mlinks to all my favourite directories in `~/.faves` With
this, I can `cd` to them without typing their full path, just their
symlink. And yes, it does tab-completion.
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 06:22:28 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
> has an answer that pretty clearly suggests "||:" is a bit silly when a
> leading "-" does the same thing and more obviously?
>
> thoughts?
Belt and suspenders.
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:31:33 -0400
Dianne Skoll wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:26:36 -0400
> Shawn H Corey wrote:
>
> > git ls-files -z | xargs -0 grep 'function_name'
>
> > The -z separates the names with a ASCII NUL and the -0 (minus zero)
> > all
ls-files -z | xargs -0 grep 'function_name'
The -z separates the names with a ASCII NUL and the -0 (minus zero)
allows xarg to read them correctly. This is useful if the files have
spaces in their names.
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Modern computers are either a PC, which has only one user that needs
to maintain the system, or a server, which should not be accessible by
regular users.
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I use tar to copy because it also copies hidden files. The bash script
is attached.
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file
which can be translated. Then the program can automatically load the
correct translation file for the user's locale.
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
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i scrapers are available. What
language would you prefer?
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:56:39 -0400
Walt Sullivan wrote:
> Executing
>
> mount
>
> will show you the file system type, probably "vfat", and the options
> it was mounted with. Read
>
> man mount
>
> to understand the options.
Try:
mount | column -t
`column` reformats `mount`s o
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 16:39:20 -0500 (EST)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
> so what's the secret?
Usually, I use `gparted`. It's a graphical disk partitioner and
formatter. Downloadable as a package in most distros.
http://gparted.org/
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On Sun, 10 May 2015 20:11:34 -0400
David Manouchehri wrote:
> I'm guessing their business model
> is to mostly do nothing, and then hope they find the occasional
> non-technical client who doesn't know any better. They hire contract
> teachers for their courses, so I'm guessing they pay them arou
I just got a phone call by a woman with an Indian accent for Windows
phone support. This is a scam to get you to give them your password.
Warn your friends and co-workers who are running Windows not to fall
for it. Nobody should give their passwords over the phone.
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I'm looking to buy a new motherboard and I'm worried about
compatibility.
My processor is AMD Athlon II 2.9MHz. How do I determine if the
motherboard can work at that speed? Does it automatically detect CPU
speed or do I have to be picky?
My current motherboard has 2 memory sockets, DDR3 1333MHz.
I have decided that I need a new motherboard. Can anyone recommend a
store in eastern Ontario?
Also, my power supply has one 12v supply but I noticed that most
motherboards have 2 12v sockets. Do I need worry about this? What
requires the 12v supply?
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On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:41:14 -0400
Jean-Luc cooke wrote:
> https://www.google.ca/search?q=bash+find+matching
>
> find / -name "*.gpx" | xargs rm
>
> This assumed there are no spaced in the paths produced by "find".
This version handles spaces in names. Also, use single quotes. Double
quotes wi
Is the RSS feed ever updated? http://oclug.on.ca/feeds/upcoming/
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I came across this the other day and thought some on this list may like
to learn how a UNIX-like OS works. Enjoy.
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2012/xv6.html
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On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:20:24 -0500 (EST)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
> ok, it's early and i'm tired so i'm sure i'm missing a simple
> solution, but i have a moderately lengthy text file i want to convert
> to PDF. if it was short, i'd just take a screenshot, then use
> "convert" to convert the P
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:06:35 -0500
Bill Strosberg wrote:
> There is no
> security any more.
There never was any security. The internet was never designed that way.
It was designed for sharing, not hiding. Don't be surprised when it
shares everything, including the things you don't want shared
Well, I removed one SIMM and it now works. So I moved them around and
they both work in one slot but not the other. So, the problem could be
the power supply or on the motherboard. I don't know how to determine
which.
And I haven't went out and bought another power supply since mine is
rated at 58
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:51:07 -0800 (PST)
Jeffrey Moncrieff wrote:
> It Could also be Caps on the Motherboard. It is relative to check
> this. Open the case and if see Caps with a bulge on the mother board
> you'll have to replace the caps or the whole mother board/.
Nope, they all look OK.
-
>
> Original Message
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Hardware Problems
> From: Stephen Gregory
> Date: Wed, November 20, 2013 1:12 pm
> To: Shawn H Corey
> Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group
>
> Sounds like a bad power supply.
>
Well, I never took a power
Every now and again, my computer freezes. Nothing works. Then, when I
reboot, it freezes during BIOS, so it can't be a software issue.
I ran a memory check; everything's OK. I replaced the CMOS battery. I
replaced the thermal paste on the CPU. I re-seated everything that can
be re-seated.
The mac
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:55:26 -0500
"Prof J C Nash (U30A)" wrote:
> Indeed. sudo needed. I tend to run sudo su before doing this sort of
> work, but recognize the hazards.
Ouch. BTW, try this instead: sudo -s
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:34:12 -0500
ed stuckems wrote:
> n Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Prof J C Nash (U30A)
> wrote:
> > I've noticed that my usb-SATA cables sometimes need to be checked
> > (pulled apart and reconnected). It looks like
>
> reconnected the cable and still nothing.
>
> >
> >
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:50:31 -0500
"Prof J C Nash (U30A)" wrote:
> I'm beginning to think there's something seriously wrong somewhere
> inside current Tbird, but really would like to nail down what is
> actually happening before simply saying "it doesn't work".
