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03-27-2002, 03:17 AM
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very silly question
Hello
I have a very silly question. How do you changethe " [ok] " word that appears when linux boots up to something else like " [done] ".
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jayakrishnan
03-27-2002, 03:33 AM
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hehe, yeah i'll agree with the title... it's pretty easy though, edit the success function in /etc/init.d/functions
03-27-2002, 05:44 AM
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cool - it worked
Hello
Thanks it worked. Can i put a tick mark for ok and cross mark for faliure
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jayakrishnan
03-28-2002, 09:27 AM
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Can i put a tick mark for ok and cross mark for faliure
No (period)
Never came across Tick mark or cross in ASCII character set
03-28-2002, 11:49 PM
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Originally posted by nikhiljosh
No (period)
Never came across Tick mark or cross in ASCII character set
I guess its possible. Because Cross (Cross is X anyway) and Tick Mark (its in the Extended ASCII set) are available for echo in scripts via the octal codes (check your scripting reference on how to echo ASCII characters using octal codes).
03-29-2002, 01:50 AM
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ooops
i almost overlooked
yep ur right, cross is X
what is extended ASCII ?
Please enlighten.
03-29-2002, 04:21 AM
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Originally posted by nikhiljosh
what is extended ASCII ?
Extended ASCII refers to ASCII characters from decimal 128 to decimal 255.
03-29-2002, 05:45 AM
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Hello
How am i supposed to get that tick mark now?
Last edited by jayakrishnan; 04-02-2002 at 10:34 PM .
04-08-2002, 12:02 AM
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Does someone knows how to do this?
04-08-2002, 03:07 AM
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just look at a character map and work it out.
04-08-2002, 03:24 AM
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Where is it?
Where is the char map?
04-08-2002, 04:12 AM
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www.putwhateveryouwanthereitworks.com
Last edited by Freak_NL; 04-08-2002 at 04:15 AM .
04-08-2002, 04:59 AM
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Re: www.putwhateveryouwanthereitworks.com
was that a s...s...s..serch enjin? i've heard rumours about them before...
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