Linux-Misc Digest #581, Volume #19 Tue, 23 Mar 99 22:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: XFree86-3.3.3 + CTX monitor? (Aron Felix Gurski)
For Sale: Corel Netwinder DM 64/3gig - $700 (Yi Wang)
Re: newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Email-only terminal accounts ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CDROM that requires Win98? (Michael McConnell)
Re: Porting Com from NT to Linux (Christopher Browne)
Re: How Do You Mount A Zip Drive? (Christopher Browne)
DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems... (Robert Heller)
Installing Kernel 2.2.4 with Red Hat (Benjamin HERZOG)
Re: Win95 X-software suggestion (Bob Deep)
Re: Email-only terminal accounts (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X ("Runt")
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix (David M. Cook)
Re: Any way to tell what cards XF8686-SVGA supports? (Thomas Zajic)
Re: How do I stop netscape from popping up "Repost from data?" window when I press
reload???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: scsi harddisk cache ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
version control - complicated diff usage (Sascha Spangenberg)
Re: Disk drive recovery (Stuart R. Fuller)
Tape Backup software (Jack Cheng)
RedHat: /home/$USER/$USER (a bug?) (Neil Zanella)
Re: No-Win Modem Situation (Ned Carlson)
Re: Reinstalling applications? -- Cnt+Alt+Del -- Aliases -- Multimedia (mist)
Re: Options for a script (Jeremy)
Re: Public license question (Bill Unruh)
Re: multi-boot machine (Robin Chung)
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86-3.3.3 + CTX monitor?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:08:00 +0100
ishwar rattan wrote:
>
> If you are using a CTX-17" color monitor (VL700) under X windows, what
> are the horizontal and vertical synch values set to?
The information that you need should be in the manual that came with the
monitor.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yi Wang)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: For Sale: Corel Netwinder DM 64/3gig - $700
Date: 23 Mar 1999 21:36:11 GMT
Corel Netwinder DM, 64 Meg memory, 3 gig EIDE hard drive, runs linux.
2 eithernet ports, video in/out, etc. For detail spec,
read below, or go to http://www.corelcomputer.com
I'm looking to sell this for $700 or best offer.
This model sells for about $1300 new.
It also has about 6 mouths of the 1 year warrentee left.
I'm selling because I just don't have time to play with it
any more, and I have way too many computers.
========================================================
Software Features
Linux. 2.0 operating system
Hardware Specifications
Processor:
StrongARM SA-110 275 MHz delivering 250 MIPS
Memory:
64 MB
Flash Memory:
1 MB
Hard Drive:
3 GB
Connectivity:
2 Ethernet connections (10BaseT and 10/100BaseT),
EPP/ECP port, Serial port, IrDA port,
2 PS2 ports for keyboard and mouse
External Options:
Parallel port support for external CD-ROM,
Iomega Zip Drive / Imation SuperDisk.
Multimedia ready:
16 bit sound 44.1 KHz sampling (CD quality)
Built-in microphone/speaker
Full duplex stereo in/out
NTSC/PAL (composite video in/out)
On-board video capture and playback
Keyboard and Mouse:
Standard 101 compatible keyboard (PS2)
3 button mouse (PS2)
Video:
2MB video, VGA, SVGA, XVGA
Physical
Max. Power Consumption:
15 watts
Dimensions:
2.0" x 9.5" x 6.0"
Power Supply:
External DC adapter 110-220 VAC, 60Hz - 12VDC at 1.5A
Optional External DC Adapter 110-250 VAC, 47-63Hz - 9VDC at 2A
Warranty
1 year standard (return to depot)
on site service optional
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: newbie needs help installing 2.2.3 kernel
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:42:18 GMT
You are must be in /usr/src/linux (which is a link that should be working)
>
> > Did you make mrproper before make config ?
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > I downloaded the 2.2.3 kernel (linux-2.2.3.tar.gz). I followed the
> > > instructions in the README. When I get to configuring the kernel (make
> > > config), it says no rule to make target config. Am I doing something
> > > wrong? I'm running RH Linux 5.0 with 2.0.32 kernel
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Email-only terminal accounts
Date: 23 Mar 1999 21:03:27 GMT
In his obvious haste, Eric Rossing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: What is the best way to set up a user so he is automatically put into a
: mailreader (eg. elm) when he logs in, and is automatically logged off when
: he exits that program?
