Linux-Misc Digest #151, Volume #21 Sat, 24 Jul 99 21:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: C question (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Re: AMD processor upgrade (Rod Roark)
Kernel Panic when starting PPP (Mike Masi)
Re: netscape (Michel Catudal)
problems installing staroffice ("S Ghosh")
Re: Kernel 2.3.0 compile error (Gergo Barany)
Re: Linux only use 1% of my CPU??? (Rob Stockley)
Re: need CDE source (Paul Seelig)
at HOme cable improvements suck (Kamal abu Masri)
Re: problems installing staroffice ("Noah Roberts (jik-)")
Re: AMD processor upgrade ("Nevyn")
Re: Adding a partition (William Wueppelmann)
Re: distributions switches (Stanislaw Flatto)
Netscape Doesn't work (Ted Lee)
Re: need CDE source ("R.Bloch")
Can't use alt+right to switch tty's with FTE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cp -r versus cp -R (Neil W Rickert)
Re: for any programmer/hacker people out there (Howard Mann
@howardm.dsl.xmission.com ())
cp -r versus cp -R ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ZIP drive question on RH 6.0 (Howard Mann @howardm.dsl.xmission.com ())
Re: Burning logos on CD ("Michael Stevens")
Re: cp -r versus cp -R (RKAA)
Re: Red Hat vs. Mandrake (David Crooke)
Re: Is there a 'pseudo-tape' driver for Linux/x86? (David Crooke)
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: C question
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 07:43:49 +1000
me wrote:
>
> hello.
>
> I want to access file information in linux using C. ie. filesize, date
> modified, filename etc. I wrote the following piece of code in DOS using
> borland Turbo C++. How do I write an equivalent linux version?????
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <dir.h>
> #include <conio.h>
>
> ......
> ......
> clrscr(); //found in conio.h
> struct ffblk f;
> findfirst("filename.ext", &f,0);
> /* now struct f contains the info i want. what do i use in linux?? */
> getch(); //found in conio.h
> .....
> .....
> .....
> what header file must i include to make use of clrscr() and getch() ????
clrscr() and getch() are from <conio.h> which isn't standard to unix.
Somebody has however written an emulation, so try searching deja.com
(http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml) for "conio.h". You'll probably
have to restrict the search to the linux newsgroups.
<dir.h> is also MSDOS specific. The unix header is <dirent.h>. Have a
look
at the man page for opendir.
Erik
--
+-------------------------------------------------+
Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+-------------------------------------------------+
"We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5
seconds." -- Linus Torvalds
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD processor upgrade
Date: 24 Jul 1999 22:06:55 GMT
Nevyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>pentium 166 to AMD K6 350.....good or bad idea with repect to
>linux???....and recomendations...?
Sure it's a fine idea as long as your mainboard and RAM will both support the faster
(100 Mhz) memory bus. If not it would probably still work OK at some multiple of
66. Also for a really dramatic speedup, check out the K6-3.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: Mike Masi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic when starting PPP
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:54:01 -0400
Pulling my hair out with this one. Recently upgraded to a Gateway
E-4200 P2 333, 64MB. Dumped the contents of my old hard drive (with
linux on it) onto a new larger one, booted up Linux from Win via
loadlin, changed some LILO options, and it worked fine. Problem is,
sometimes after my machine has been idle for an arbitrary amount of time
(usually 5-10 minutes), when I connect to my ISP using Debian's 'pon'
script, Linux chokes and it spits out a kernel panic message. I've
found that if I run the pon script after/while doing something fairly
CPU-intensive, I don't get this problem, but not always. Also, it seems
that the first time I run pon after bootup it will work regardless of
how long the machine has been idle but again, that is not always the
case. I've tried recompiling the kernel in every way possible (I
probably have 20 files in /boot that start with vmlinuz-test-XX),
updating pppd to the latest version, as well as updating the BIOS on the
motherboard, but nothing seems to work. I'm running Debian potato
(unstable) with glibc 2.1. The modem I'm using is a Viva CommCenter
ISA, the exact same one I used in my previous machine with no problems
whatsoever.
I only get a kernel panic when running 'pon,' everything else runs
normally. I copied down the output of the kernel panic, so maybe
someone who knows how to decipher these things can give me a clue to
what might be the problem...
