Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:00:12 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pine and Pico Message-ID: <19980617180012.64598@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980617002151.21641@nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 12:21:51AM %2B0100 References: <3.0.5.32.19980615232720.007f66f0@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980615232720.007f66f0@mx.serv.net> <19980617002803.07527@welearn.com.au> <3.0.5.32.19980616123420.007ede10@mx.serv.net> <19980617002151.21641@nothing-going-on.org>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 12:21:51AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 12:34:20PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > (1) My question was so simple I was sure it has been asked before. > > That being the case, please take the time to use the mailing list archives > at <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/>; and facilities like DejaNews (at > <URL:http://www.dejanews.com/>. > > Or there's always the system manual pages. A quick > > % man sh > > would show you the information you're looking for in the "Invocation" > section. Of course, the "Invocation" section! Jeez, I'd never have thought of that word, glad you mentioned it :-) > Alternatively, you could look at some existing shell scripts on your > system to see if they do it. /etc/rc, /etc/rc.serial and /etc/rc.firewall > have examples of examining the positional parameters passed to a script > (although, granted, they're not the easiest code to understand). "positional parameters"? I reckon it'd be much easier to get info out of man pages if some of these words were more familiar, and I guess that sort of grows on you after doing battle with man pages for a while. There isn't a glossary anywhere, is there? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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