svn commit: r46447 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Fri Apr 3 15:12:07 UTC 2015
Author: eadler
Date: Fri Apr 3 15:12:06 2015
New Revision: 46447
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46447
Log:
new users:
Remove steps which are no longer required.
- rehash is taken care of by autorehash
- shells is modified when the package is installed
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml Fri Apr 3 15:02:31 2015 (r46446)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml Fri Apr 3 15:12:06 2015 (r46447)
@@ -764,34 +764,17 @@
Then go back to <filename>/usr/local/kermit</filename>, find the
directory with <filename>Makefile</filename>, and type
<command>make all install</command>.</para>
-
- <para>The other thing that happens when installing ports or
- packages is that some other program is needed.</para>
-
- <para>Once it is installed type <command>rehash</command> to make
- FreeBSD reread the files in the path so it knows what is there.
- (If you get a lot of <errorname>path not found</errorname>
- messages when you use <command>whereis</command> or <command>which</command>, you
- might want to make additions to the list of directories in the
- path statement in <filename>.cshrc</filename> in your home
- directory. The path statement in &unix; does the same kind of
- work it does in DOS, except the current directory is not (by
- default) in the path for security reasons; if the command you
- want is in the directory you are in, you need to type
- <filename>./</filename> before the command to make it work; no
- space after the slash.)</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="your-working-environment">
<title>Your Working Environment</title>
<para>Your shell is the most important part of your working
- environment. In DOS, the usual shell is command.com. The shell
+ environment. The shell
is what interprets the commands you type on the command line,
and thus communicates with the rest of the operating system.
- You can also write shell scripts, which are like DOS batch
- files: a series of commands to be run without your
- intervention.</para>
+ You can also write shell scripts a series of commands to be run
+ without intervention.</para>
<para>Two shells come installed with FreeBSD:
<command>csh</command> and <command>sh</command>.
@@ -815,17 +798,7 @@
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Install the shell as a port or a package, just as you
- would any other port or package. Use
- <command>rehash</command> and <command>which tcsh</command>
- (assuming you are installing <command>tcsh</command>) to make
- sure it got installed.</para>
- </step>
-
- <step>
- <para>As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, edit <filename>/etc/shells</filename>, adding a
- line in the file for the new shell, in this case
- <filename>/usr/local/bin/tcsh</filename>, and save the file.
- (Some ports may do this for you.)</para>
+ would any other port or package.</para>
</step>
<step>
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