So would the final command be... bevs -r krusty < commands.sh OR cat commands.sh | bevs -r krusty
where commands.sh is a list of commands seperated by ; and NOT carriage returns? I guess I need to learn a little more about using shell metacharacters. :-) TIA, Ben Kennish [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fubra.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "redirect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 5:10 PM Subject: Re: How to do stuff in batch on the VS > separate with a semi-colon ; > > /sbin/ipchains -N table;/sbin/ipchains -I input -j table;/sbin/ipchains -I > output -j table;/sbin/ipchains -A table -s 127.00.00.1/255.255.255.255 -p > all;/sbin/ipchains -A table -d 127.00.00.1/255.255.255.255 -p all > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Kennish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:35 PM > Subject: How to do stuff in batch on the VS > > > > Dear all, > > > > What is the recommended way of running multiple commands on a VS when > > your list of commands is on the hosting server. > > > > For example, > > > > I've tried using... > > > > bevs -r krusty < /etc/commands.sh > > cat /etc/commands.sh | bevs -r krusty > > > > but both of these give strange results. > > > > However, > > > > cat /etc/commands.sh | chroot /home/vsd/vs/krusty > > > > seems OK. Could a "-f (filename)" option be added to bevs that executes > > the list of commands held in (filename) on the VS and then exits? This > > would seem a lot nicer. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > Ben Kennish > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.fubra.com > > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
