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Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!not-for-mail From: eric@fudge.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer) Subject: Re: NetBSD1.1 newbie - PLEASE help! X-Nntp-Posting-Host: fudge.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <E3nM47.JA5@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services References: <1855.6946T860T358@ping.at> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:57:42 GMT Lines: 23 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:14821 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5109 Manfred Matzinger <matzing@ping.at> wrote: > 2) How can I turn on filename completion and the command history for sh? > I can't find instructions with "man sh". Turn on the line editing with "set -o vi" and you get history at the same time. NetBSD's sh doesn't have filename completion, though I can give you a patch to add it if you want. > 4) If I have a script, which I can start with e.g. "sh <scriptname>", > how can I turn it into an pseudo-executable, which can be started > with "<scriptname>" only? "chmod +x" it (and if it starts with a #, make sure you do #!/bin/sh at the top) > 5) What is "xdm" and where can I find instructions for it? I > carefully read the docs on the Gateway CD, but I found nothing!? The X display manager, which does the graphical login window thing. At least in NetBSD 1.2, the manpage is installed, so "man xdm". Eric