I could get you a FreeBSD 4.3 CD or show you how to install from a homemade
OpenBSD CD. The official CD sets for OpenBSD are $30.
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Justin Bengtson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:09 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:2203] RE: BSD (was RE: BASH question)
>
>
> if i convert to BSD, you won't mind being bombarded with
> questions? of
> course, by your reasoning, you won't be bombarded with
> questions because the
> man pages are THAT good. no, i'm not being sarcastic here.
> your arguments
> make a lot of sense.
>
> are OpenBSD and FreeBSD available in iso for download? if
> so, i'll try one
> out on my laptop and decide whether it's worth it for my main box.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Meuser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:2202] RE: BASH question
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 01:02:26PM -0700, Justin Bengtson wrote:
> > mos' definitely. what exactly does "i" represent? from
> what i'm reading
> > here (and what cory told me in-office) it seems to be a word between
> spaces.
> > if so, that's exactly what i'm looking for.
> >
> > the expression below doesn't look complete... "for i in
> $(DATE); do"
> > should there be a "each" in the statement? or does the
> statement only act
> > on the first "i"? or does it not need an "each" because
> it's implied?
> >
> i (it could be any variable name) represents a list, what a list is,
> and whether 'each' is needed is shell dependent, so
>
> > the man pages for BASH are horrible...
> >
> means you're SOL. Well not really, <rant> but it seems Linux
> (all distros,
> and even the kernel itself) relies much too heavily upon outside
> documentation.
> Since I abhor bash, </rant> I do not use bash, and don't feel right
> answering questions about it.
>
> I must also mention that I have learned a great many things from the
> OpenBSD man pages. That's where I learned how to do the
> above example.
> Of course, the man pages are online :
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi
> search for 'sh' or 'ksh'
>
> > and thanks for the help!
> >
>
> <rant>
> If you're really interested in learning Unix, and learning it
> correctly
> by studying audited (not just "security" audited, but plain
> bug audited,
> since many security related bugs start life as seemingly innocuous but
> sloppy code) sources (this is OpenSource, right?), and referencing
> up-to-date man pages that actually have examples in them, then install
> OpenBSD, and use it. Then you'll be able to help others who are stuck
> behind (or rather in front of) their "Oh so sweet" frontends, binary
> packages, and bloated, poorly documented software.
> </rant>
>
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