linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Installaling a second Network connector

On Jan 10, 2012 6:18 PM, "Cameron Simpson" <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
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> It is important to type commands precisely. There are spaces before the
> dashes in the commands I provided, thus:
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> /sbin/ifconfig -a
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Any reason for specifying the path to ifconfig instead of simply 'ifconfig
-a'? The program should be in the shell's path. I only ask because it
seems the '/sbin' is moving to '/usr/sbin/', at least as far as Oracle is
concerned (Via Solaris 11).

Cheers -Chris

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