Re: [bu-users] rbu instructions

[Vincent S. <bu...@hi...>]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:37:55PM -0800, jack byers wrote:
> Vincent Stemen responded
> >Another thing you could do is try "rbu" to see if you get a similar
> >result.  rbu is the new rsync based bu that is intended to eventually
> >replace bu.
> 
> >   http://hightek.org/bu/rbu-20080528
> 
> it appears to be    .../bu/download/rbu-20080528

Sorry about that.  Yes it is
http://hightek.org/bu/download/rbu-20080528.

> but I cant seem to actually download it.
> I can view the script and copy/paste it to a file

>From the http logs, it looks like you are running Firefox.  Try right
clicking on the file and select "Save Link As...".  


> >Just rename it to rbu and copy it to some place in your command path
> >like /usr/local/bin or or specify the path to it when you run it.
> 
> ok, if I use /usr/local/bin
> and have that script copied to my system in a file named  rbu
> I just put it as is into /usr/local/bin ?

Yes.


> and then what?
> here is where I am rusty: how to modify and what permissions on the file?
> 
> reboot to have it take effect ?       or     source  ...../rbu  ?
> 
> all operations as  user  byers?
> 
> thanks for help
> Jack

It is rare you should ever have to reboot Unix, unless the system
crashes :-).

Just set the mode to executable.  i.e.
    # chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/rbu

Make sure /usr/local/bin is in your command search path.
    # echo $PATH

Since you are running Linux, I assume you are using bash for your shell,
which I think automatically updates the command path cache for new
commands.  If not, try running
    # rehash