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At 15:51 2003-06-02 -0600, Troy wrote:
>Hello,
>Three quick questions here.
>#1
>When installing ports how do I pass switches?
>ex. make --args install  (is this how?)

Yes, generally, this is how you do it.

>#2
>If  I  am connected via ssh and get disconnected how do I login and kill 
>the old
>session?

You shouldnt need to. If you mean that you want to kill some application 
that you started
in your old session, then try the kill (man kill) command.

>#3
>When  upgrading  via  cvsup how do I tell what has changed to see if it is 
>worth
>upgrading after running the cvsup session?

Save the output from cvsup. If you're using the GUI, just click the save 
button, and it will save in the "./cvsup.log" (or something like that). If 
you're using the command line cvsup, I cant recall any flag for output 
saves, but you can always use the script (man script) command, like so...

# script /home/youruser/yourlog.file
...some info...
# cvsup yourcvsupfile
...updating updating updating...
# <ctrl-d>
...done...

Now, check the /home/youruser/yourlog.file for changes and updates.

>Thanks for any help.
>
>--Troy
>

HTH
/Jalle

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