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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] About the Core itself...
  • Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:55:50 +1200

Christian Brandt wrote:
>
> >> 114 May 1 2004 ./etc/fstab
> >> 27 Apr 11 1998 ./etc/host.conf
> >> 85 Oct 8 2000 ./etc/hosts
> >> 209 Feb 23 2004 ./etc/inittab

Essential.

> >> 1180 Oct 6 2004 ./etc/issue

Optional. This provides the greeting screen at startup.

> >> 691 Feb 18 2004 ./etc/ld.so.cache
> >> 17 Feb 10 2004 ./etc/ld.so.conf

Essential for dynamic binaries (but not busybox).

> >> 191 May 9 2004 ./etc/lilo.conf

Optional. Used only when configuring lilo.

> >> 21262 Feb 18 2004 ./etc/magic

Optional. Used only by the "file" binary.

> > 115 Mar 9 2004 ./etc/passwd

Not needed.

> > 396 Apr 26 2004 ./etc/profile

Config file for shell startup.

> > 385 May 6 2004 ./etc/rc

Config file for system startup.

> > 438 May 6 2004 ./etc/rc.hd

Replacement rc (used after install-to-hd).

> >> 3162 Feb 20 2004 ./etc/termcap

Essential.

> > Is setserial relevant to a Mac?
> It is not even relevant on i386 today. In ancient times it was
> necessary to "bind" a higher serial rate to a fake rate, in other words,
> unix officially topped out at 38400bps and to use 115200bps you needed
> to bind 115200 whenever someone called for 38400bps. only needed if you
> use some pretty ancient software.

setserial is also used to to set a com port to a
nonstandard IRQ. This is often done for ISA modems.

> >> 12803 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/bin/e3pi
> >> 12803 Feb 24 2004 ./usr/bin/e3vi

That's the editor. e3pi does pico keybindings.
e3vi does vi keybindings. It looks like two
files, but it's actually only one (same inode).

> >> 56544 Dec 1 2002 ./usr/bin/less
> >> 2293 Jul 21 2000 ./usr/bin/lesspipe.sh
> >
> > What does this do?

Pager (similar to more, but with more functionality).
Optional.

> >> 819 Oct 6 2004 ./usr/bin/pkg

Optional. Used to install Slackware packages.

> >> 29556 Mar 4 2004 ./usr/bin/readmail
> >> 174 Mar 5 2004 ./usr/bin/send2mbox

Optional. Used for processing mail.

> >> 9044 Jan 7 2000 ./usr/bin/setleds

Used to set num-lock, caps-lock, etc. at startup.
Optional.

> >> 812 Mar 7 2004 ./usr/bin/wp

Primitive word processor. Optional.

> >> 49 May 19 1994 ./usr/bin/zless

Pager for gzipped text files. Optional.


Cheers,
Steven

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