From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 08:25:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2FBD37B401 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 08:25:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.rossillo.net (24-193-207-118.nyc.rr.com [24.193.207.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0F043F75 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 08:25:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@rossillo.net) Received: from webmail.rossillo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.rossillo.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 35B5F39AA3; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:25:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 209.92.78.159 (SquirrelMail authenticated user scott) by webmail.rossillo.net with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:25:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44385.209.92.78.159.1054653923.squirrel@webmail.rossillo.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20030603091226.02b88e90@archimedes.rsn.bth.se> References: <153207361.20030602155106@untoldfaith.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030603091226.02b88e90@archimedes.rsn.bth.se> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:25:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Scott Rossillo" To: "Troy " User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three Quick Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 15:25:19 -0000 ~ Scott > 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. > The old session will eventually die off, but if you really want to kill it, type: w -- Note the TTY of your old connection ps -ax | grep ssh -- Find the PID (1st column) of the sshd that matches username@ttypX, where X is the TTY from w's output. kill -9 PID -- FIll in the correct PID for the old shh session from above. Typing "w" again should show that the connection is now dead. >>#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... > # > ...done... > > Now, check the /home/youruser/yourlog.file for changes and updates. > >>Thanks for any help. >> >>--Troy >> > > HTH > /Jalle > >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >