Re: keep track of a text file

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Laine wrote: > > Just wonder about one catch: is it possible to keep track of any text file's > contents in a real time? > For example, I open ttyv1 and via some magic command :) I get my file's > contents updating in real time if any modifications occured. >

Re: doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Derek Ragona ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 08:17 AM 3/10/2008, Robert Huff wrote: >> Derek Ragona writes: >> >> > > > My FreeBSD 6.2 doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time. How >> should I fix >> > > > it? >> > > >> > > I'm having the same pr

Re: Another FBSD utility/script question

On Wed 15 Nov 09:17, Jack Stone wrote: > Here I come with another easy one for most on the list -- except for me. > > I have 12,000 plus lines that have an empty line in between each real line, > like so: [...] grep -v '^$' Cheers, Nick. -- "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.

How RAID 10 works (was: Re: Password Security)

PMFJI On Thu 23 Nov 23:08, VeeJay wrote: > Well, I am not an expert on FreeBSD. And thats why I don't know that how it > works that > > If 4 Disks of same size for example 146GB each and they are configured with > RAID 10, and Root, SWAP, /usr, /var File systems have been created on them. > And i

Re: Custom builds from ports

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > > My question concerns building ports with custom options. > > With some ports, 'make config' governs the options, and stores them in a > file someplace so they are honored the next time you build or upgrade > the port. > > With most port

Re: uknd - uhub DRAC woes.

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Peel wrote: > > Whenever I reset my DRAC cards on my Dell machines, I'm sorry but I can't help you with your problem. But, you do need to reset your clock, since you appear to have reached October two months before the rest of us. I noticed this, because my

Re: flash player

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael S wrote: > > I am trying to install flash 7 from ports, I keep on > getting this message linux-flashplugin -- critical > vulnerabilities. >Reference: > > > I know that I

Re: completly remove (or modify) a port

On Wednesday, 18 April, 2007 at 12:16:28 -0600, Ray wrote: > Hello all, > I have been trying to work with postfix from the ports collection. > I need to rebuild it to include mysql support. I tried > #make deinstall > but a subsequent > #make install > doesn't give me the options screen. make rm

Re: Checking processes without PIDs

On Mon 27 Nov 20:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have written a script to determine if processes are running. I am > using, as an example, > > ps -ax | grep -c postgrey Are you aware of pgrep(1) ? Cheers, Nick. -- ___ freebsd-questions@free

Re: find port install options

On Wednesday, 20 December, 2006 at 12:42:09 +, Robin Becker wrote: > Robin Becker wrote: [...] > thread sample script. But I guess I still need to know if any other options > were used during the install. /var/db/ports e.g. > cat /var/db/ports/portupgrade/options # This file is auto-gen

Re: error when doing make installworld

On Sunday, 24 December, 2006 at 08:46:15 -0800, Dino Vliet wrote: > Hi peeps, > > I have tried to update my src with cvsup and got stuck > because of an error while doing make installworld. > > My system is an amd64 machine running freebsd 6.1 and > I have performed the steps without problems: >

Re: Calculate the time of last modification of a file

On Wednesday, 27 December, 2006 at 18:53:17 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Hiya, > > I hope you had a merry Christmas ;) > > I am trying to determine the time of last modification of a file, > on FreeBSD. > > The following code achieves the same on Linux: > > > # AGE = (current time) - (t

Re: DNS Setting

On Tuesday, 2 January, 2007 at 13:22:15 +0330, Mohamad Babaei wrote: > > I want to put my web server (ex. www.mysite.com) on a FreeBSD server and my > mail server on another server (ex. mail.mysite.com), would you tell me how > should i set my DNS setting & how my DNS files should look like ? whe

Re: rc.conf Where to put DNS Servers addresses

On Sunday, 7 January, 2007 at 13:05:04 +0100, VeeJay wrote: > > During installation, we provide DNS server address, Defaultrouter > address, machin's IP address and Netmask address. > > I can find and change the IP, Netmask and Defaultrouter addresses in > /etc/rc.conf. But where to find & chang

Re: CVS (freebsd /src) confusion

On Monday, 5 February, 2007 at 12:17:18 -0500, Dan Casey wrote: > Using cvsup I am upgrading my boxes from RELENG_6_1, to RELENG_6_2. > > I've been noticing something strange, and I'm wondering if I'm thinking > too much into it. > > I've modified mergemaster so that instead of using diff, it wo

Re: One hurdle left to switch

On Tuesday, 6 February, 2007 at 10:04:17 -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to FreeBSD. > I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more problems > with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is she'd have less!

Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]

On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:05:21 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:53:40PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > > Amarendra Godbole wrote: > > > > >I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to > > >visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is

Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]

On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:47:30 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html > > I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on h

Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]

On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:14:59 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:03:05PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > > On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:47:30 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: >

Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]

On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:44:20 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > [...] > I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's > list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name > or email of the original sender in the diplay. It doesn't for me. The

Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]

On Thursday, 26 April, 2007 at 14:43:35 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:03:19PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > > On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:44:20 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > I fully expect that there isn't re

Re: passing parameters to configure script of a port

On Sunday, 10 June, 2007 at 14:29:46 +0300, Angelin Lalev wrote: > > I want to build squid from ports, but I need to pass some custom options to > configure script. Something > more, I want to be sure that when I run portupdate it won't revert to > default options. Which is the > right way to

Re: FreeBSD Mailing List

Hi, On Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 at 13:23:47 +0100, Graham Potts wrote: > I seem to be having trouble with spam from your email servers - I have been > receiving emails from your mailing list for some time now. The problem is > that I do not want them, nor have I ever asked for them. Despite sending

Re: Crontab Not Sending Email - nrcpts=0

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Schiz0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have another odd problem. Cron refuses to send any emails. Here's > what DID work: [...] I also see this, both on 6-STABLE and 7-STABLE. I have not tried 8-CURRENT. This is what I have found so far. After cron has

Re: src.conf: WITHOUT_SOMETHING

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Redd Vinylene ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Let's say I add WITHOUT_SOMETHING to /etc/rc.conf, and remake and > reinstall my world. > > What will happen to the previous install of SOMETHING? Will it be > removed or just left there to rot? After doing make i

Re: ftp passive mode

In message <111263.90106...@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, gahn (ipfr...@yahoo.com) wrote: > > I am behind firewall and only pass ftp sessions are allowed. With > that, most ftp sessions of portupgrade would not be able to connect to > remote FreeBSD sites. > > Could I reconfigure the my F