Re: Re: whoami explanation

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:27:08AM -0500, PJ wrote: <snip> > What is not clear to me is why would I need to use a shell? What kind of > situations call for it's use? If you don't know the answer to that question, why would you ask the original question? If you don't believe you don't have a use for this material, don't worry about it. At the least, examine a book on the subject, rather than asking questions here. If this was a mission-critical part of your project and you need an immediate answer now, then I understand asking the question here. But if the whole thing is hypothetical, take the opportunity to read up on it; it's not critical to your work at this point. And asking us where a character is on your keyboard? Come on. I'm the first guy in line to answer newbie questions if I can. And I've castigated list members for framing their answers in a way which would be impossible for newbies to understand. And I understand how things can get confusing to newbies. But I sometimes reach a point where I begin to wonder whether a newbie is actually paying attention. Or whether a newbie is really just playing around, wasting our time because he won't take the time to buy a book or carefully research an item on the web. And FWIW, php.net has better documentation than that of any other package I've ever seen. I keep a browser tab open to php.net at all times. Paul -- Paul M. Foster