Yup that's where I ended up putting it. I figured out that aliases and commands work differently instartup scripts. On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Dan, > The line I posted was an alias definition, not a command to execute. You > might be able to make it work if you put just the stuff between the > single quotes there. However, it will probably show you the IP address > and then whisk it away before you notice it. > > You would be better off putting the whole line in /etc/profile, and that > way it defines the myip command for any and all users. I find it handy > to have that command, even though my IP does not change, since it is a > quick and reliable way to check if I have a live connection to the > outside world. > > Chuck > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:48:57PM -0500, Dan Murphy wrote: >> I tryed putting the line Chuck posted in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, but it didn't >> work. It just occured to me what the problem might be. >> perhaps I should try the full path to wged. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (1% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEBI2/XnuiIOyDVQURAi0cAJ0Uvs6UBXmDdpZWd4eNiFQMZ3JQ0ACeK4t8 > FRkhg3bsZQPgVIdfhIZBXqs= > =fCzI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
