[SLUG] XHTML to PDF

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Allen
Is there an application that created a PDF file from an XHTML. I'm looking for something the woks form the $ prompt, even better if it is available in Unix (Sun Solaris). Chris Allen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Allen
What is the current consensus on using a virus scanner for Linux (specifically Ubuntu 10.10)? When I last asked this (about 2 years ago) the general opinion was, waste of time, Linux did' need it If scanners are recommended now, which is the favourite? Chris Allen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

[SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Sunday 03 April 2011 11:41:34 Chris Allen wrote: What is the current consensus on using a virus scanner for Linux (specifically Ubuntu 10.10)? When I last asked this (about 2 years ago) the general opinion was, waste of time, Linux did' need it If scanners are recommended now, which is the

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Morgan Storey
I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go via the line that we are immune to viruses, like Apple users have done for many years. Now there are Mac viruses appearing and a mac botnet. Clamav and common sense can go a long way, don't install or run things from an unknown

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Morgan Storey wrote: I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go via the line that we are immune to viruses, Unfortunately, the alternative, virus scanners that look for particular virus signatures is nothing more than security theatre. Firstly, inew viruses can be

[SLUG] Dates and Bash Scripts

2011-04-03 Thread Nigel Allen
Hi All I have been using a some bash scripts for years which have worked perfectly (or so I thought). This morning I went to copy some of the logic out of them and it is returning strange results. Basically what I these are supposed to do is to set to dates, the first for the first day

Re: [SLUG] Dates and Bash Scripts

2011-04-03 Thread Nigel Allen
Not sure why it was happening but fixed it with an additional ago after the days. It now reads FIRSTDAY=`date --date=$XDAYS days ago 1 month ago +%d%m%y` N/ On 4/04/2011 07:54, Nigel Allen wrote: Hi All I have been using a some bash scripts for years which have worked perfectly (or so

Re: [SLUG] Dates and Bash Scripts

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Donovan
Basically what I these are supposed to do is to set to dates, the first for the first day of the previous month and the second to set the last day of the previous month. Here is what I have been using: DAYS=`date +%e` let XDAYS=DAYS -1 FIRSTDAY=`date --date=$XDAYS days 1 month ago

Re: [SLUG] XHTML to PDF

2011-04-03 Thread David Kidd
You could try http://www.htmldoc.org/ On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 20:46, Chris Allen ch.al...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Is there an application that created a PDF file from an XHTML. I'm looking for something the woks form the $ prompt, even better if it is available in Unix (Sun Solaris). Chris

Re: [SLUG] XHTML to PDF

2011-04-03 Thread Piers Rowan
On 03/04/11 20:16, Chris Allen wrote: Is there an application that created a PDF file from an XHTML. I'm looking for something the woks form the $ prompt, even better if it is available in Unix (Sun Solaris). Chris Allen But you probably want ghostscript:

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Morgan Storey
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo mle+s...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Morgan Storey wrote: I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go via the line that we are immune to viruses, Unfortunately, the alternative, virus scanners that look for particular

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 06:46:36AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Morgan Storey wrote: I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go via the line that we are immune to viruses, Unfortunately, the alternative, virus scanners that look for particular virus

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
I am subscribed to this list. Please don't CC me when replying. Morgan Storey wrote: Yes polymorphic viruses have been around a long time, but look at say the 100 biggest infectors at the moment, none of them I would say are polymorphic, all of them can be picked up by signatures. And all

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Hardy
To answer OP's question, my Linux mail server uses spamassassin and ESET for filtering. My Linux file server also periodically performs full scans with ESET. I do not yet run any virus scanning on my desktop though. On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 11:30 +1000, Nick Andrew wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at