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From: michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards)
Subject: Re: 1.1.5.1 /usr/games
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 13:40:25 GMT
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In article <3c2v6m$1qt@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> , thomas d. eudaly wrote:
> I have FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 installed on my harddrive. My question is, are the 
> games that come with the distribution (i.e., those on /usr/games) 
> operable? I've tried starting them by simply typing their names: nothing 
> happens (or rather, command not recognized).

I think that neither /usr/games not the current directory is in your
$PATH. Try /usr/games/gamename instead of only gamename.

Michael
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