Never forget a special trick - Asking for the real information

2012-03-04 Thread Phillip Spring
Dear anonymous open-source enthusiasts friends, Nevermind my previous question and please forget that this list is a place for any ingenuous subject. I believe I have followed the instructions searching for answers before asking for help. But the information I'm looking for surely isn't found b

Never forget a special trick...

2012-03-04 Thread Phillip Spring
Dear anonymous open-source enthusiasts friends, How to echo a string backwards into a terminal? For example (or something like this): # echo @_foo_$ oof Or it could be something else (that's because I forgot it): # echo $_bar_@ rab Someone told me how to do it but I can't remember this trick.

RE: Suggestion: rename "killall" to "fkill", but wait five years to phase the new name in

2009-12-31 Thread Phillip Spring
> Dear hackers, thanks for maintaining it on FreeBSD you are welcome, and happy new year for everybody! :) why rename killall? what's next? rename init? why not enhance kill? this is the end of alias? omg... write shell script and name it, this is not a sin. it can be a crime... but don

RE: Request for information - timers, hz, interrupts

2009-12-12 Thread Phillip Spring
fact: I had to clean up a motherboard to boot Suse 10.2 kernel. I think that dust and dead insects are for Windows 2003 only. dog -- now with the right sender name :) > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > From: ivo...@freebsd.org > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:52:39 +0100 > Subject: Requ