svn commit: r46447 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users

Author: eadler
Date: Fri Apr  3 15:12:06 2015
New Revision: 46447
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46447

Log:
  new users:
  	Remove steps which are no longer required.
  	- rehash is taken care of by autorehash
  	- shells is modified when the package is installed

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml	Fri Apr  3 15:02:31 2015	(r46446)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml	Fri Apr  3 15:12:06 2015	(r46447)
@@ -764,34 +764,17 @@
       Then go back to <filename>/usr/local/kermit</filename>, find the
       directory with <filename>Makefile</filename>, and type
       <command>make all install</command>.</para>
-
-    <para>The other thing that happens when installing ports or
-      packages is that some other program is needed.</para>
-
-    <para>Once it is installed type <command>rehash</command> to make
-      FreeBSD reread the files in the path so it knows what is there.
-      (If you get a lot of <errorname>path not found</errorname>
-      messages when you use <command>whereis</command> or <command>which</command>, you
-      might want to make additions to the list of directories in the
-      path statement in <filename>.cshrc</filename> in your home
-      directory.  The path statement in &unix; does the same kind of
-      work it does in DOS, except the current directory is not (by
-      default) in the path for security reasons; if the command you
-      want is in the directory you are in, you need to type
-      <filename>./</filename> before the command to make it work; no
-      space after the slash.)</para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="your-working-environment">
     <title>Your Working Environment</title>
 
     <para>Your shell is the most important part of your working
-      environment.  In DOS, the usual shell is command.com.  The shell
+      environment.  The shell
       is what interprets the commands you type on the command line,
       and thus communicates with the rest of the operating system.
-      You can also write shell scripts, which are like DOS batch
-      files: a series of commands to be run without your
-      intervention.</para>
+      You can also write shell scripts a series of commands to be run
+      without intervention.</para>
 
     <para>Two shells come installed with FreeBSD:
       <command>csh</command> and <command>sh</command>.
@@ -815,17 +798,7 @@
     <procedure>
       <step>
 	<para>Install the shell as a port or a package, just as you
-	  would any other port or package.  Use
-	  <command>rehash</command> and <command>which tcsh</command>
-	  (assuming you are installing <command>tcsh</command>) to make
-	  sure it got installed.</para>
-      </step>
-
-      <step>
-	<para>As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, edit <filename>/etc/shells</filename>, adding a
-	  line in the file for the new shell, in this case
-	  <filename>/usr/local/bin/tcsh</filename>, and save the file.
-	  (Some ports may do this for you.)</para>
+	  would any other port or package.</para>
       </step>
 
       <step>
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