Re: Help on SkoleLinux

2004-05-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Ndaula Ahmed wrote: > I would like to know how i could install a program from a cddrive after > mounting it. I am absolutely new in linux environment that i know few > command lines. I would like to know the command line that can make me > install my program from a cd drive. > > The CD i have has

Help on SkoleLinux

2004-05-13 Thread Ndaula Ahmed
Hi, I would like to know how i could install a program from a cddrive after mounting it. I am absolutely new in linux environment that i know few command lines. I would like to know the command line that can make me install my program from a cd drive. The CD i have has got a number of programs b

Re: Help needed

2003-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
.3 for Solaris. That is a proprietary product of Microsoft. Please contact them for support. We are "the free software guys" and can't help you. Microsoft Windows Media Player is not free software. > couldn't figure out how to install, please send me the exact > comm

Help needed

2003-12-21 Thread gireesh
Hi, I was not able to install wmp in my solaris based computer. I extracted wmp6.3.tar.z and got two files "install" and "readme" couldn't figure out how to install, please send me the exact commands to use to install this (install --help gave all the options but

Help with install please - possible bug?

2003-11-26 Thread Vic Russell
Hi, Please can you help? Under IRIX the command:- install -m 755 -u user1 -g group bin/*.bat bin/*.pl /usr/project will install all .bin and .pl files in /usr/project/bin Under LINUX the same command will copy all the files into the /usr/project directory i.e. sub-directories are not

Re: Help needed !!

2003-11-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Bhanu Chunduri wrote: > I am getting error when trying to access a symbolic linked file in Linux > Below is the output of uname -a In the future if you would word wrap your messages at some reasonable column such as 72 it would improve the readability and be most appreciated. > Linux

Help needed !!

2003-11-14 Thread Bhanu Chunduri
All, I am getting error when trying to access a symbolic linked file in Linux Below is the output of uname -a Linux hostname 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 14 05:52:30 EST 2003 i686 unknown Error:-- Too many levels of symbolic links When accessing system with kernel

Re: help about undelete

2003-10-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Turgay Temel wrote: > I have mistakenly deleted some of my files on a personal Linux > computer with rm. Is there any way to recover the files? http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html Search for "I used rm to remove a file. How can I get it back now?" Bob __

help about undelete

2003-10-16 Thread Turgay Temel
Dear Sir, I have mistakenly deleted some of my files on a personal Linux computer with rm. Is there any way to recover the files? Regards, ** *- Turgay Temel, Dr.* *- Research Fellow

Re: Help

2003-07-29 Thread Richard Dawe
Hello. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Install SearchAndRescue > Why I see in install when i write make install : > make: `install' is up to date. > Please help me! This isn't really related to GNU fileutils, but I'll try to answer your question. Are you using DOS

Help

2003-07-29 Thread cypa
Install SearchAndRescue Why I see in install when i write make install : make: `install' is up to date. Please help me! ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

help on idt platform

2003-03-26 Thread Jim Huang
Hi Sirs, Please help me figure out this problem !! Thanks. I'm running linux-2.4.3-pre3/linux-2.4.18 on idt79rc32334 cpu with redhat 7.1 root file system (via nfs). Enclosures are the log files of console. 2.4.3-pre3-trace.txt is the log of booting of: CPU: IDT 79RC32V334 Kernel ve

Re: chmod help

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Proulx
why? i have tried > other permutations and combinations, but to no avail. Does MS-Windows even have the concept of file modes? I thought they handled all of that with file extensions? I assume that in order to map capabilities that Cygwin would need to make some compromises. Sorry but no hel

chmod help

2003-01-10 Thread Harsh Prakash
0 Sep 30 20:13 grass.src -rw-r--r--1 Administ None2 Jan 10 09:21 test the chmod did NOT make the file executable. wonder why? i have tried other permutations and combinations, but to no avail. thanks for your help, cygwin is really helpful, harsh ps- you may also

Re: chmod, chown, chgrp all missing -h option (--help)

2002-12-17 Thread aprz36
Hi Bob, thanks for the reply. Could chmod have -h addded please? Regards aprz36 Bob Proulx wrote: aprz36 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 03:38:03 +]: Are you aware that chmod, chown, chgrp are all missing -h option (--help)? Actually chown and chgrp do have the -h option.

