Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:35:19 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> Cc: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au>, Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Midnight Commander Message-ID: <19991226163519.B79675@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <38655D1B.C46AEAE8@heartland.ab.ca>; from "Darren Wiebe" on Sat Dec 25 17:11:07 GMT 1999 References: <001c01bf4e5a$e9914c60$c39ec5d1@webserver> <19991225103859.A17780@comcen.com.au> <38655D1B.C46AEAE8@heartland.ab.ca>
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In the last episode (Dec 25), Darren Wiebe said: > > On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 02:01:37PM -0800, Duke Normandin wrote: > > > Pkg_add mc??????? installed w/o a hitch, but I something went > > > wrong, cuz I can't man mc or do odie@/# mc. What else needs doing > > > before I can get this beast fired up? TIA > > > > Simple: train your fingers to go 'midc' instead of 'mc' when using > > FreeBSD systems. Apparently we have something else called mc > > already so the name had to be changed in the FreeBSD port :-( > > You could just add a link "man ln" to point mc to midc. It may not > be as correct but it's what I originally did. It took me a bit to > catch on when I switched over from linux too. Which program is > called mc?? I have not used it. I think it's becuase 'mc' is too close to 'mv'. I have midc symlinked to mc, and I accidentally start up mc at least twice a week because I slip when I type 'mv'. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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