======================
Code:<1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 00000000
current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010[cc0100c890]
EFLAGS: 00010046
eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00000000 edx: c2480000
esi: c0100176 edi: c01d8000 ebp: c4000000 esp: c01d7e78
Process swapper (pid:0, process nr:0, stackpage=c0ld7000)
{other stuff here, looked like memory addresses so I didn't bother
copying them down}
Code: 8a 04 0b 89 44 24 38 50 43 68 10 09 1a c0 e8 30 95 00 00 83
Aiee, killing interrupt handler
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill idle task
In swapper task not synched
======================
Any help would be appreciated, as I am getting near the end of my rope
on this one.
Thanks,
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply via email if possible.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: netscape
Date: 24 Jul 1999 17:18:03 -0500
Randal Powell wrote:
>
> Michel Catudal wrote:
> >
> > James Stafford wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > try this site
> > > >
> > > > http://www.bluemountainarts.com
> > > >
> > > > choose the birthday cards
> > > >
> > > > then you go to the second page and choose "Happy birthday to you"
> > > >
> > > > Have fun!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > use OS/2 for a crash proof work environment
> > > > use Linux for safe and quick internet access
> > > > use Winblows to test the latest viruses
> > > > http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
> > > > We have software, food, music, news, search,
> > > > history, electronics and genealogy pages.
> > >
> > > Well, I just went there and besides complaining about not having an
> > > x-audio plug-in everything worked alright. Is this what was supposed to
> > > happen? Now, I would like to take the time for turning me on to this
> > > great card sight! I love to make my own greeting cards, and doing so is
> > > just about the only thing I have to use something other than Linux for.
> > >
> > > Again thanks a lot,
> > >
> > > jamess
> > > --
> >
> > Mine uses midi and after the midi starts I don't seem to be able
> > to stop it. But then it seems to crash as it is trying to load
> > a big font. There is potentially two problems here.
> >
> > Under RedHat 6.0 netscape 4.51 and up would make Netscape go
> > into a black hole while under SuSE it crashes Netscape. With
> > Netscape 4.5 I never got it to crash under this with RedHat 6.0
> > but it does crash sometime under SuSE if I have another netscape
> > window open. It works ok most of the time.
> >
> > --
> > use OS/2 for a crash proof work environment
> > use Linux for safe and quick internet access
> > use Winblows to test the latest viruses
> > http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
> > We have software, food, music, news, search,
> > history, electronics and genealogy pages.
>
> I tried this site and had no problem at all (using Netscape 4.61 on RH
> 6.0). But then, I recently installed the most recent JDK of Java for
> Linux. Seems a lot of unexpected exits and core dumps disappeared when I
> did this.
>
Which version would that be?
doing rpm -q java I get java-1.1.7v1a-9
I use SuSE 6.1 with kernel 2.2.10
--
use OS/2 for a crash proof work environment
use Linux for safe and quick internet access
use Winblows to test the latest viruses
http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: "S Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: problems installing staroffice
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 03:28:42 +0530
hi,
I recently installed RH8.0 on my p-2, and have had satisfactory performance
till now. Since i have some sizeable amt of office-related work, I decided
to install staroffice. But at setup it says that i've to install the later
versions of glibc2 or libc6 libs ( libc.so.6.x it says) and when I replace
the present lbi-loader with the libloader given with the staroffice pakage,
the kernel panics and the whole thing doesnt boot.
If on the other hand , I try setting up without unstalling the glibc2
package, the setup program aborts with no news.
What am i to do/ what am i doing wrong?
thanks a lot,
S ghosh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.3.0 compile error
Date: 24 Jul 1999 22:19:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vijay Patel wrote:
> I'm trying to compile kernel 2.3.0 from scratch using a completely new
>source tree (no patching) on a RH 6.0 system, but the compilation falls
>over with the following message:
<snip vfat-related errors>
You are using an old kernel from the unstable series. Don't. Don't ever
try to use a hacker kernel unless you want to hack the kernel and know
exactly what you're doing, and why you're doing it. Read the Kernel
HOWTO. Oh, and vfat is broken in the development series (which is a
series for developers, not users).