Re: chmod, chown, chgrp all missing -h option (--help)

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
aprz36 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 03:38:03 +]: > > Are you aware that chmod, chown, chgrp are all missing -h option (--help)? Actually chown and chgrp do have the -h option. But it does not do help but other things. For all unused options the user is directed to --help

chmod, chown, chgrp all missing -h option (--help)

2002-12-16 Thread aprz36
Hello, Are you aware that chmod, chown, chgrp are all missing -h option (--help)? Could this be added to someones list of things to fix on it please? GNU is great Regards aprz36 ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: It's very appreciated if i can relove the problem with your help.

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Proulx
erstandable code.the only > way to recovery is to logout or reboot. > It's very appreciated if i can relove the problem with your help. /boot/boot.b is a file of machine code. It is binary data and would not normally be output to a terminal. Your terminal reads escape sequences and m

It's very appreciated if i can relove the problem with your help.

2002-11-27 Thread hobby bird
Dear GNU Association: I'm a new usr of linux.Although I used to access Linux for my study,this is my first time to study and use linux in detail.I find a problem recently,but do not konw how to deal with it.I hope I can get help. The problem is I'm a Chinese student studying for

[Help] pb w/ dd and disk read errors

2002-10-15 Thread gnu
Hi all, Sorry if this is definetly off-topic, but after hours I couldn't find anything to solve my pb. Maybe you can help. I have a 35G partition with badblocks. Unfortunetly, badblocks starts at the first sector of the partition which implies the superblock is corrupt. And my disk is

Re: I Want to Help

2002-10-01 Thread Fredrick Paul Eisele
involve writing code you should also read the GNU Coding Standards at >http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html. > >Please let us ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) know if we can be of further help. > >Regards, >The GNU Project Volunteer Coordinators > >PS. If you'd like to sta

Problema de interpretação de help.

2002-09-04 Thread Gallo - Informática
Estou com problemas de interpretação no help do comando cp da distribuição 2.4.5-9cl do Conectiva 7. Preciso fazer backup de um arquivo chamado “file1.txt” criando versões chamadas “file1.”, ou seja, contendo o nome do arquivo com a extensão formada pela data do sistema. Na verdade não

Re: Help

2002-08-10 Thread David T-G
Suen -- ...and then Video Games said... % % I can not understand command chgrp , chroot % % I have created user a in linux % % I want to change the user a group a to user a group root. % % How to use a command to do it? 0) You know, this isn't a bug, and bug reporting is the real purpose of

Help

2002-08-10 Thread Video Games
I can not understand command chgrp , chroot I have created user a in linux I want to change the user a group a to user a group root. How to use  a command to do it?   Best Regards Mr.Suen Siu ManDo You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs

Re: help

2002-06-16 Thread Richard Dawe
Hello. discreet maya wrote: > i'm really sorry to boder you but, i've been getting a problem in telnet, > that when ever i want to crate a hard link between two files it says "FILE > EXISTS". > Please Help Me if you can. So is your problem in telnet or the pr

help

2002-06-15 Thread discreet maya
umm i'm really sorry to boder you but, i've been getting a problem in telnet, that when ever i want to crate a hard link between two files it says "FILE EXISTS". Please Help Me if you can. thankz for taking the time to read this. --

install --help (fileutils 4.1)

2002-04-12 Thread Toomas Rosin
Hi! "install --help" says, among other things: -v, --verbose print the name of each directory as it is created which left me with the impression that `-v' is not as helpful as I would have liked. Only an experiment convinced me that `-v' does exactly what

Help for dd

2001-11-29 Thread Qingyuan Gao
Hi: I have been using the unxutils for some time and really like it. I ran into a small problem today with dd. When I tried to make a image of a floppy, I got a permission denied error, and didn't find relevant document. I'd appreciate your help. Regards, Qi

