Re: [SLUG] Simple Newbie Questions

[Rodos <rodos@nospam.haywood.org>]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Matt wrote:

> Say I would like to make a script to run "dhclient eth0" for Optushome 
> (since i'm too scared to do that rc.d stuff - i froze things up last time :) 

Just put it in the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local (assuming RedHat).

> make a script called "oh" and enter into it "dhclient eth0",

Dont forget to make the first line

#!/bin/sh

or whatever shell you want to use to execute your script.
 
> chmod +x oh,
> 
> copy it to the /bin directory so that i'd be in a path (i know, that's what 
> the email's for) :)

Or place it into /usr/local/bin which is the convention of where you put
your own scripts, rather than the ones which came with the system.

> What about a perl script ? IS that how most people make "perl myperl1" into 
> a "program" ? With a shell script that says "perl perl1" ?

Well you could do it with Perl but you don't really need to execute any
Perl code, its best as a shell script.

"It is easier to port a shell than a shell script" --Larry Wall
 
> What does this mean, especially "button 2" ? Is there a SHIFT CLICK type 
> shortcut I can use here ?

Thats the middle button on a three button mouse or both buttons
together. Depnding on how you have configured X.

Look in the Pointer section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config (that where my
RedHat has it) file for something like the following.

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout    50

Rodos

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