[Xastir] small docs bug?

Daniel H. Brown brown at brauhausdc.org
Sat Nov 13 13:10:11 EST 2004



  I think I found a bug in the FAQ:

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  $ diff -u FAQ~ FAQ
  --- FAQ~        2004-10-04 16:20:07.000000000 -0400
  +++ FAQ 2004-11-13 00:16:41.595128640 -0500
  @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
        it.  It redirects tcpip data seamlessly under Linux.  Try
        something like this:

  -        cat /dev/ttyS0 > nc -p 3000
  +        cat /dev/ttyS0 | nc -p 3000

        If you want to put your GPS on a remote serial port, use the
        gpsd daemon to do it.
  @@ -752,4 +752,3 @@


    Copyright (C) 2000-2004 The Xastir Group
  -

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In common unix shells, "cat whatever > file " will create a file with the
output of the cat command and "cat whatever | command" takes the output of
the cat and "pipes" it to the stdin (standard input) of the second command.


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Dan Brown 
brown at brauhausdc.org



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