[ale] what is doinst.sh ?

[bjsawyer at worldnet.att.net (Brad Sawyer)]

You are correct sir! It is a slack dist.  Thanks again.

Brad

-----Original Message-----
 From: Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu>
To: Brad Sawyer <bjsawyer at worldnet.att.net>
Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] what is doinst.sh ? 


On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Brad Sawyer wrote:

> I am trying to install some upgrade kernels to my Linux box, and when I
> tar/unzip the files there is a directory called /install . Within that
> there is a file called 'doinst.sh' which appears to be a shell or batch
> file to remove old and install-link new stuff.  Can anyone point me to
> some useful info on how to use.  I haven't progressed to the point of
> writing scripts or working with .sh files yet.  But I am making progess
> thanks to the list!

Where'd you get your kernels?  That's definitely *not* part of the kernels
that Linus releases.

Generally, for shell scripts, you just execute them.

./doinst.sh

should work fine.  If not,

sh ./doinst.sh

should work.

If I remember correctly, doinst.sh is part of slackware's "package" system,
but it's been years since I've run slackware.

later,
chris

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