Linux-Misc Digest #239, Volume #27 Mon, 26 Feb 01 20:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: basic help needed with Samba (malcolm)
Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time? (John D Groenveld)
Re: [Q] How do I boot without a keyboard connected? (Rudy Taraschi)
Re: lpr: print file too big - How to correct? (Bill Unruh)
eepro100 and semaphore fixes (Rick Macklem)
Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time? ("Peter Sundstrom")
Re: lpr: print file too big - How to correct? (Juergen Sauer)
Re: small linux distro (Yves Bellefeuille)
Using Oracle + NetApps + Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
data recovery ? ("John Gill")
Re: stupid mistake (Antonomasia)
passwd error in RH7 upgrade? (Drew Krause)
Newbie: QOS, please help (Per Solheim)
Re: audio CD's ("David")
Fileutils and large directories ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP on /etc/passwd (Frederic)
Re: Install CD-RW on Linux ?? (Chris Ahlstrom)
Re: Fileutils and large directories (Antonomasia)
Re: generic 17" monitor X windows help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Home Theater Box ("Greg")
Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time? (Denothor)
Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux ("Greg")
Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux ("Greg")
Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux ("Greg")
Re: open database file ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.samba,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: basic help needed with Samba
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:05:30 GMT
John Gill wrote:
> Hi all. I am not a newcomber to Unix, but have not used Samba on Linux
> before. I have the Red Hat 7.0 Linux, and would like to replace my NT
> server for a very small network (4 to 5 users at home). I understand that
> Samba works with MS networks, so I am seeking a resource for basic
> information on what I can do and how to setup. Interestingly enough, there
> is very little in the RedHat Sever Edition manuals about Samba.
>
> When all is said and done, I would like my Linux server to do the following
> (if possible):
>
> 1) network directory and file sharing -- appear as shares on
> Win98 / Win95 client PCs;
> 2) network print service -- print to an HP LaserJet with a
> network card;
> 3) provide for network login -- like the NT Domain login
> script;
> 4) provide browser service -- the "who is there" on the
> Network Neighborhood
>
> I do not need DNS or DHCP services.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- John
Hi John,
This helped me some. I can't say it's working yet, but close .... best
luck
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John D Groenveld)
Crossposted-To:
alt.solaris.x86,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time?
Date: 26 Feb 2001 17:08:00 -0500
In article <97ecd4$9p1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When running from cron you won't reach the screen anyway. Anything
>you see "on screen" i'll call interactive. And that does not inlcude
>cron at or batch.
Perhaps he's looking for syslog(3) functionality which would let him
send messages from his script or program to a log file and the console.
But you're right, his post is quite contradictory.
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rudy Taraschi)
Subject: Re: [Q] How do I boot without a keyboard connected?
Date: 26 Feb 2001 22:09:09 GMT
Steve S. wrote:
> I'm assuming your BIOS won't allow you to turn off the keyboard
> check? I have a P150 does this no problem, sorry if I missed it and
> you already posted ...
My original request was due to the fact that my BIOS did not support
the option of disabling or ignoring the keyboard check. Thanks for the
reply.
--
Rudy Taraschi
<rudy at see aye ee dot see aye> is my correct email address
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: lpr: print file too big - How to correct?
Date: 26 Feb 2001 22:10:44 GMT
In <P_xm6.2650$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
/etc/printcap
mx=0
] Hi,
] The lpr program refuses to take files bigger than ~800K
] for print - what means I can not print images. I have 9Mb
] in the printer, and anyways the lpr may not know how big
] will be the file after the filter processes it, so it has
] no business to limit the file size - the print filter may
] do that.
] I read almost anything around and did not found how to
] increase the limit.
] So, may please someone tell me how to increase the lpr/lpd
] file size limit?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Macklem)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: eepro100 and semaphore fixes
Date: 26 Feb 2001 22:17:00 GMT
I have no idea if anyone has a use for them, but I've fixed a couple
of problems that I've encountered with RedHat6.2 (Linux 2.2.14).
There were some problems with the eepro100 (Intel EtherPro) driver
that I fixed by backporting fixes from the newer driver for 2.4.n.
I also bumped into a semop(2) problem that didn't occur in Linux 2.0.36,
that I fixed by porting the older ipc/sem.c out of 2.0.36 into 2.2.14.
(The comment at the beginning of sem.c mentions the bug being fixed in
1995, but it appears that it was re-broken by the changes done in 1998.)
Anyhow, if anyone is interested, the modified source files are available
via anonymous ftp from snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca in pub/hp-pc/x-class.
Good luck if you choose to use them, rick
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From: "Peter Sundstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:38:44 +1300
"J.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:duvm6.5858$43.28628@zonnet-reader-1...
