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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


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