Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:26:18 -0600 From: "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> To: "Danny" <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: shutdown now Message-ID: <00bb01bfbee5$3e471fa0$63dba7d1@dnormandinfreewwweb.com>
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On Monday, May 15, 2000 4:46 PM Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> wrote: >- Instead of "shutdown NOW" try >- "shutdown -h NOW" > >Looking forward to your feedback. > >dannyh >dannyh@idx.com.au > > >On Sun, 14 May 2000, Duke Normandin wrote: >> Whenever I use ` shutdown now ` to drop into single-user mode, >> I get the following error message: >> >> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: -> I hit Enter >> >> syntax error: Bad substitution >> >> I hit ^D and all files are re-read w/o the system checks (which is >> what I want). How do I get rid of this "syntax" error? >> >> -duke I've used that in the past to reboot the system c/w probing etc. I use `shutdown now` to have the "system files" re-read" after I've changed something. It works OK -- I'm simply being picky in wanting to fix the syntax error. Do you know which script/program is running that is flashing me this error message when I hit return to accept /bin/sh ? Chris suggested that I look in .profile, but I can't see anything wrong in touch -- which doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot, because I couldn't find my arse with both hands when it comes to Unix/FBSD. ;^) Thanks for your input! -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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