Thanks Steve There are several terms in what you've said that I'lll have to get my head around, but I love the challenge. I think linux is like putting together a jigsaw where you don't have a picture to work from, but you can choose how it looks in the end!
Cheers Rob T On Sunday 08 June 2003 21:58, Steve Kowalik wrote: > At 5:11 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mumbled: > > I've got it running, though I needed to remove the $. Do you know if its > > a permanent change, or do I need to do this every time I log in? > > Right, I said this, I should explain: > > > broken:~# export VISUAL="$(which ed)" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which ed > /bin/ed > > $() is a subshell, so that sets VISUAL to /bin/ed. > > Now, to answer your question, it's not a permanent change. You need to do > something like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep export .bash_profile | head -1 > export MAILNAME="Steve Kowalik" > > Cheers, -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
