Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:48:18 -0700 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: error in documentation Message-ID: <20000814134818.A35512@mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <20000814194535.B254@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 07:45:35PM %2B0100 References: <3997EE00.77988B82@wgate.com> <20000814194535.B254@parish>
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And Mark Ovens spoke: > BTW, can anyone explain why many (most?) people suggest running ``sh > MAKEDEV <device>'' rather than ``./MAKEDEV <device'' (assuming both > are preceded by ``cd /dev'')? It's to make sure that the MAKEDEV script is run by sh, and not whatever shell you happen to be running, such as csh for example. Joseph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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