If the file is empty you can use cat (both to output the file and to input data into it). You can also input data to a file with echo.<div><br></div><div>You can try nano, pico, joe as possible editors.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 12 November 2010 21:51, Michael E. Rentell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.rentell@ntlworld.com">michael.rentell@ntlworld.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
G'day all,<br>
Linux Format this month has a tutorial on Gentoo. Oh good I thought - I've got an old x86 PC lying around doing nothing so I thought I'd give it a whirl to keep me awake in the afternoons. All part of the self-improvement process.<br>
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All has gone very well until I read the line:<br>
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Open /etc/make.conf and set the following for the USE line:<br>
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USE="-gtk -gnome qt4 kde dvd alsa cdr"<br>
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Save and exit,....<br>
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Ha, how do you do that when the install system does not respond to vi, ed or emacs?<br>
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Presumably an editor is needed to play with the file make.conf.<br>
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Am I missing something here?<br>
MikeR<br>
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