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Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't

From Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't
Date 2016-01-17 23:30 +0100
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On Sunday 17 January 2016 09:14:33 Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:28:32PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 January 2016 10:57:55 Curt wrote:
> > > On 2016-01-16, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > > >> So its full path is /home/gene/eagle-7.5.0/bin/eagle, not
> > > >> /bin/eagle?
> > > >>
> > > >> Lisi
> > > >
> > > > I was cd'd to /home/gene/eagle-7.5.0 and the command issued was
> > > > bin/eagle, which is perfectly legal syntax.
> > >
> > > Not if bin is not in your path it isn't.
> >
> > Oh?  Since when?  Neither is /home/gene/log, but I use that
> > regularly in several scrips and from the command line since I have a
> > user=me "tail -fn100 log/fetchmail.log" running in a console tab
> > right
>
> I think you'll find the 'tail' command is in your path, in this
> instance.

tail is the program, not the argument.  The argument of course is the 
list of options between tail and the filename its supposed to look at.
>
> > now.  I long ago got sick and tired of fighting with permissions on
> > stuff in  /var/log that I ought to be able to read.
>
> That's debatable, e.g. if I was sys admin of a multiuser system I
> wouldn't any Tom Dick or Harry perusing the logs.
>
> If you want to to query the logs get root to add you to the 'admin'
> group.

I hadn't thought of that.  My bad. OTOH, although no one has come thru 
the router except to view my web page, do I really want to do that in 
the event they do get thru?  That could make their raising a little hell 
just that much easier.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-15 00:40 +0100
  Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-15 01:40 +0100
    Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-15 03:40 +0100
  Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 06:10 +0100
    Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-15 06:30 +0100
  Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-16 05:40 +0100
    Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-16 07:10 +0100
      Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 11:10 +0100
        Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-16 12:00 +0100
          Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-16 14:10 +0100
            Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-16 18:20 +0100
              Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-01-17 01:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-17 02:30 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-01-17 15:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-17 23:30 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 23:40 +0100
          Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-01-16 17:00 +0100
            Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-16 17:10 +0100
              Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-01-16 17:20 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-16 17:30 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> - 2016-01-16 17:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-16 18:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-01-17 14:10 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-01-16 17:50 +0100
            Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-16 18:30 +0100
              Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 23:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-17 02:20 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 03:10 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-01-17 14:10 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 15:00 +0100
              Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 04:30 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-17 05:50 +0100
              Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-17 15:20 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-17 23:30 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 23:40 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-19 11:00 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 12:40 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-01-19 14:10 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-19 15:50 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-19 18:00 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 14:00 +0100
                Re: eagle-lin64-7.5.0.run, won't Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-19 15:50 +0100

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