I need help with cp command

2001-11-05 Thread Klaus Putter
e/vhosts/1003616.vip-e.com/httpdocs/' cp: omitting directory `/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/1003620.vip-e.com/httpdocs/' **** can somebody help me out ? Thanks ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

Help (User error)

2001-10-31 Thread John Storch
that shows the bash chmod commands in detail! The chmod --help was very, very brief, and useless. I am real grateful for your help!! Thank YOU! Very Truly John Storch ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Please help me

2001-10-01 Thread sbajaj
Dear sir i am working on linux platform from last 6 months. will u please mail the command to list the files that have been modified or created after a particular date . Thanking You sanjay bajaj

Re: help abt mv....

2001-05-14 Thread Bob Proulx
> I am using mov command on NT thr cygnus and finding the following >problems. >   > Can you help me in pointing out the problme here. > Error=> >   > mv 20010514115938.log d:\builds/20010514 mv: cannot move >`d:\builds/20010514115938.log' to `d:\builds/20

Please help me

2001-05-14 Thread Evan HiFly
Hello, I think my Rehat Linux6.1 had been attacked by hacker using " lynx http://members.xoom.com/slash8m/h0h0/uDc.tar.gz " Now , " /bin/login " permission changed to 4555 and cannot be modified by root by " chmod " !   Please help me ! Thanks   iKonwLab Evan Chang  

help abt mv....

2001-05-13 Thread shashank khare
Hi   I am using mov command on NT thr cygnus and finding the following problems.   Can you help me in pointing out the problme here. Error=>   mv 20010514115938.log d:\builds/20010514 mv: cannot move `d:\builds/20010514115938.log' to `d:\builds/20010514/2001051411 5938.log': Perm

Re: GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Matthew Schalit
Bob Proulx wrote: > The usage string > is already so long that some users complain that it is way too long > and scrolls off of the page. > Bob I always liked how pkunzip had three pages for usage, and you hit '1', '2', or '3' to get the first, second, or third page. If you hit any other ke

Re: GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Bob Proulx
> When you do "touch.exe --help" , two of the lines output are these: > > -d, --date=STRING parse STRING and use it instead of current time > -t STAMP use MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] instead of current time And we agree there is a lot of output to look

GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Greg Presedo-Floyd
Hi Folks, When you do "touch.exe --help" , two of the lines output are these: -d, --date=STRING parse STRING and use it instead of current time -t STAMP use MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] instead of current time Question 1: Is "STRING" the same as "S

Re: help!

2001-04-04 Thread Bob Proulx
> How can i get "df" source pack? If you would like to try a test beta release then newer versions are available at the following locations. ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0.43.tar.gz ftp://freefriends.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0.43.tar.gz Bob

help!

2001-03-29 Thread caoshun
bug-fileutils£¬hello£¡ How can i get "df" source pack? thank you! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

Re: How to delete file named --help

2001-03-14 Thread Matthew Schalit
YOGESH MAHAPARALE wrote: > > ___ > Bug-fileutils mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils Hi Yogesh, I had to chuckle at this one, because when the command /usr/local/bin/rm --

How to delete file named --help

2001-03-14 Thread YOGESH MAHAPARALE
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Re: ls help

2001-03-02 Thread Bob Proulx
> how can I get a list of colors that I can use??? ie blue = > 35?? The docs for dircolor show: dircolor --print-database Where you can find: # Text color codes: # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white # Background color codes: # 40=black 41=red 42=green 43

ls help

2001-03-01 Thread Stan Marshall
how can I get a list of colors that I can use??? ie blue = 35?? Thanks for any help Stan ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

Please, help me

2001-02-03 Thread Subba Reddy M
Hello gnu team members,   please help me in the regard of creating link directory.   How could I create a virtual directory or link directory to point the existing directory some inthe server?   that is,   I have directory, named  /msreddy But, I want create a directory in /home/httpd/html

install --help missing command

2001-01-11 Thread Jason Schroeder
Hi, install --help does not include any information about the "-C" option that can be found in the manpage. It is a really simple fix. Have a nice day, Jason ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/li

