I attempted to run spad min as follows: I found the directory containing spadmin. I changed into that directory "./spadmin". The result was to return four lines, each reading "No protocol specified".
On Friday, August 31, 2012 09:47:10 PM you wrote: On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, rcdawson wrote: > It would be nice to know why spadmin doesn't run, however. I was never sure what command you used. F. >> ________________________________ >> From: Felmon Davis <[hidden email]> >> To: Tom <[hidden email]> >> Cc: [hidden email] >> Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:03 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run >> >> On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Tom wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> Sorry for the late response! >>> >>> An 'obvious' way to get a little bit more information about any unix-based >>> command is to add the tag "-h" or "--help" after the command. In this case >>> it would be something like: >>> >>> spadmin -h >>> >>> or >>> >>> spadmin --help >>> >>> It's just a quick-help, "cheat sheet". There is a lot more info in the >>> manual which you can access using the "man" command (seems a little sexist >>> but it's really just short for manual). So, try >>> >>> man spadmin >> >> my understanding is that the OP (you have deleted the original post) wasn't > getting it to run at all. >> >> he had a funny sign in front of the command which I thought might be an > artifact produced by his email. he should be sure to invoke the command as >> >> ./spadmin >> >> assuming he is in the same directory or give the whole path (without the > leading dot). >> >>> Hmmm, i don't have spadmin installed on my machine so i got nothing from >>> either of those commands. >> >> I have it but it seems to belong to openoffice in my case (on this machine) and > seems to require 'sudo' to invoke it as it's owned by root. >> >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >> >> regards to you too! >> >> F. >> >> -- Felmon Davis >> >> Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. -- > Johann von Goethe >> >> >> > -- Felmon Davis Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [hidden email] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spadmin-fails-to-run- tp4003722p4004878.html To unsubscribe from spadmin fails to run, click here. NAML -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spadmin-fails-to-run-tp4003722p4004966.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
