I was wondering if someone could tell if (and where) I can find
software to help me with a project I have been assigned to.
An Army unit has been given disk space on a file server (running
Windows NT4). Their data is stored in the folder D... Directly
under this ... thirty subfolders.... ... it needs to be
determined which users and user groups have permissions ... and
exactly which permissions they have. The data has to be collected
in an Excel sheet (an MS Access database will do as well).
On a GNU/Linux system, I just ran the dired command in GNU Emacs,
`Ctl-x d', copied the result to a file `foo', used the rectangle
deleted command, `Ctrl-x r k', to remove the info I did not want going
into the spread sheet, then imported that file into GNUMERIC.
Although I have never done this before, it took less time than writing
this. It turns out I could have used GNUMERIC commands to specify
which columns to import and did not need to use the the rectangle
delete command in Emacs, although to me that is quicker.
As far as I know, GNUMERIC has an export function that enables you to
export a spreadsheet in Excel format.
GNU Emacs runs on Microsoft NT systems and more than 40 others. I
don't know whether its Dired command provides the directory
information you want in NT. I do know that GNU Emacs Dired does
provide the requisit information in at least one other Microsoft
operating system -- I have seen it. But I don't know about NT.
I don't know whether GNUMERIC runs under Microsoft NT. If it does not
run on NT systems, please suggest to your paymaster that he or she
shift resources to an operating system that enables the army to spend
money differently, and also enables you to install a cost-effective,
reliable, and secure system that manifests European interests in
legality, freedom, and competitive free markets.
Incidentally, if you plan to use the spreadsheet to make a commented,
well formatted, informational listing, you might consider doing that
using just Emacs. You do not have to take the step of pulling the
information into a spreadsheet.
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Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com