Re: HELP

2000-11-05 Thread Bob Proulx
> How could I remove the file" > > "-rw-r--r-- 1 esportse bbsuser 0 Nov 5 12:56 -rwxr-xr-x" This is an almost standard answer to your commonly asked question. As you noted since the file name begins with a '-' it looks like an option to the command. You need to force it to not look

HELP

2000-11-05 Thread Steve Rutkowski
    How could I remove the file"   "-rw-r--r--   1 esportse bbsuser 0 Nov  5 12:56 -rwxr-xr-x"     Thanks Steve ---Steven F. Rutkowski    303-690-8101-

Red Hat Linux 6.2 help

2000-10-18 Thread kmi
Dear all, It's my pleasure to contact you through E-mail. I'm sure you're the best one who will answer the following questions. 1.how to list the files/directories within every visible screen but not in a whole? 2.What does the term of block mean? 3.What does chmod g+s, g+t mean? Is it usefu

Re: Help needed !!!

2000-09-08 Thread V G dongre
ile. > > neither i can copy,nor i can move,or delete it. > > can you help someway please ? > > sorry for botheration and thanx !!! > > ---v.g.dongre > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Try using: > > rm "./15 aug---" > > You will need to group

Re: Help needed !!!

2000-09-08 Thread Bob Proulx
> Hello Sir, > i have a file in my area named 15 aug--- > now problem is i cant do anything with that file. > neither i can copy,nor i can move,or delete it. > can you help someway please ? > sorry for botheration and thanx !!! > ---v.g.dongre > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tr

Help needed !!!

2000-09-08 Thread V G dongre
Hello Sir, i have a file in my area named 15 aug--- now problem is i cant do anything with that file. neither i can copy,nor i can move,or delete it. can you help someway please ? sorry for botheration and thanx !!! ---v.g.dongre [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help

2000-08-27 Thread rameshbhat
Sir, I am Ramesh Bhat a linux user from India,Sir I have deleterd a file from the harddisk using the command "rm".Sir I want to recover it.Please suggest. Waiting for the reply. Thanking you Ramesh Bhat Manipal INDIA

Re: ls command -- Bad help

2000-07-23 Thread Jim Meyering
Thanks for the suggestion. You're right. In the latest test release, ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0w.tar.gz it has been revised: $ ls --help|grep -e -F, -F, --classify append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries "Paul R. Pickelmann" <[EMAIL

ls command -- Bad help

2000-07-19 Thread Paul R. Pickelmann
Is bad help considered a bug? On the theory that it is I'm sending you the following excerpt. The descrition of the "-F" option is broken, or should I say broken English. I would say: append a file-type indicator to file-name. -- Paul bash-2.01$ ls --help Usage: ls [O

Re: HELP :-)

2000-07-17 Thread Winfried Truemper
Hi Luca, to copy a CD-ROM you can also try the command cdrdao with the copy-switch. What happens with dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/null or dd if=/dev/hdc > immagine.cd Does that give you any difference? Regards -Winfried

HELP :-)

2000-07-16 Thread Luca
Hi! I am writing 'cause I need an help with the dd command ... hope one of you can answer me. Well the problem is the following one : every time I do : dd if=/dev/hdc of=./immagine.cd to have an image file of a CD I always fin

Re: rm --help

2000-06-23 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Hi, I'm a student and enrolled in course of Linus. I created a file named --help, |and now I want to remove the file. | $rm --help | and the result is always the help message. I try it in another way according to the |help message, but it's still there. Ca

rm --help

2000-06-22 Thread yzhen11
Hi, I'm a student and enrolled in course of Linus. I created a file named --help, and now I want to remove the file. $rm --help and the result is always the help message. I try it in another way according to the help message, but it's still there. Can you tell me how to do that?

Re: Help: TextUtils & FileUtils Errors in Installation.