>I'm no expert on compilation errors, so any suggestion as to what the
>problem might be would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Also, is there
>a linux NG dedicated to kernel issues, compilation problems, etc ?
Don't know. I think this might be the right one (unless you mean kernel
hacking, which is done over a mailing list, AFAIK).
Gergo
--
Apples have meant trouble since eden.
-- MaDsen Wikholm, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rob Stockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux only use 1% of my CPU???
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 09:47:34 +1200
"John D. Verne" wrote:
> I understand that the new mount/swap utilities can make swap partitions
> on a single device of up to 2Gb.
<snip>
> John
Cool!
--
Rob Stockley
Christchurch, NZ
Email: robstockley@<spam-buster>bigfoot.com
ICQ: 37780545
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Seelig)
Subject: Re: need CDE source
Date: 24 Jul 99 21:52:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Is CDE for Linux downloadable from somewhere?
>
No, this is commercial software. Try the very nicely done free CDE
clone XFCE instead from "http://www.xfce.org".
Cheers, P. *8^)
--
--------- Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----------
African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies
Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany
------------------- http://ntama.uni-mainz.de --------------------
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From: Kamal abu Masri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: at HOme cable improvements suck
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:44:12 GMT
I like Red Hat, but their new connections with at Home have me worried.
At Home cable modem has recently introduced a new "feature" as quietly
as possible: they have reduced the speed for both uploading and
downloading. If you have been sitting at large sites once again annoyed
by several minuets wait while the page loads, you can thank at Home for
what they claim is improved service. However, unannounced, and more
maddening for me, is the connection times out and you can't reestablish
the connection. If you listen to BBC, music, or use other services on
the net and don't actively "do" anything, the modem simply shuts off.
Sometimes restarting your computer will allow you to reconnect, but even
that has not helped recently. I assume it is a sot of built in
punishment for those who might wander off with their browser open, but
for those of us who use the services such as CNN, it really sucks. This
kind of "improvements" they can keep.
Kamal
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: problems installing staroffice
From: "Noah Roberts (jik-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Jul 1999 15:53:10 -0700
"S Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi,
> I recently installed RH8.0 on my p-2, and have had satisfactory performance
> till now. Since i have some sizeable amt of office-related work, I decided
> to install staroffice. But at setup it says that i've to install the later
> versions of glibc2 or libc6 libs ( libc.so.6.x it says) and when I replace
> the present lbi-loader with the libloader given with the staroffice pakage,
> the kernel panics and the whole thing doesnt boot.
> If on the other hand , I try setting up without unstalling the glibc2
> package, the setup program aborts with no news.
>
> What am i to do/ what am i doing wrong?
>
> thanks a lot,
> S ghosh
All I did was change the link to the right pthreads, and let the
glibc2 runtime have its day. I am in slackware 4.0.
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From: "Nevyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD processor upgrade
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 23:41:32 +0100
the motherboard an ram will b fne.....rplacing them oo....but no money for a
k6-3.......d:o(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Adding a partition
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:58:34 GMT
In our last episode (Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:35:52 -0400),
the artist formerly known as Robert J. Schweikert said:
>My Linux partition is filling up, about 90% full right now, however I
>have a Windoze/Dos partition on the same drive that I can empty.
>
>Is there a save way to add this partition as additional storage to my
>Linux file system?
If you want to reformat it, you can run fdisk and delete the partition,
recreate it as a linux partition and then run mkfs (or mke2fs, if you have
that alias) to format it. You can turn it into multiple Linux partition if
you choose.
Next, you'll want to decide where you want to mount the partition. For
example, you could mount as your /home partition, in which case you would
do the following:
1. mount the new partition under a temporary point like /mnt
2. copy /home to /mnt using the -a (archive) option
3. verify that the contents have been copied (unmount the partition and
remount it and then check)
4. delete the contents of /home (but not the directory itself)
5. add a line to /etc/fstab that mounts the partition under /home
6. reboot, or better yet, just unmount the partition from /mnt and remount
it on /home.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: distributions switches
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:59:55 GMT
pces wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Slackware 96 since it came out and before that I used
Just personal opinion.
If you managed to install Slak to a performing stage get ver.4.
It may not have all the bells and whistles of other distros but
KDE, Gnome and so on are there.
Seems that you invested the time in administering your system
so stay with the distro you know and as curiosity install others
on separate partition to get the feel of them before you decide
to switch.
Major difference is in init, Slak uses the BSD style most others
SysV. Aplications run on both. In my opinion Red Hat is easy to
install and for Slak user frustrating to administer.
SuSE much easier, after some adjustment.
Have not tried others so "no comment".
Slak user, and loving it.
Stanislaw.
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From: Ted Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape Doesn't work
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:02:04 -0400
Hello,
I just installed the RedHat 6.0. When I was installing the RedHat6.0, I
chose "static IP address" and put in the IP address and other required
info myself. Now I can telnet or ftp to other computers. But when I
run netscape, it doesn't go anywhere. So is there any problem with the
installation or the network setup?
Thanks
Ted
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From: "R.Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need CDE source
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:06:28 +0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is CDE for Linux downloadable from somewhere?
It's not free software. In fact it's very much not free <g>. Beyond
that, try www.cde.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.editors,linux.debian.user
Subject: Can't use alt+right to switch tty's with FTE?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:01:14 GMT
(I'm currently using Debian 2.1)
Usually when in bash (No X) I'll leave open several things in multiple
terminals (IE: mc in tty1, lynx in tty2, a man page on tty3, etc...)
and use alt+right to switch between them.
However, the editor FTE (which I like a lot) has it's own alt+right
key mapping to switch between multiple frames (docs) within itself.
In order to get to the next tty I have to close it (get back to the
shell prompt) so I can use alt+right. Any suggestions for a
workaround to get to another tty without having to close it? (Yes
I've RTFM..I've found no way to change it)
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From: Neil W Rickert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cp -r versus cp -R
Date: 24 Jul 1999 19:11:49 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Anybody understand the difference between the "cp" command's -r and -R
>options? From man page:
>-r Copy directories recursively, copying all non-directories as if
>they were regular files
>-R Copy directories recursively
>If the difference lies in their treatment of non-directories, and if
>-r copies them as if they were regular files, how the heck does -R
>copy them?
>I would have regarded "non-directories" and "regular files" as
>synonymous but evidently there are some types of non-directories that
>aren't regular files? I'm confused. What distinctions don't I
>understand?
'/dev/null' is a non-directory which is not a regular file. 'cp -R'
copies it by creating a devices special file in the destination.
'cp -r' copies it by creating a regular file of length 0.
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@howardm.dsl.xmission.com ()
Subject: Re: for any programmer/hacker people out there
Date: 25 Jul 1999 00:22:31 GMT
In article <7nd79l$dbr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Nevyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i jus had a rally good idea for a program if anyone would like o make
> it.......i have to use windows to access the internet (hopefully only for a
> few days) and so i cant download anything without downloading it in windows,
> rebooting to linux and installing......now my problem is when i tyr to
> install something in RPM format and then find i need yet more files.......if
> i could have a prog that i could say start in linux once, then use in
> windows and would keep a database of all my rpm dependancies, so i could
> check as i downloaded stuff if i needed more stuf.....instead of hours of
> reboots........anyone who knows of a prog like this....or decides to build
> one....please send it me....d:o)
>
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/rpm2html/
Cheers,
--
Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
Smart Linuxers search at: http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cp -r versus cp -R
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 23:37:24 GMT
Anybody understand the difference between the "cp" command's -r and -R
options? From man page:
-r Copy directories recursively, copying all non-directories as if
they were regular files
-R Copy directories recursively
If the difference lies in their treatment of non-directories, and if
-r copies them as if they were regular files, how the heck does -R
copy them?
I would have regarded "non-directories" and "regular files" as
synonymous but evidently there are some types of non-directories that
aren't regular files? I'm confused. What distinctions don't I
understand?
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@howardm.dsl.xmission.com ()
Subject: Re: ZIP drive question on RH 6.0
Date: 25 Jul 1999 00:36:26 GMT
In article <Grmm3.75$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter Loftus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've a external parallel port Zip drive on my machine. I use it when in
> win98 and would like to use it in linux also. However everything I read in
> "Howto's, etc" seem to imply that I will have to recompile the kernel in
> order to access the drive in linux. I'm quite new to linux and its been 20
> years since I worked in a unix system, so I'm not anxious to do a recompile,
> especially since it took me 24 straight hours and a dozen attempts to
> install RH 6.0. I finally did it by stripping out most of the packages in
> the install list. Then I had to RPM the various items I wanted individually.
>
> Anyhow, am I correct about having to recompile the kernel, or is there
> another way?
>
> TIA!
>
> Pete Loftus
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>From : http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive-3.html :
"In the section SCSI Support set SCSI support = Y. Also set SCSI disk support = Y.
In the section SCSI low-level drivers you want to set IOMEGA Parallel Port ZIP drive
SCSI support = M. The M stands for modules.
In the section Character Devices find and set Parallell Printer support = M "
Now, peruse : /usr/src/linux-<kernel version>/arch/i386/defconfig
( default configuration)
You'll probably find support for the above " already set."
Cheers,
--
Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
Smart Linuxers search at: http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
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From: "Michael Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burning logos on CD
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:38:41 -0700
AOL CD's are pressed not burned, completely different process.
--
Michael Stevens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~mlstevens/mssfrmfrm.htm
Mark Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7miooo$1vb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> AOL may not have a "cool" reputation, but I think their latest CDs
> are cool - they have their logo burned into the CD outside the
> data track. Has anyone tried to do this sort of thing on Linux?
> Most of the CDRs I burn take up only a small percent of the
> recording surface leaving plenty of room for random art.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: RKAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cp -r versus cp -R
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:41:12 +0000
Neil W Rickert wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >Anybody understand the difference between the "cp" command's -r and -R
> >options? From man page:
>
> >-r Copy directories recursively, copying all non-directories as if
> >they were regular files
>
> >-R Copy directories recursively
>
> >If the difference lies in their treatment of non-directories, and if
> >-r copies them as if they were regular files, how the heck does -R
> >copy them?
>
> >I would have regarded "non-directories" and "regular files" as
> >synonymous but evidently there are some types of non-directories that
> >aren't regular files? I'm confused. What distinctions don't I
> >understand?
>
> '/dev/null' is a non-directory which is not a regular file. 'cp -R'
> copies it by creating a devices special file in the destination.
> 'cp -r' copies it by creating a regular file of length 0.
Any idea how -R copies /proc/kcore ? just curious.
But apropos the difference - browsed an IRIX manpage here and it stresses
the difference as one regarding how they treat symbolic links (which can
also be networked fileareas or directories.) cp -r would chase all the
links it find while -R would only copy the link as such and not chase
links beyond the root dir. -R is the POSIX compliant flag here, -r is
"*nix" flavour dependant.
K.
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Red Hat vs. Mandrake
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:54:06 GMT
Michel Catudal wrote:
>
>
> Mandrake is pentium compiled while RedHat 6.0 is compiled for
> a 386 or 486.
>
> I have a cyrix 686 230Mhz maybe it's the problem. But then Mandrake
> 5.3 install with no problem.
IIRC Red Hat 6 comes with kernels optimised for each (Intel) CPU type,
i.e. 386/486/586/686
--
David Crooke, Austin TX, USA. +1 (512) 656 6102
"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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From: David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Is there a 'pseudo-tape' driver for Linux/x86?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:03:32 GMT
Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
> It has occurred to me that, although the standard backup utilities assume tape media,
> other media might be substituted with good results. Specifically, tape drives and
>media
> are currently expensive commodities, while CD-R/CD-RW drives and media are relatively
> cheap. It would be nice to be able to use the magtape tools ('mt') against a CD-R or
>CD-RW
> device (i.e. multitrack CD-R where magtape would provide tape 'files': think "mt
>-fsf"
> against a CD-RW device).
>
> Has anyone seen a driver (or other software) that would cause a CD-R or CD-RW drive
>to
> look like a tape drive to the magtape tools?
Most of the backup tools that you'd use after mt (tar, cpio, dump) will
happily write to any file. Can't you achieve what you want with existing
these tools and mkisofs, cdrecord, etc.?
Dave
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David Crooke, Austin TX, USA. +1 (512) 656 6102
"Open source software - with no walls and fences, who needs Windows
and Gates?"
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