Re: why no midi?

[Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>]

qozmo x xx (qozm0@juno.com) said: 
> >cd /etc/midi
> >for foo in *; do ln -s midi/$foo ../$foo ; done
> >
> >That should fix the problem.
> >
> >Bill
> >
> 
> ok, i did try that command, and it worked, now i can play midi.
> what exactly did this command line do (and what is foo?)?
> thanx for the help,

foo is just a variable name. Basically, it just makes symlinks
for some playmidi files (drums.o3/sb, std.o3/sb) from /etc
(where playmidi is incorrectly looking for them) into /etc/midi
(where they actually are). The correct fix is to build playmidi
with the proper paths, but this works.

Bill