Ed Robitaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, I found a FAQ for GRUB. It has a question/answer for making a boot
> floppy with a menu. I formatted the floppy, copied the files and then
>
> 5. Run the following commands (note that the executable grub may
> reside in a different directory in your system, for example,
> /usr/sbin):
>
> /sbin/grub --batch --device-map=/dev/null <<EOF
> device (fd0) /dev/fd0
> root (fd0)
> setup (fd0)
> quit
> EOF
>
> How do I type 'EOF' (What keystrokes ??)
In your case, just type 'E', 'O', and 'F' at the beginning of a line,
and then hit return.
However, in a seeming paradox, there is no EOF file character in
Unix... (-:
The general form that you're looking at here:
command << BLAH
Hey, look, it is some BLAH BLAH BLAH arbitrary text
And this BLAH BLAH BLAH can span multiple lines too.
BLAH
# this last BLAH must start in the first column
is called a "here-is" document in Unix shell parlance (by shell, I
mean things like the Bourne, Korn, and Bash shells). Perl also
supports this syntax, BTW.
(try substituting "cat" for "command" above if you wish)
"Here-is" documents are used frequently. It's a convenient
notation...
Regards,
--kevin (who is ecstatic now that he found the bug he looked for all
day long)
--
Kevin D. Clark / Cetacean Networks / Portsmouth, N.H. (USA)
cetaceannetworks.com!kclark (GnuPG ID: B280F24E)
alumni.unh.edu!kdc
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