a.e.nelson wrote:
> 
> my thanks to david gatwood and bob nestor for their help with my performa
> 405 kernel problem.  it has been fixed with the HWDIRECT kernel.
> i have a few easy (i think) basic questions.  i've installed the games
> binary using the installer utility, and there are indeed files in the
> /usr/games directory, but when i type the name of one, let's say hangman
> for instance, i get a 'command not found' error.  when i tpye ll to list
> the directory, i find many of the files have a size 2.  the only directory
> in the /usr/games directory is called /hide.  in this directory several of
> the same game names exist, but the files tend to be of a more realistic
> size.  however, when i type the game's name, i still get a command not
> found error.  is it correct to assume that the command used to run a
> program in bsd is simply the program's name?
> i have gotten several other programs to work, like ex and view.  what am i
> doing wrong?
> 
> also, is there a way to determine the space left on the bsd drive?  is pico
> (text editor) available for bsd?
> last question: how does one exit from bsd?  when i type 'exit', it simply
> brings my back to the login prompt.  can i exit back into mac os at this
> point?  how?
> 
> thanks
> tony nelson
> 
> 
> 

I'm not sure on the games stuff, but as noone else replied... Ah- have
a look at
man dm
then check things like your path - dm is in /usr/games, so when you
were in /usr/games, just typing hangman should have done the trick.

> is it correct to assume that the command used to run a program in
> bsd is simply the program's name?

Yes.

> how does one exit from bsd?

Try

reboot


Good luck,

Patrick