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From: Bernard on 24 Apr 2010 05:30 Hi to Everyone, I use 'ncftp' fairly often, and I wish to be able to edit files on my remote accesses. The ncftp command 'edit' does not operate here, it says: " Setup your Editor environment variable prior to running ncftp example for /bin/sh: EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi";export EDITOR " But, on my Lenny, I don't have anything relevant at /bin/sh. For once, /bin/sh is a directory, not a file, and I don't see anything relevant in it. As for /usr/bin/sh, I don't have such a file or directory Thanks in advance for your advices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD2B9AD.6050507(a)teaser.fr
From: Andrei Popescu on 24 Apr 2010 06:00 On Sat,24.Apr.10, 11:28:13, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > I use ncftp' fairly often, and I wish to be able to edit files on > my remote accesses. The ncftp command 'edit' does not operate here, > it says: > > " > Setup your Editor environment variable prior to running ncftp > example for /bin/sh: > EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi";export EDITOR > " > > But, on my Lenny, I don't have anything relevant at /bin/sh. For > once, /bin/sh is a directory, not a file, and I don't see anything I really doubt that! /bin/sh should be a symbolic link (symlink) to either /bin/bash or /bin/dash (depending on the release you are using). > relevant in it. As for /usr/bin/sh, I don't have such a file or > directory Of course, /bin/sh is needed for the basic operation of your OS, it couldn't reside on /usr (which is often a separate partition mounted later on). Try putting this in ~/.bashrc: export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Bernard on 24 Apr 2010 12:50 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,24.Apr.10, 11:28:13, Bernard wrote: > >> Hi to Everyone, >> >> I use ncftp' fairly often, and I wish to be able to edit files on >> my remote accesses. The ncftp command 'edit' does not operate here, >> it says: >> >> " >> Setup your Editor environment variable prior to running ncftp >> example for /bin/sh: >> EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi";export EDITOR >> " >> >> But, on my Lenny, I don't have anything relevant at /bin/sh. For >> once, /bin/sh is a directory, not a file, and I don't see anything >> > > I really doubt that! /bin/sh should be a symbolic link (symlink) to > either /bin/bash or /bin/dash (depending on the release you are using). > You're right : I had done the trial late last night, doing something else in the meantime, so I'd mixed things up. I just checked again: /bin/sh is a file. But it contains binary data, at least I suppose so, since it reads strange characters such as a number of carets and arobase. > >> relevant in it. As for /usr/bin/sh, I don't have such a file or >> directory >> > > Of course, /bin/sh is needed for the basic operation of your OS, it > couldn't reside on /usr (which is often a separate partition mounted > later on). > > Try putting this in ~/.bashrc: > > export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim > I am going to test this -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD320CE.9020509(a)teaser.fr
From: Ron Johnson on 24 Apr 2010 15:00 On 04/24/2010 11:48 AM, Bernard wrote: [snip] > You're right : I had done the trial late last night, doing something > else in the meantime, so I'd mixed things up. I just checked again: > /bin/sh is a file. But it contains binary data, at least I suppose so, > since it reads strange characters such as a number of carets and arobase. What seems to be confusing you is that not all Unix/Linux users use bash. A definite minority use zsh. The ncftp instructions told you (in, I think, an awkward manner) how to set EDITOR if you use bash (or it's predecessor sh). -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD33F6E.5040904(a)cox.net
From: Jordan Metzmeier on 24 Apr 2010 16:20
> Try putting this in ~/.bashrc: > > export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim > > Regards, > Andrei > -- You can also make it a system wide configuration with "update-alternatives --config editor". I have not tried it shells other than bash but I assume it is portable. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/g2s50e5edd51004241315vb494b3b0jfeabf8a9c839c553(a)mail.gmail.com |