Re: [blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread alex lupu
Hi Alexandar: On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: > I can [replicate the "Oops" after all]. > Guess the clock change was on 2013-10-27th where I am. > > That's one of the problems I have with Dan's suggestion (_instinctively_. As I said, I haven't give it any thought at al

Re: [blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread Aleksandar Kuktin
>On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:02:43 -0500 >alex lupu wrote: > > [snip] > > []% date > Thu Nov 7 13:05:10 EST 2013 > []% hrs2date 2013-11-07 > toDATEhrs = 13 > []% hrs2date 2013-11-06 > toDATEhrs = 37 > []% hrs2date 2013-11-05 > toDATEhrs = 61 > []% hrs2date 2013-11-04 > toDATEhrs = 85 > []% hrs2date 2

Re: [blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread Aleksandar Kuktin
>On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:02:43 -0500 >alex lupu wrote: > [snip] > #!/bin/bash > # hrs2date > if [ "$1" == "" ]; then > # for people who didn't read my post > echo "Enter a date (-mm-dd)" ; exit 2 > fi > > DATE=$1 > > NOWsecs=`date +%s` # This moment (in sec. since > Jan

Re: [blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread alex lupu
Hi Dan: On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > When I got to the end of your post and you wondered about a "simple" > command, my mind went right back to these two statements. This is also > just a "gut reaction" to your post and not thought out. (I'm taking a > break from trying

Re: [blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/07/2013 03:02 PM, alex lupu wrote: A sample output: []% date Thu Nov 7 13:05:10 EST 2013 Note: the time change (DST to EST) was effected at 2AM, Nov. 3 here, whereby everybody had to move their clocks one hour back - like to 1AM. When I got to the end of your post and you wondered ab

[blfs-support] Comment/Question/Flame on "probably the most used admin tool", 'find'

2013-11-07 Thread alex lupu
Hi everybody: WARNING - this is a lengthy post. Can be safely skipped. In my previous posts, I expressed my puzzlement/sadness about a construct like # Gimme the files modified in the range between n and m minutes ago find -mmin -n -mmin +m not working for me. As always, Bruce showed me that

Re: [blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-07 Thread Richard Melville
> > Richard Melville wrote: > > Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what > > the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an > rc.iptables > > file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. > > It's more straight forward and it stands