Wouldn't adding a line to their .bashrc file like
exec elm
do the trick... Hang on...
Yep... I just tested it between my two uni accounts...
exec elm works quite nicely.
(you might want to remove elms ability to access shell commands though.
It'll probably need a fiddle with the source and a recompile)
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM that requires Win98?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:44:48 +0000
On 22 Mar 1999, Michel wrote:
> > It's a disgusting practice, IMHO. But there's nothing with respect to
> > CD-ROMs (or HDs) that I know of similar to the WinModem or
> > WinPrinter issue.
>
> As long as they aren't wincdrom we should have to worry about this.
> I guess it's like those make for windows 95 printer cables. Don't laugh, I've
> seen printer cables in a store that were labelled that way among other things.
I've seen sillier. Plug'n'Play mousemats, anyone?
They were next to the ordinary mousemats, and were identical, apart from the
higher price tag!
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Porting Com from NT to Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:41:52 GMT
On 23 Mar 1999 11:04:28 -0500, Tom Evans
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Eduardo Alperin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Does anyone know a fast and practical way to port
>> COM applications from NT to Linux or any other Unix on PC?
>In theory, COM was suppose to be cross platform, I believe they
>have solaris, and they announce they would have Linux support,
>may want to ping the evil empire for any updates.
Relevant URLs include:
<http://www.softwareag.com/corporat/solutions/entirex/entirex.htm>
<http://softworksltd.com/dcomlinuxfaq.html>
<http://www.bell-labs.com/~emerald/dcom_corba/Paper.html>
The fact that the DCOM implementation is utterly unsupported and is
basically unsupportable from a commercial perspective means that it is
really only reasonably "deployable" for toy applications where you
couldn't care less if they work tomorrow or not.
(Ask yourself: "If everyone started using DCOM on Linux, do you think
Microsoft would go along with this?")
--
In a world without fences, who needs Gates?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How Do You Mount A Zip Drive?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:41:51 GMT
Note the redirection of followup; this question has absolutely nothing
to do with the use of the X Window System...
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:06:01 -0600, Leroux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How Do You Mount A Zip drive in Linux 5.2?
1. You have to determine what its device name is.
If it's a SCSI unit, it's probably associated with /dev/sda, /dev/sdb,
/dev/sdc, ...
Try (as root):
# fdisk -l
This should list all of the disks on your system, and the partitions on
those disks. Some of those should correspond to the Zip drive.
Note that the above use of fdisk doesn't mess with the data on your
disk. Not so for step 2...
2. You might need to establish new partitions on the disk. Supposing
the disk is /dev/sdc, then partitions would be enumerated as /dev/sdc1,
/dev/sdc2, ..., and you would establish new ones by using "fdisk" on
/dev/sdc thus:
# fdisk /dev/sdc
[ and do commands to establish partitions ]
followed by suitable commands to establish filesystems on those
partitions.
Supposing you set up one partition on the disk, you might then do:
# mke2fs /dev/sdc1
to build a new filesystem.
Note that all of these commands *do* mess with what's on the disk. If
there is already data on the disk, you DO NOT want to do step 2. You
want to proceed to Step 3.
3. Mount the filesystems.
a) Establish "mount points." Filesystems are always mounted atop
directories. Supposing /dev/sdc1 is an ext2 filesystem on the Zip
drive, and you want to find that under /ZIP, then the following would
be appropriate:
# mkdir /ZIP
# mount -t ext2 /dev/sdc1 /ZIP
If it's a DOS partition, then try:
# mkdir /ZIP
# mount -t msdos /dev/sdc1 /ZIP
You probably don't want this to get mounted by default every time you
reboot your system, as if the disk isn't in the drive, things May Not
Work Too Well...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Heller)
Subject: DDS-3 SCSI-2 Tape drive problems...
