Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-31 Thread Zane Gilmore
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 14:12, Nick Rout wrote: For heavens sake John, if you read the list properly you would know that the people on this list (ie CLUG to the extent that it exists) don't feel the need for anything more formal than we now have. What unfulfilled need are you trying to address

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-31 Thread Martin Baehr
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 04:19:11PM +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 16:12, Carl Cerecke wrote: Anybody have any Linux questions? GNOME or KDE? what happened to: emacs or vi? greetings, martin. -- interested in doing pike programming, sTeam/caudium/pike/roxen training,

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-31 Thread Col
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:01, Col wrote: Is there an easier/better way for a user to obtain ppp0 ip address than IP=$(netstat -rn | grep UH | cut -d -f1 | head -n 1) Quoting the pppd man page /etc/ppp/ip-up A program or script which is executed when

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-31 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 15:14, Col wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:01, Col wrote: Is there an easier/better way for a user to obtain ppp0 ip address than IP=$(netstat -rn | grep UH | cut -d -f1 | head -n 1) Quoting the pppd man page /etc/ppp/ip-up

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-31 Thread David A. Mann
Col wrote: That would make it easy! I tried echo $4 but it displayed nothing (redhat 8) The script needs to be executable, and the first line needs to contain a path to the interpreter. Also I am not sure what it does with standard output so it may be a good idea to redirect that to a

There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread John S Veitch
Hello Everyone It's clear that there is no CLUG, but many people before me have expressed surprise at that and like me have looked to improve the function of the local Linux community by doing some very obvious things. Nick Elder : I MOVE THAT THE CLUG MEETING THIS COMING WEDNESDAY

Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Nick Rout
For heavens sake John, if you read the list properly you would know that the people on this list (ie CLUG to the extent that it exists) don't feel the need for anything more formal than we now have. What unfulfilled need are you trying to address, apart from a (perceived) need for structure

RE: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread David Kirk
power, then some rules regarding their use of that power might be required. With responsibity comes accountability. If the meetings and workshops are a failure and don't meet the needs of the CLUG then the CLUG will need to figure out why and find a way to fix it. That might mean harrassing them

Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:52, John S Veitch wrote: Nick Elder : I MOVE THAT THE CLUG MEETING THIS COMING WEDNESDAY BE A GENERAL MEETING AND THAT AT THIS MEETING WE FORM AN EXECUTIVE ! Christopher Sawtell: I second that! While I did indeed write that, I want to make it perfectly clear

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Carl Cerecke
Christopher Sawtell wrote: Personally, I have got neither the time nor the emotional energy to get involved with either a strictured, or a structured organisation. I'll just have to walk away from it if that happens. I hope not. Funnily enough, the 5 people elected to the committee probably

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 16:12, Carl Cerecke wrote: Anybody have any Linux questions? GNOME or KDE? :-P -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Carl Cerecke
Michael JasonSmith wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 16:12, Carl Cerecke wrote: Anybody have any Linux questions? GNOME or KDE? For you, Michael, twm. Cheers, Carl.

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread C Falconer
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 16:29, Carl Cerecke wrote: Michael JasonSmith wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 16:12, Carl Cerecke wrote: Anybody have any Linux questions? GNOME or KDE? For you, Michael, twm. socks:~# ps auxw | grep twm criggie 763 0.0 0.1 3228 1464 ?SJan30 0:02

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Col
Carl Cerecke wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: Personally, I have got neither the time nor the emotional energy to get involved with either a strictured, or a structured organisation. I'll just have to walk away from it if that happens. I hope not. Funnily enough, the 5 people elected to the

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Adrian Stacey
Col wrote: I have one ( trying to learn bash scripting ) Is there an easier/better way for a user to obtain ppp0 ip address than IP=$(netstat -rn | grep UH | cut -d -f1 | head -n 1) IP=$(netstat -rn | grep UH | awk '{print $1}') Adrian

Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Paul
I completely agree. On Friday 31 Jan 2003 5:19 am, Robert Fisher wrote: Thanks Nick. Here here! On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 14:12, Nick Rout wrote: For heavens sake John, if you read the list properly you would know that the people on this list (ie CLUG to the extent that it exists) don't

Re: Fwd: Re: There Will be a CLUG - (was There is no CLUG)

2003-01-30 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:01, Col wrote: Is there an easier/better way for a user to obtain ppp0 ip address than IP=$(netstat -rn | grep UH | cut -d -f1 | head -n 1) Quoting the pppd man page /etc/ppp/ip-up A program or script which is executed when the link is