>
> >
> > Just redirect stderr on to stdout before piping it to tee, eg:
> >
> > find . 2>&1 | tee foo
> >
>
> Well ive tried this on AIX 4.x, using ksh:
>
> cat thisfiledoesnotexist 2>&1 | tee -a logfile
>
> and...
>
> stderr still goes to the screen (the cat error message, complaining it
cant
> find the file), but *not* to the logfile...
> huh ?
>
> Does this mean ive found a bug... errr feature ? Or am I screwing up in
> there somehow?
It works fine under Solaris.
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From: Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr: print file too big - How to correct?
Date: 26 Feb 2001 21:23:37 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb
am Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:19:11 GMT in comp.os.linux.misc:
> Hi,
[...]
> So, may please someone tell me how to increase the lpr/lpd
> file size limit?
"man printcap" is your friend ...
put in ":mx#0:" and problem is over, if you have enough space in the
spooling filesystem ...
mfG
Jojo
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: small linux distro
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:06:10 -0500
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, "Major Dondo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to put a small linux distro on an old laptop. I can get tom's
> disk running with network support, so all I need now is an ftp install of
> a distro that is smaller than, say 100 MB, has Xwindows (I need a
> graphical browser) and supports PCMCIA for my network card.
CheapBytes sells a disk called "Stampede Linux with Tiny Linux". I've
ordered it to try it, but haven't received it yet.
--
Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ottawa, Canada
Francais / English / Esperanto
Esperanto FAQ: http://www.esperanto.net/veb/faq.html
Rec.travel.europe FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/europe/faq
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using Oracle + NetApps + Linux
Date: 26 Feb 2001 22:27:48 GMT
Has anyone out there used NetApps filers with Oracle on Linux? I've seen case studies
on the NetApps website showing how they work with Oracle, but I'd like some more
details.
I've always heard that databases prefer raw block I/O so they can set up what's
essentially their own file system, but the NetApps box serves files, not blocks.
Anyone have any insight on how this works?
-Janet
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From: "John Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,linux.dev.scsi,comp.os.ms-windows.nt
Subject: data recovery ?
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:22:33 GMT
I have two SCSI disk drives that I cannot start and have software recognize.
I would like to pose a question about DATA RECOVERY, but not sure what
newsgroup would be most appropriate.
The drives are Micropolis 4.3 Gig SCSI. They will spin up, make some noise,
and after a minute or two, spin-down and the light blinks. I have tried to
get them recognized using "Lost and Found" software from Power Quest to no
avail.
I would like to know more about my options.
Thanks,
-- John
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From: Antonomasia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: stupid mistake
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:23:50 GMT
> I'm running RH 7.0 and stupidly overlayed my libc with garbage this
> morning locking up everything. When I boot in rescue mode I have no
> hd's in /dev so I can't mount my drive to fix it. When I do a regular
Kernel 2.2 device numbers look like this.
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Oct 26 13:47 hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Oct 26 13:47 hda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 65 Oct 26 13:47 hdb1
boot; at the LILO prompt hit TAB and choose "linux init=/sbin/sash"
cd /dev
If the devices are absent "mknod hda b 3 0", "mknod hda1 b 3 1" ...
Many command names are supported internally to sash preceded by a - sign.
"-ls -l" for example.
If you can mount your CD and use rpm to reinstall the libc package you
ought to be back in business. rpm on my box is statically linked.
> boot I get 'init: error in loading shared libraries' citing libc.so.6. I
> really want to avoid reinstalling.
>
> Is there a way to at least get my hard drive mounted so I can recover
> the libc file so I can boot again w/o having to reinstall? Can the
> rescue disk help me in doing this?
If you have sash you might not need the rescue disk.
--
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From: Drew Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: passwd error in RH7 upgrade?
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:34:48 -0800
We just upgraded from Redhat 6.0 to 7.0 and can't change passwords -- it
always comes back with
"Authentication token manipulation error"
No accounts can be changed (not even root). Any ideas why?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Per Solheim)
Subject: Newbie: QOS, please help
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:40:32 GMT
Hi,
Is there anybody out here that know where to get an QOS How-to?
I am struggling to share my ADSL line between four computers. Don't
want it to be first in, first out. Need to get equal speed on all
computers.
I know it's possible, but don't know how.
Sincerely Per Solheim
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From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: audio CD's
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:38:08 GMT
Fixed it, it was rather simple, but took awhile to find an answer.
Delete all sound and midi lines from modules.conf, then Rerun sndconfig like
this.
sndconfig -0-noprobe --noautoconfig
select Sound Blaster with io=220, irq=5, dma=1.
Everything works now. Sound, midi, cd player.
modules.conf file looks like this now:
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
======================================================
Windows has the midi as 0x300, tried that and got errors for midi at bootup.