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:44:31 GMT
We have a Dell server box with a Seagate/Archive DDS-3 DAT tape drive
we are having trouble with. I Just talked to the Dell tech., and he
is claiming we need a special device driver for the DDS-3 tape drive,
which is somehow different from a standard SCSI 2 tape drive. Now, this
guy admitted that he is not 'UNIX Certified', but was insisting we
needed a bleeding edge device driver for the tape drive. He also
suggested we might need a newer driver for the SCSI controller.
We have RedHat 5.2 installed (stock kernel 2.0.36).
The SCSI controller is a Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra Wide controller:
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.2/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
The tape drive claims to be an Archive Python:
Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 715G
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Does it make sense to upgrade the kernel? Or is the Dell guy just plain
ignorant?
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From: Benjamin HERZOG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing Kernel 2.2.4 with Red Hat
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 01:37:44 +0100
Hello ,
I am runing Linux Red Hat 5.2 ; Kernel 2.0.34
I would like to upagrade to Kernel 2.2.4
To do this i can download the sources and run make, but i heard that
with Red Hat, that can be done differently, and more easily ...
Second, i would like to know what does a recompilation alter on the
system :
LILO config ?
Printers and Ethernet config and drivers ?
What will i have to do after recompile so that the system works OK ?
Do i need to save important files before recompiling ?
Thank you for helping ...
Benjamin HERZOG
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob Deep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Win95 X-software suggestion
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:19:39 -0600
Jon Slater wrote:
>
> I want to be able to run X on my Win95 box. I am connecting to a RedHat
> Linux 5.2 box.
>
> Any suggestions?
There is another package called hummingbird or something like that.
Kind of expensive, but nice.
SCO also sells an X Server (Xview I think), but it's junk. I unloaded
it as soon as they installed it at work. I just split my local hard
disk and ran linux instead. Nobody ever knew...
-= bob =-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Subject: Re: Email-only terminal accounts
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:42:56 +0100
Eric Rossing schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>What is the best way to set up a user so he is automatically put into a
>mailreader (eg. elm) when he logs in, and is automatically logged off when
>he exits that program?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Eric Rossing
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Eric,
the simlest way to to this, is replacing sh (or whatever shell is used)
of that user in /etc/passwd with the mailreader.
In this case the user has no chance to do then the things
that particular program allows him to do. And when he exits
the program, he will be logged out.
Bernd
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From: "Runt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:02:12 -0600
Does anyone know if there is there a similar program for KDE?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 06:56:59 GMT
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:36:54 GMT, Norm Dresner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Alternately, even a simple X-Window based editor would rake in the dough.
Unfortunately for your hypothetical Linux entrepreneur there are a gazillion
simple X-based editors. GNOME alone comes with 3 (GxEdit, gedit and
gnotepad).
Dave Cook
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Any way to tell what cards XF8686-SVGA supports?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 01:27:29 GMT
Andrew wrote:
> I have a Diamond Viper V550 and I know it is not supported natively
> on Linux, but I've heard that there is a version of XF86-SVGA that
> does support the 2-D features of the card making it usable. Is there
> anywhere where I can lookup what cards are supported by each version
> of this file?
Try �XF86_SVGA -version�, this lists all supported chipsets. You�ll
need a quite recent Version of XFree86 for your RivaTNT chipset, I�d
suggest to get the latest-and-greatest 3.3.3.1.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: How do I stop netscape from popping up "Repost from data?" window when I
press reload????
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:35:10 GMT
Using JavaScript, how do I get the page to re-execute exactly as pressing the
reload button on a page? I have tried location.reload, history.back(), and
history.go() - none of which give the result I'm looking for, which is the
exact replication of clicking the reload button... Any ideas?
In article <7c8mn4$3rl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7c81kq$ccs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sasani) wrote:
> >
> >
> > WHen I press reload, Netscape gives me this window saying "Repost from
data?".
> > How do I tell Netscape that I don't want this window to pop up?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Si
> >
> >
>
> This message appears when you are "refreshing" a cgi script. You will not be
> able to "get rid" of that message. Basically you have requested that the
> script be run again by reloading the page. Therefor the script is asking you
> if you want the same data to be shown again. Hope this clears things up for
> you.
