svn commit: r235209 - head/games/fortune/datfiles

Garrett Cooper yanegomi at gmail.com
Wed May 9 23:05:10 UTC 2012


On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: eadler
> Date: Wed May  9 22:13:56 2012
> New Revision: 235209
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/235209
>
> Log:
>  Add a few new tips and update some old ones to more modern commands
>
>  MFC after:    1 week
>
> Modified:
>  head/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips


...

> -Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports,
> +Want to find a specific port, just type the following
>  or one its subdirectories:
>
> -       "make search name=<port-name>"
> +       "make -C /usr/ports search name=<port-name>"
>     or
> -       "make search key=<keyword>"
> +       "make -C /usr/ports search key=<keyword>"

I've been told multiple times that YMMV for make -C vs cd ; make, FYI,
so I've modified my behavior to match the cd ; make idiom. Interesting
why I've only been told this in BSD circles though...

...

> +Want to go the directory you were just in?
> +In tcsh you can type "cd -"

Same with sh ;)...

-Garrett


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