cp sucks or do I not know enough?

2006-07-21 Thread Anil Gupte
:   xcopy /s/e/d/y \foo\*.xyz \boo   and sometimes   xcopy /s/e/d/y/l  \foo\*.xyz \boo   (the /l gives me a list of files that would be copied without actually copying them).  Basically I would like to copy the entire directory structure.   Still learning, Anil Gupte P.S. Thanx for any advice      

Read/Write files from a script

2006-07-19 Thread Anil Gupte/k.e.e.n., inc.
Is there a shell command to read files?  I want to open a text file, loop through each line and parse the line of text.   Also, as I am in learning mode, is there a way to write text files from a script?   Thanx, Anil Gupte  

Read/Write files from a script?

2006-07-19 Thread Anil Gupte
Is there a shell command to read files?  I want to open a text file, loop through each line and parse the line of text.   Also, as I am in learning mode, is there a way to write text files from a script?   Thanx, Anil Gupte  

Re: Installing on a small root partition

2006-07-05 Thread Anil Gupte
? Thanx, Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "charles norwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: Re: Installing on a small root partition On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 09:53 +0100, David Goodenough wrote: On

Re: Installing on a small root partition

2006-07-05 Thread Anil Gupte
{ ext3 } mountpoint{ / } . \ #64 512 300% linux-swap method{ swap } format{ } . # For reference, here is that same recipe in a more readable form: #boot-root :: Perhaps this is what I need - a small boot partition, and the rest can be in the root partition. Any thoughts? Anil Gupte

Re: Installing on a small root partition

2006-07-03 Thread Anil Gupte
, Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Roberto Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Installing on a small root partition Anil Gupte wrote: Need help and advice. I am trying to do a specialized install of Debian. Note that

Installing on a small root partition

2006-07-02 Thread Anil Gupte
.   Any suggestions will be welcome.  Also, any advice on the read only root partition will be helpful.   Thanx, Anil Gupte

Re: Scripting question

2006-06-20 Thread Anil Gupte
Serial_Number=${Serial_Number#\n} and Serial_Number=${Serial_Number#\r} but neither seemed to work. Any suggestions? In fact a better thing would be to get the result from mysql without the field name - just the value as a string. Any ideas how? Thanx again. Anil Gupte www.keeninc.net

Scripting question

2006-06-19 Thread Anil Gupte
} and the variable prints the same before and after. Thanx in advance for any help. Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Learning Scripting

2006-05-17 Thread Anil Gupte
Beautiful! We were just talking about this and someone mentioned grep -v but now I know how to use it too. Thanx Much! Anil Gupte www.keeninc.net www.icinema.com - Original Message - From: "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:2

Re: Learning Scripting

2006-05-16 Thread Anil Gupte
f [ $count20 -gt 0 ] then count2=0 fi if [ $count1 -gt 0 ] || [ $count2 -gt 0 ] then echo "Found it!" shutdown -r now else echo "Not found!" fi Anil Gupte www.keeninc.net www.icinema.com - Original Message - From: "Andrew Sackville-West" <

Learning Scripting

2006-05-15 Thread Anil Gupte
-i $msgtest) and this works on the cmmand line, but not in the script. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx, Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Autoexec.bat

2006-01-02 Thread Anil Gupte
Is there an equivalent of the autoexec.bat file in Debian?  Basically I want to execute a scrpt and maybe mount a USB port on startup.   Any suggestions will be appreciated.   Thanx, Anil Guptewww.keeninc.netwww.icinema.comk.e.e.n., inc.Milwaukee, WI, USA+1-414/431-8775Pune, MH, India+91-20/3

USB and Auto Partitions

2005-12-21 Thread Anil Gupte
on the syntax?   Thanx,   Anil Gupte

Spam marker in headers of this list

2005-05-11 Thread Anil Gupte
s (about 2% of the messages on this list) go into my Spam folder. Why is this happening? Do the list-owners monitor this? Thanx, Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Error trying to install Qmail on Debian

2004-03-22 Thread Anil Gupte
Thanx, looks like http://smarden.org/pape/Debian/ is the way to go. Thanx also to Dee. Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Rick Weinbender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Re:

Ever heard of Brief?

2004-03-21 Thread Anil Gupte
s. I have never since found an editor that does that on either Windows or Linux. Can anyone point me to such an editor? Thanx, Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Error trying to install Qmail on Debian

2004-03-21 Thread Anil Gupte
;./auto-uid auto_uids `head -8 conf-users | tail -1` \ &&./auto-gid auto_gidq `head -1 conf-groups` \ &&./auto-gid auto_gidn `head -2 conf-groups | tail -1` \ ) > auto_uids.c.tmp && mv auto_uids.c.tmp auto_uids.c fatal: unable to find user alias make[1]: *** [auto_uids.c] Error 111 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/qmail/qmail-1.03' make: *** [build] Error 2 Any suggestions on what this error is, and how to fix it? Thanx, Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian does not have NIC driver

2004-02-16 Thread Anil Gupte
That does not sound too bad. Only question is that I thought the latest *stable version* of Debian was 2.2 (Kernel Version). Thanx, Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:04

Re: Debian does not have NIC driver

2004-02-16 Thread Anil Gupte
> > > > You'll need to compile a kernel: > > Why do you say that. Debian kernels have ALL the drivers as modules. The > installation process allows you to load the correct ones. > How? Thanx, Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Alan Chandle

Re: Debian does not have NIC driver

2004-02-13 Thread Anil Gupte
How do I compile a kernel if I have not yet installed the base system? Also, will any *nix driver work? Intel's site only lists Unix drivers (and I think Red Hat). Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Joseph Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Debian does not have NIC driver

2004-02-12 Thread Anil Gupte
connectivity.   Thanx for any help. Anil Gupte  

Re: Scripting Manuals

2003-11-19 Thread Anil Gupte
Thank you all for excellent suggestions and links. Now, off to dabble. :-) Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Scripting Manuals

2003-11-18 Thread Anil Gupte
Where can I find some good scripting manuals that will teach me (a newbie) to write bash shell scripts? Thanx for any pointers. Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New to list

2003-08-04 Thread Anil Gupte
Thanx Kevin and Karsten! Will download the docs. Anil Gupte - Original Message - From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:53 AM Subject: Re: New to list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

New to list

2003-08-03 Thread Anil Gupte
here. Otherwise let me know if there is any other list I should go to. Any pointers, web sites, books etc. will be appreciated. I already have Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed, and a couple of machines someone installed for me that I am putzing with. Cheers! Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: web interface to submit bugs

2003-08-03 Thread Anil Gupte
Hi all! I am newbie to Linux, and decide to throw my lot in with Debian. I always learned by asking questions, so I hope you won't mind newbie questions here. Otherwise let me know if there is any other list I should go to. Cheers! Anil Gupte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT