On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Robert Hough wrote:
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001, Kayven Riese wrote:
% whereis procmail
procmail:
That doesn't look good to me. Though, it's possible that procmail just
isn't in your path. Try this instead:
At your "%" prompt:
set path = (/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin)
set path = ($path /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin $HOME/bin)
Pine finished -- Closed "INBOX". Kept 39 messages and deleted 2.
% set path = (/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin)
set path = ($path /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin $HOME/bin)
% % %
pwdet path
set: Syntax error.
% pwd
/u7/users/k/kayve
% set path = /bin
% pwd
/u7/users/k/kayve
% >
oops.. shheeet.. i didn't copy it but pine was not found after that..
i will try agin..
Type "exit" to menus
% set path = (/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin)
% whereis procmail
procmail:
% pine
pine: Command not found.
%
maybe i am a little confused about yer command(s??)..
is it one command or two?..
i should prolly try installing procmail at $HOME.. but
now i haven't been able tofind the *#(_at_)# directions fer
installation.. i got a *.gz.zip wassit file er something
er other i downloaded fer it.
Type "exit" to menus
% stty erase
% set path = ($path /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin $HOME/bin)
% whereis procmail
procmail:
%
interestingly, this time pine WAS found..
I put it on two lines so you could easily read it, and cut & paste it if
need be. After you have done the above, try the "whereis procmail"
command again.
% procmail-l
procmail-l: Command not found.
%prcmail -l
prcmail: Command not found.
I meant, email the procmail mailing list. Also known as procmail-l... :)
umm.. woops.. i should do that now 2? {:}
the director /bin/sh exists.. but it doesn't look like there is
anything in it.. is there a whichshell command? i will see if i
can find that.. here is some stuf i did:
To use /bin/sh - you execute it like so:
% exec /bin/sh
the thing that confuses me about this is.. what do i do then?
vi the .forward file and the .procmailrc file? i mean this stuf
does its job whether i am online er not.. NO??
% exec /bin/sh
$ whereis procmail
procmail:
$
agin.. pine WAS found.
/bin/sccs /bin/sh /bin/spellin /bin/su
/bin/sh is not a directory by the way. I'm not sure if this will work
under AIX or not, but try using 'ls -F' instead.
Pine finished -- Closed folder "INBOX". Kept all 39 messages.
% ls -F
4-28-01.WPD dead.letter prcmrc
Lectures2.cbv expts.doc proc.txt
Mail/ findp.txt proc_old/
Msgs/ forfreek procmail-3.15.1.tar.gz
News/ forward.txt procmail-3.21.tar.gz
PROJECT.SAS in-testing procmail.txt
PROJECT.log int_game/ public_html/
PROJECT.lst jeff.htm sas_class/
Procmail/ lists.rc.davebb sas_disk.zip
bin/ mail/ sub.png
bounce.txt mail_test/ the.procmailrc
chicago2045.ZIP mbox* xit
core porc.txt
%
Under most UNIX boxes,
it will display like so:
[rch(_at_)tsunami rch]$ ls -F
Mail/ config.pl* tmp/ twm/
Procmail/ scratch.pl* tsunami/
Names that appear like so 'Mail/' represent directories. Names with a
'*' at the end represent files that are executable. Names that have
nothing at the end of them are just plain files. Stuff with '@'
represent linked files. So on, etc. You can read more about the 'ls'
command on IBM's site which contains the 'man' pages you seem to be
missing:
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixgen/topnav/topnav.htm
O
oooooo...TAAAAYYY!!.. plastad dat up on mah web page:
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~kayve
onna link called 'man' (just an aside)
thank yee kindly, sir. }:D
the command 'sh' to 'launch the bourne shell' and i got the
$ prompt instead of the % prompt.. is this relevant to anything?
The various prompts are just a way to let you know what shell you are
using. "$" is a non-priviledged shell in 'sh' and 'bash' while "#"
represents a privileged shell in both 'sh' and 'bash'.
umm yeah.. that's what i thought.. never got a # prompt poysonally..
seen $ and % B-4 and stuf like "hsc.usc.edu:>" er somethin' though.
The 'csh' is a fine shell indeed, but I'm personally of the opinion that
all users should learn the 'Bourne Shell - sh' first. This is a default
shell on *every* version of UNIX that I have ever used. If you know
'sh', then in effect, you should be able to navigate any version of UNIX
you ever get stuck on.
umm.. i wasn't sure which one i started with.. but i switched to sh
i think... that one command gave me MANY options.
oops.. what shell is the % shell?
The '%' prompt generally denotes 'csh'. You should be able to discover
what shell you are using by typing 'echo $SHELL' at the prompt, or
'echo $shell'. You might have to try both ways, depending on the shell
you using.
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh
$
but the problem with this is that i aready followed yer 'structions
and switched to $.. so i am not sure what the default is right now.
--
Robert Hough (rch(_at_)solveinteractive(_dot_)com)
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