the file. - (Some ports may do this for you.) + would any other port or package.