2000-03-22 Thread Jim Meyering
-2.0e.tar.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Please help... | | I got some errors when installing these packages: | |"textutils-2_0d.tar.gz" |"fileutils-4_0p.tar.gz" | | mycomputer:/home/myname/tools/tmp(390)> uname -a | SunOS qualis 5.5.1 Generic_103640-19 sun4u sparc ... | fro

Re: help display

2000-03-20 Thread Bob Proulx
> What is wrong with this? > cp /www/logs/archive/hmcs-access-log.0202gz/home/hmcs/www/ You only gave one filename to cp. It appears you left out a space before the /home path. cp /www/logs/archive/hmcs-access-log.0202gz /home/hmcs/www/ Bob

Re: help display

2000-03-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Carolyn Husemoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am trying to read the help file (cp --help) but it goes by to fast and I Pipe it into the more or less commands: cp --help | more

help display

2000-03-17 Thread Carolyn Husemoller
I am trying to read the help file (cp --help) but it goes by to fast and I can't read it. I have tried using a slower modem, changing the font size to be able to see more, and doing pause. I am having trouble with the path statements to get my access logs. Error is no destination. Wh

Re: for help

2000-03-14 Thread Zhang Xizhen
% Mounted on > | /dev/hda1 2926096 2926096 0 100% /dosc > | > | the "df" works well for all other filesystems, say /,/home, /data,... > | > | I don't know how to fix it. > | > | I would be very grateful if you could help me to solve the problem. &

Re: for help

2000-03-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Used Available Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda1 2926096 2926096 0 100% /dosc | | the "df" works well for all other filesystems, say /,/home, /data,... | | I don't know how to fix it. | | I would be very grateful if you could help me to solve the problem. | regards |

for help

2000-03-13 Thread Zhang Xizhen
096 2926096 0 100% /dosc the "df" works well for all other filesystems, say /,/home, /data,... I don't know how to fix it. I would be very grateful if you could help me to solve the problem. regards xizhen zhang, BAO

Re: I need serious help. My root drive reports 0 space left with df

2000-02-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Andreas The bug-fileutils mailing list is to report bugs in the GNU fileutils package. You not seem to have reported a bug but have asked for system help instead. However it is hard not to try to help. > Running df -h produces: > > FilesystemSize Used Avai

I need serious help. My root drive reports 0 space left with df

2000-02-29 Thread Andreas Sheriff
Running df -h produces: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 7.6G 7.5G 0 100% / /dev/hdb1 6.0G 3.6G 2.0G64% /home As you can see, not all of the drive is used. In fact, I've tried freeing up some s

HELP !!! - CPIO can't restore my backup data

2000-01-22 Thread Pier Pa
mature end of file. case 2) cpio -ivt < casa2 ?--x--SrwT 0 16893root 948554347 Jan 1 1970 SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME TO RESTORE MY DATA (5 years of data !!!) ?!?!?!?!? In attach you can find the file testfile.tar containing this files: - casa1 (backup file of directory /t

Re: Help! mv nuked my files and filesystem

2000-01-20 Thread Jim Meyering
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Andreas | | > I wrote a program to generate a script containing multiple mv commands to | > rename files, but when I ran it, mv kept says x file and y file are the | > same. Some, I guess it renamed, but the bulk of my files are missing. | | I am guessing

Re: Help! mv nuked my files and filesystem

2000-01-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Therefore it is critical to reduce the size of the problem as much as possible. Otherwise the maintainers simply will be overwhelmed by the problem and will be unable to help. If you could reduce the problem from being "something is wrong with my script" to "here is the operation that fails" it would be most effective. Bob Proulx A side party which reads on the bug list.

Help! mv nuked my files and filesystem

2000-01-19 Thread Andreas Sheriff
I wrote a program to generate a script containing multiple mv commands to rename files, but when I ran it, mv kept says x file and y file are the same. Some, I guess it renamed, but the bulk of my files are missing. df still reports the same fs size, but where are my renamed files? Please find