>
> Mike
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: scsi harddisk cache
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:39:41 GMT
And if it's off, does anybody know how to turn it ON
under linux ? Something similar to EZ-SCSI for windows..
best,
Anton
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rene Windiks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> does anybody know, how one can check if the disk
> cache of a (scsi) harddisk in enabled or disabled?
> Does exist a linux tool for this?
>
> Best regards,
> Rene Windiks.
>
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From: Sascha Spangenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.emacs.xemacs,ed.linux
Subject: version control - complicated diff usage
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:13:08 +0000
Hi there,
is s.o. out there who knows how to do the following....
I have a file called foo version 1.0
I edit foo v1.0 and save it as v1.1
I further edit v1.1 and save it as v1.2
Now I copy foo v1.0 to - say foo2 v1.0- edit this file and save it at
v1.1
At this stage I want to apply the same changes to foo2 v1.1 as I did in
foo from v1.1->v1.2
Assume that the parts where changes need to be made shall be
* identical in foo v1.1 and foo2 v1.1 BUT
* at different positions withing the files...
Is there a way of doing this with diff or so???
Any ideas???
Sascha.
PS: An example?
foo and foo2 v1.0
===============
...
line1
line2
line3
line4
...
foo v1.1
===============
...
line1
line2.1
line3
line4
....
foo v1.2
===============
...
line1
line2.1
line3.2
line4
...
foo2 v1.1
===============
...
line1
line2.1
line2a
line3
line4.1
line5
...
foo2 v1.2
===============
...
line1
line2.1
line2a
line3.2 <- changed "line3" to "line3.2" as in foo 1.1->1.2
line4.1
line5
...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Disk drive recovery
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:00:02 GMT
Tom Evans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Getting the following errors:
:
: Mar 22 04:44:05 evans kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete
:DataRequest Error }
: Mar 22 04:44:05 evans kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
:LBAsect=296168, sector=296166
: Mar 22 04:44:05 evans kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:45, sector 296166
:
: How can I tell which file is corrupted, yes, I plan on doing a fsck but
: like to know which file may be corrupted.
For the file system in question, do this as root:
# debugfs -R "icheck 296166" /dev/hdb5
You'll get an inode number. Then, take that inode number and:
# debugfs -R "ncheck <inode-number>" /dev/hdb5
This will return a name relative to that file system. For example, if
/dev/hdb5 is the partition that contains "/var", and the filename you get back
is "/log/messages", then the actual file is "/var/log/messages".
Stu
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From: Jack Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Tape Backup software
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 09:38:17 +0800
Hello,
I'm looking for a very easy & good DAT tape backup software.
Any idea?
Regard
Jack Cheng
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat: /home/$USER/$USER (a bug?)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:52:15 -0330
Hello,
Every know and then, when I log in, I find that my Red Hat system has
placed an extra directory under /home/$USER called /home/$USER/$USER .
I find this awfully bizarre. Has anyone been experiencing this symptom
on their Red Hat system?
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From: Ned Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: No-Win Modem Situation
Date: 10 Mar 1999 08:53:01 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Varela wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:57:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford) wrote:
>
> > The jumpers are usually a good indication it's not a winmodem, though.
>
> But the inverse is not true: i.e., a modem without jumpers may not be a
> winmodem. 3COM model 5687 is an internal V.90 x2 modem, not a winmodem, with
> no jumpers.
>
> --
> John Varela
> (delete . between mind and spring to e-mail me)
One indication that it's a Whinemodem is the price is too good to
be
true...WinModems are cheaper 'cause they're missing half the
parts.
At some point someone's gonna have to come up with a WinModem
driver for Linux, since the price of Winmodems is starting
to drive the other stuff off the market.
--
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Page!</A>
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reinstalling applications? -- Cnt+Alt+Del -- Aliases -- Multimedia
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:33:32 +0000
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
<Snippery>
>
>2 -- I have read that the "three finger salute" means different things
> in
>different Linux distributions. I am waiting for my Red Hat Linux and
>reading up on Linux but I don't as yet have the Red Hat manual. Exactly
>what does Cnt+Alt+Del mean in Red Hat: Shutdown? Proper shutdown or
>improper shutdown? Or something else? If it means improper shutdown, is
>there a way to disable that command. One kind Linux user told me tha
>t this
>would be a possible solution but didn't specify how. Is that possible
> or
>difficult? I am so used to this "salute" to check programs, turn off
> the
>system, etc. in Windows 95, that I am afraid that I might end up
> damaging
>my Linux installation before I get out of the habit. Would very much
>appreciate a clarification on this point.