So another fix on the net talking about basically the same thing, but
putting
cs4232 in place of sb (soundblaster), got the sound if I remember, but CD
audio
didn't work. So the above is the best option to set up the CS4236/37/38 that
uses
the CS4232 Codec.
Found this at http://www.linux.com/hardware/hdb.phtml?func=detail&id=88
****************************************************************************
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"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:SPdm6.3647$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The answer may be more complex that anyone can figure out, but hope
someone
> can.
>
> Tried Mandrake 7.2 and RedHat 7, but no sound.
> Used sndconfig and says found cs4232 card and that didn't work. I knew I
> used Soundblaster in Dos so tried that. Worked, but read on.
>
> By the way, my sound card chipset is CS4236/37/38 according to
SiSoftSandra
> and the MIDI is Crystal FM Synthesis and the Auxiliary Devices I/O is
CS4232
> Codec. On the Motherboard.
>
> In /etc/modules.conf reads.
>
> options cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x300 mpuirq=11
> alias sound-slot-0 sb
> options sound dmabuf=1
> alias midi op13
> options op13 io=0x388
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330
>
> 1) Sound worked in sndconfig, Midi didn't. Went out and sound didn't work.
> Removed the mpu_io=0x330 from 'sb options' and sound works. Had to do this
> in both Mandrake and RedHat.
>
> 2) Is is possible that since the cs4232 doesn't have an alias is why it
> doesn't work?
>
> 3) Tried a couple times removing this or that and that didn't work. Might
> just not have hit the right combo or maybe something is missing.
>
> 4) I am sticking with the RedHat 7 now. Mandrake after several
installations
> would write my fstab file all wrong and had to reconfigure it.
> So if someone knows how to fix in RedHat 7 that is what I am using.
>
> Tried playing several audio CD's and they don't work, says it is playing
> them, but no sound. Sound is enabled and looks like everything is
installed.
> Sound for events works fine now that I got the 'sb' in, but that is all
that
> works for sound.
>
> Help Pretty Please.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fileutils and large directories
Date: 26 Feb 2001 18:38:59 -0500
I occasionally manipulate archived news spools. Sometimes the directories
have over 20,000 files in them. Commands that I regularly use to manage
them like rm, mv and gzip often fail with a "Too many arguments" error
and I am forced to use smaller batches. Where is this limit to the number
of arguments coming from and how may I increase the limit?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic )
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.comp.linux,be.comp.os.linux,easynet.be.support,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: HELP on /etc/passwd
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:48:44 GMT
... the translation to uppercase may have happened in the vi editor when using
VT2xx function keys that send escape sequence containing a tilde ("~") . The
tilde flips the next character from/to lower/uppercase.
Good luck with your floppy or CD boot.
Frederic
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 14:34:35 +0100, ob1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all
>
>I have a LARGE LARGE pbrl, you know this small file which gathers
>"user" under linux, and well I have modify the first word of " root "
>in " ROOt ", wonder not how I made... Is somebody would have a remedy
>has this kind of prbl???
>
>I have tried to log me as "ROOt " or to change the config via
>Webmin... etc NADA. It is on a small production server and this is
>really tedious to reinstall it...
>
>Thank you in advance for you help.
>
>Eric
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From: Chris Ahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Install CD-RW on Linux ??
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:56:15 GMT
John Gill wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Is anyone using a CD-RW device on Linux ? If so, what works best, IDE or
> SCSI and what are the implications for use with Linux back-up software --
> network based.
>
> Thanks, I have a small network with Red Hat 7.0 Linux as the Primary Domain
> Controller.
>
> -- John
I use a Creative Labs CD-RW that's IDE. You need to load the ide-scsi.o
module properly in order to burn CDs. It seems to work well, burning just
fine at 8x.
If you need the setup steps, let me know.
Chris
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From: Antonomasia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fileutils and large directories
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:16:02 GMT
> I occasionally manipulate archived news spools. Sometimes the directories
> have over 20,000 files in them. Commands that I regularly use to manage
> them like rm, mv and gzip often fail with a "Too many arguments" error
> and I am forced to use smaller batches. Where is this limit to the number
> of arguments coming from and how may I increase the limit?
/usr/include/asm/errno.h:#define E2BIG 7 /* Arg list too long */
There will be a limit (a few thousand chars) on the total length of
arguments when a process is run.
On these occasions you can do several things:
"echo *" will work when "ls *" won't because echo is a shell builtin and so
does not require an exec().
xargs can split argument lists into smaller parts
echo file_* | xargs -n50 -i{} mv -i {} /some/other/place
so that now mv only sees 52 arguments.
perl is extremely good - you can search (like grep) thousands of files
in a single process using a loop over the result of readdir.
