Hi
Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Your DNS goes in /etc/resolv.conf
>> ---------------------------------
>> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
CV> I could find no /etc/resolv.conf.
CV> Do I create it?
CV> If so, how do I create a 4char extension with my familiar editor ?
there are no extensions in linux ....
there are filenames ... and a '.' is a legal character for a filename.
So you can call it clarence.................no.ext.ens..io.n
and it will be a legal filename :)
CV> I tried elvis (even tho warned) and could not make it do ANYTHING.
CV> I couldn't get out of it without pushing reset.
CV> How do you get the processors attention ?
Elvis (and all other VI like editors are very strange :)))
to escape from vi type
:q<enter>
CV> Seems to be no man info for anything.
CV> Says it cannot open configuration file /usr/lib/man.conf
ups .... not good
CV> I spent quite some time with MC but was unable to find clues to some
CV> of it's own characteristics. What are the filename conventions? What
CV> do the preceding "*" or "@" mean ? What is the significance of the
CV> displayed colors? Why isn't this info builtin?
there should be help with f1 (esc-1 if you telnet into the machine)
I'm not sure ... but * means imho executable
and @means symlink ('alias' for a file or directory)
CV> - Clarence Verge
CU, Ricsi
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