As with most things in Linux, CTRL-ALT-DEL can be configured to do
pretty much whatever you want it to do. Entries in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and /etc/inittab configuration files combine to tell the computer what
to do when the buttons are pressed.. There'll be lines starting with
ca and ctrlaltdel. You just need to make sure that they point to the
appropriate command, such as
/sbin/shutdown -r now
if you want to use that sequence to reboot, or
echo 'CTRL-ALT-DEL has been disabled'
if you want it to do nothing but display a message.
<snip>
--
Mist.
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From: Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Options for a script
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:23:25 -0600
Jaze wrote:
> what I'm trying to do is pipe
> echo, date, and cat commands to sendmail to automate a certain message.
> echo "Blah"; date -R | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How can I pipe a full command line?
Using your example, a quick way would be to backquote any commands:
echo Blah `date -R` | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Optionally, if this will be in a script, you could assign everything to
a variable and then use it. For example, in Perl:
$words = "Blah \n";
$words .= `date -R`;
or, all at once:
$words = "Blah \n" . `date -R`;
Hope this helps,
Jeremy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: 11 Mar 1999 17:45:20 GMT
In <LkSF2.604$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach) writes:
>Thus, an XOR of two copyrighted works is, itself, a violation of both
>copyrights, even though there's probably no way to extract either of them
>from it without knowing what it is.
Of course one would have to prove in a court of law that that is how the
work was created, and that in order to do so the person had to copy both
of the works-- not use them, copy them. It is perfectly legal to
paraphrase a work-- ideas are not copyrighted and teh courts will resist
any attempt to use copyright to limit the use of ideas-- copyright fails
if the work is the only way of expressing the idea, even if the person
uses the identical phrases.
Thus the person prosecuting you for copyright infringment would have to
prove that in order to make that XOR you actually copied his work. (I
could imagine arguments on both sides, and it could depend on the judges
breakfast that morning).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin Chung)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.unixware.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: multi-boot machine
Date: 24 Mar 1999 00:52:33 -0000
I've had an awful time getting NT and Solaris to co-exist with each other.
My multiboot SMP machine is running on a Tyan Tomcat Pentium 200MMX dual
machine. Award Bios, 4.51 PG, dated 5/13/98.
Win NT 4.0, sp3
Win 95
Dos 6.22
Linux 2.0.33
Solaris x86 2.6
The problem exists between Solaris and NT. The system is multibooted using
System Commander v3.01, and has worked fine in that regard. The necessary
partitions are hidden from each other (linux swap and solaaris), but
NT wants to clobber the solaris partition.
EIDE controller 0
Drive 0 850MB WD850H
Drive c: Win NT boot and DOS 6.22 boot
Drive f: Win 95 boot
Drive 1 Quantum Fireball 2.1GB
part 0 Linux
Drive D: FAT
Drive E: NTFS
Eide controller 1
Drive 0 Seagate 4.3 GB medallist
part 0 Solaris 2GB
Part 1 FAT 1GB
Part 2 unallocated
NT's diskadmin reports incorrect partition sizes for the third hard drive
where solaris lives. Solaris, DOS, Win95 have no problem seeing the other
Microsoft FAT volumes on the third hard drive, but NT refuses to. The drive
is recognized as LBA, and its logical cylinders are less than 1024. Solaris
is installed in the lower portion of the 4GB, beginning in the 1st GB.
I've tried formatting the 3rd drive as an NTFS volume of 2GB, and Solaris,
but NT keeps clobbering the partition. Disk Admin is bad news for Solaris
so far as I can tell. This is my second drive, the previous being a 4.3GB
Fujitsu.
I hate to think I've got to resign myself to buying another hard drive to
get stupid NT to co-exist with Solaris on the same drive!
any ideas?
--
Robin Chung [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Univ. of Warwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mulder to Scully: "I had you big time..."
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