--
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# Antonomasia ant notatla.demon.co.uk #
# See http://www.notatla.demon.co.uk/ #
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: generic 17" monitor X windows help!
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:22:19 GMT
zrizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1280x1024, but all i can get out of X is 1024x768. or is there maybe 3rd
A few ideas:
Play around with sync rates etc. until you find some that it will
accept. For a very generic 17" monitor I got at a discount store, in
my XF86Config file, I use:
HorizSync 30.0-70.0
VertRefresh 50.0-150.0
The normal warnings about monitor damage apply, but I've found that
many modern monitors will simply shut off when the sync is out of
range. Some will even switch to a safe mode and display their
acceptable sweep range on the screen. Come to think of it, I've seen
at least one that had a setup menu option that provided this info, you
might look to see if yours does.
On other systems, not only have I had to use the right vertical and
horizontal sweep rates (obvious), I've had to comment out modelines
that *ought* to have either worked or been ignored, leaving one that
will work.
It helps to set your default runlevel to 3 (non-graphic) while you are
testing, then you can use startx to start X and view any errors
directly on the screen when starting X.
--
Jim Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=================== http://www.buchanan1.net/ ==========================
"One .NET rule them all, one .NET to find them.
One .NET to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."
================= Visit: http://www.thehungersite.com ==================
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Home Theater Box
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:31:11 -0800
Hello,
I have an old p200 that I want to make into a home theater box. I am
planning on putting it into a new low profile black desktop case. I would
use a cordless keyboard with integrated mouse to control the unit. I want
to use this machine to play MPEG's and MP3's through my home theater (all
legal of course).
It have an old 6mb Voodoo Rush video card with TV out. I know that the
Voodoo card will at least do 2D under linux. Is 640x480 the proper screen
resolution to use with TV-out?
Does soundblaster live perform well under linux? Any other sound cards that
you have had good luck with?
What do you think that the best MPEG player would be for this application (I
usually run redhat)?
Thanks in advance for your advice, and I will share results with the group.
Greg
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.shell
From: Denothor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redirect stderr to both screen and logfile at same time?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:20:58 GMT
It works fine on my AIX 4.3 machine using ksh. Do you get a message
from tee saying it can't open logfile?
"J.Smith" wrote:
>
> >
> > Just redirect stderr on to stdout before piping it to tee, eg:
> >
> > find . 2>&1 | tee foo
> >
>
> Well ive tried this on AIX 4.x, using ksh:
>
> cat thisfiledoesnotexist 2>&1 | tee -a logfile
>
> and...
>
> stderr still goes to the screen (the cat error message, complaining it cant
> find the file), but *not* to the logfile...
> huh ?
>
> Does this mean ive found a bug... errr feature ? Or am I screwing up in
> there somehow?
--
HTH,
Denothor
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:36:46 -0800
This is my biggest concern. Let's wait until MS commits with the
subscription model and then start up a huge grassroots campaign educating
the public about this. As bad as it sounds, having such strong anti-piracy
protection will encourage users to look elsewhere. Bye Bye MS!
> 2. What you give up with with WinXP /9x/NT or whatever flavor your running
> is freedom. When you have to call MS to activate your os or rent your
apps
> from them, all the ease of use in the world isn't worth it.
>
> Linux will acheive ease of use that users wants...and MS will stil be
> screwing it's customers.
>
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:38:14 -0800
Their GUI is a blatant rip off from R&D South as some Microsoft employees
jokingly call it (Apple).
> Microsoft's new Windows XP is touted as the easiest Windows ever, and is
> expected to unify Windows OS's. MS developed XP by getting feedbacks from
> average users and computer neophytes, to become easy/intuitive enough for
> your Grandmother to use.
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Windows XP vs Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:39:06 -0800
XP = eXtra Pricing
> An aside: my favorite interpretation as to what "XP" means is that it is
> an emoticon.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: open database file
Date: 26 Feb 2001 16:30:22 -0600
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan R�ttgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stefan> Hi, I'm new to Linux. A colleague sent me his research
Stefan> results in a file with a .db ending. A friend told me to
Stefan> use the file command and that gave me:
Stefan> Berkeley DB 1.85
Stefan> What software do I need to open this? I'm using Mandrake
Stefan> 7.2
You might use Perl to write a script to attach to the file; something
like:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX; use DB_File;
tie %HASHFILE, 'DB_File', new_filename, O_RDWR;
for $i in keys HASHFILE {
print "Key: $i Value: ", $HASHFILE{$i}, "\n";
}
--
(reverse (concatenate 'string "ac.notelrac.teneerf@" "454aa"))
http://vip.hyperusa.com/~cbbrowne/nonrdbms.html
"If God meant us to be vegetarians why'd He make cows out of meat?"
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