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From: fn@pain.csrv.uidaho.edu (Faried Nawaz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Humble BSD 4.4 Newbie seeks assistance...
Date: 14 Aug 1995 11:28:36 GMT
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In-reply-to: rcb@hooked.net's message of Mon, 14 Aug 95 05:58:34 GMT

In article <40moma$h94_001@news.hooked.net> rcb@hooked.net (Rich Bland) writes:

$ I've recently struggled through the installation for BSD 4.4 which I got on a CD.

i'll assume that since you're posting to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc you mean
you've been trying to install freebsd, and not 4.4BSD.


$ I hacked the install 'cause the CD install routines wouldnt work (big
$ suprise).  But, I've got all these 00_TRANS.TBL files to delete.  Been doing
$ it manually, but it sucks.  Tried various combos of rm -r, to no avail.

is this freebsd 2.0 or 2.0.5?  what about the cdrom install didn't work for
you?


$ Tried "find / -name 00_TRANS.TBL | rm -f"  which just gives me the error
$ message showing proper syntax use of the command.

find / -type f -name 00_TRANS.TBL -print | xargs rm -f
                                           ^^^^^

it's not a freebsd thing, it's a unix thing.

$ I cant seem to get the system prompt to display the current working
$ directory.  Help with this would be nice.

it depends on the shell you use.
i believe the unix faq has a section devoted to this.  try ftp'ing it
from rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/ (i think).


faried.