When you specify "&&" in your string is that a way of specifying two commands in one?
When you specify emerge sync && emerge -upDf world (correct where I'm wrong) It executes command 1 fist (emerge sync) and then command 2 (emerge -upDf world)? I don't understand why you would do both of these at the same time. I'm new to this so I'm just trying to make sense of how emerge works. And yes I've read through the man emerge page. when you specify -u in your second command, isn't this going to get you what you need? I guess I'm confused about exactly what emerge sync is doing then I guess..<a little confused :D> When you specify emerge sync && emerge -upDf world what is taking place and is this your normal operating procedure? How often do you do an emerge sync? Thanks, JBanks --- Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ted Satcher wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm still in the 20th century here in Alabama > > and I don't have a high speed internet connection. > > Can the gentoo distribution realistically be maintained > > with a slow connection? I do have access to a > > high speed connection with a cd burner, but it's > > a 40 minute round trip. Any input from those > > who have tried it? Thanks. > > I do it through a 33.6 dial-up. Most of the time, I just leave the > internet connected overnight. I do a 'emerge sync && emerge -upDf world' > to let it download all the new files. Then in the morning I do 'emerge > -upD world' to see what it wants to install, then 'emerge -uD world'. > The files were already downloaded the night before, so download time > isn't really an issue. > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
