Grex Info Conference

View Responses

Grex Info Item 331: i've got a shell
Entered by ender on Wed Mar 14 00:08:37 UTC 2001:

now what do i do with it?

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by davel on Wed Mar 14 13:28:07 2001:

Tell it what to do, and it will do it.

#2 of 8 by kinder on Thu Mar 29 21:22:56 2001:

How do you get a shell on here???

#3 of 8 by rcurl on Fri Mar 30 07:15:02 2001:

Enter   !change    at an Ok: prompt. What you want to choose depends on
what you know about unix systems. If nothing, try  menu. If much more,
try (say) csh (or, I wouldn't have to make a suggestion...).

#4 of 8 by davel on Fri Mar 30 13:26:24 2001:

If you're telnetted in (not in via the web), you can get to a shell
just by entering "!"  (without the quotes, followed by enter) at the
Ok: prompt (or the Respond-or-pass? prompt, for that matter).  In kinder's
case, I think the shell will be the Bourne shell.  Rane's instructions assume
that you want to change so that you come up in a different shell when
you log in, and also assume that you're not reading via the web.

#5 of 8 by rekhasa on Wed Apr 4 11:30:24 2001:

I have just signed in ... I am new user ... How do i get started ?

#6 of 8 by davel on Mon Apr 9 12:13:46 2001:

Depends on what you want to do.  To get to a shell prompt, from the Ok:
prompt, enter "!" (without the quotes).  (To exit from the resulting shell,
use "exit".)  What commands you want to run will depend on what you want to
do.

#7 of 8 by rcurl on Mon Apr 9 15:27:58 2001:

What are the differences (ad/dis-vantages, functionality, etc) between
using ! and exit, vs using ^z and fg (and the same for other similar
options)?

#8 of 8 by davel on Tue Apr 10 13:11:31 2001:

Well, the Bourne shell does not support job control, so if that's your
underlying shell you can't suspend.  For some people that makes suspending
have a big disadvantage indeed.

Response not possible - You must register and login before posting.