On Sun 2017-01-08 (10:00), pereira wrote: > the web site downloads > and installs all the 193 (IIRC) files in the fstool directory. That's easy. > > But, to make use of them you have to know some linux magic that is not > described anywhere
Of course, one should know what $PATH is (for)! This is so basic, I have not described it. > (that I could find). The executable files end up in a directory called > fstools-0.0/bin, with minimal > documentation in fstools-0.0/doc This is a copy of what you see on http://fex.belwue.de/fstools/ > and a useless fstools-0.0/README. This README is for /sw, a software distribution system developed at the University of Stuttgart 1990. You can use it with Ubuntu, too, see http://fex.belwue.de/swinstall My fstools are part of /sw, but you can use it independantly. Some of the /sw applications you can also find in the ubuntu repository, but the newest, best, more shiny versions are in /sw. This is what I maintain. > But, if you know your > own linux magic you would know one of many options: put in your > .bash_aliases the abacadabra > > # look in fstools directory, with useful perl scripts from Stuttgart U: > http://fex.belwue.de/fstools/del.html > export PATH=$PATH:/home/your-name-here/fstools-0.0/bin NO! Environment variables like PATH must be placed in /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile $HOME/.bash_aliases is for - oh-wonder! - bash aliases! Do not mix them! > Then you can use such useful commands as del, df3, and other useful > esoterica. But only for you and not for other users! If you want to make them accessible for all, then create an own directory, e.g. /opt/fstools/ and add to /etc/profile : PATH=$PATH:/opt/fstools/bin .. or simply install /sw (local copy) :-) -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<f03689c5-6ae4-cc3b-ab3e-6883d2065...@gmail.com> -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users