On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:26:32 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] disseminated the following:
> The instructions say to > 1: in windows download this file to a floppy > 2: in linux type these commands > 2a: mcopy scanmodem.gz. ;should be a:mcopy a:.gz. I assumed it meant in > a > run box and it did not complain > 2b: gunzip scanmodem.gz ;they never say where, run box or shell > 3a: chmod +x scanmodem ;same thing > 4a: ./scanmodem ;again where > > When talking to dummies or unknown they should say where to enter the > commands or if it is all one line in a run box. > HHEELLPP! Sheesh. Does anybody know how this is done after the file has > been downloaded to a floppy? I would assume that you would run this 'scanmodem' script from the directory it is in (hence the './'), same goes for the 'chmod +x scanmodem'. In general, you would run commands on a given file while *in* the directory containing the file, and I would doubt very much they are talking about a 'run box', the instructions assume you are at a command prompt. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:00:00 up 18 days, 2:38, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist." -- Archbishop Helder Camara
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