I stopped using Thunderbird a wh
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:53:22 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
> and what i get is a *very* simplified version of the page.
Well, that is the rub, isn't it? Just how much like the original do you
want it? For example, if the sites are image intense, their
reproduction in a PDF may be limited
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:43:26 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
> for anyone who knows perl, i'm sure this will be trivial given the
> right perl module. if anyone can help me out, i would be grateful to
> the extent of a beer or three, or something along those lines.
Right of the bat, I t
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
>
> that is,
>
> http://web.yl.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tosh/kml/
>
> anyone have experience with it? opinions on whether it has any
> obvious value? compelling arguments for use?
>
> rday
>
No experience in Linux with kernel
On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:50:20 -0400
John C Nash wrote:
> OK thanks. That was the one.
>
> JN
>
> On 09/08/2012 09:15 AM, Dave O'Neill wrote:
> > If you mean the message about ARM development, it was caught in the
> > spam filter and released this morning.
ARM development = body building?
OK, I
On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:00:44 -0400
John C Nash wrote:
> Eric may not be only afflicted by digest. I got a msg this morning
> (Sept 8) from Aug 28.
>
Yeah, some of the routers in Ottawa take a long time. I stopped using
NCF because of this.
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
Bruce Miller wrote:
> The obvious symptom on the Windows 7 machine is a BSOD (Blue Screen
> of Death) almost every 20 minutes. This is so frequent as to make the
> machine unusable.
I don't know much about Windows these days but I'd say it is suffering
fr
On 12-07-10 09:14 PM, Greg wrote:
> An email from Ottawa Flyfishers last week about this location contained
> the warning :
>
> Note: waders are*strongly* suggested unless you enjoy taking a skin
> rash home with you.
>
> I will ask around re what kind of "skin rash", but it may take a w
On 12-06-20 04:13 PM, John C Nash wrote:
> The insistence on a proprietary format shows a distinct lack of intellectual
> integrity.
> One is sorely tempted to supply such "teachers" with "additionally featured"
> files that
> "clean" their hard drive for them. Just a nice extra from the student.
I'm currently using Bell for my ISP but I thinking of changing; they are
charging too much money for too little performance. I am looking for an
ISP to provide DSL at home. Any suggestions?
Also, I have looked at this site from comparisons:
http://www.canadianisp.ca/ Does anyone have suggestion
On 12-01-06 10:48 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 10:42:47PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 10:28:34PM -0500, Shawn H Corey wrote:
>>> On 12-01-06 10:12 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>>>> The email protocol does not i
On 12-01-06 07:26 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> the lawyer took it one step further, asking whether there was a way
> to absolutely*guarantee* that someone you emailed had read that
> email.
Don't hire this guy. He should know enough about the way people act to
realize that you can guarantee peo
On 12-01-06 10:12 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> The email protocol does not include any way to check if the
> email has been read.
>
> People have used other tricks to tell if the email has been opened.
> One is the "include a link and if the person clicks on it, the
> email has been read".
>
> Ano
On 11-10-03 10:45 AM, wrote:
>I am wondering if anyone at oclug can provide me a copy of the linux os CD
> I would like to install it on a older laptop. I had ubuntu installed on a
> laptop before and it works v. v. good. My copy is a few years old so for
> another laptop I would like to insta
On 11-09-06 07:34 PM, John C Nash wrote:
> Wondering if I'm missing some possibility.
Internet cafés?
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The sec
On 11-07-21 02:00 PM, John C Nash wrote:
> Has anyone seen any such strange happening.\? We suspect possible h/w issue
> or maybe a
> driver bug.
When I was running Windows 95, whenever the RAM filled up, it corrupted
the OS. Not just the parameters it uses, the OS files on disk. This is
stra
On 11-07-08 12:06 PM, Bill Strosberg wrote:
> Richard was perhaps trying to let you know gently that a majority of
> people on this list are professionals that have been dealing with these
> issues long before phishing got a cute name. Worry more about what you
> write than that of others.
In whi
On 11-07-08 08:36 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> Even if I am my own system administrator?!?
>
> Even if I don't even have an account with said institution?!?
>
> Even if I've already received thousands of such emails already?!?
I'm sorry I ruined your day by post an alert about email
phishing.
Hi,
If you get an email like this one, don't respond. It's a phishing attack.
Original Message
Subject:Email Security Upgrade
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:49:48 -0700
From: Gmail
Dear Valued Member,
We have received several complaints from users unable to gain a
On 11-06-30 08:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>before anyone actually helps out here, they should first require
> legal documentation that shows that the person/people above have the
> legal right to access that information -- salient excerpt of the will
> identifying the executor, or something
On 11-06-28 11:33 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>see my last post. i'm becoming increasingly convinced that simple
> access to the entire current code base isn't*remotely* as important
> as access to the entire version control log. and that's what i think
> i'll emphasize.
It does not necessa
On 11-06-28 09:57 AM, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
> Actually, OpenSource is more secure, as if one does not trust a compiled
> program, he/she can recompile from source, and perform a full source
> code inspection, which cannot be performed on closed programs. It took a
> lot of efforts for US gov
On 11-06-28 08:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
> pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
> what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their
> brutal and savage debunking. thanks.
>
On 11-05-10 11:40 AM, Bill Strosberg wrote:
> Build and install the versions you want, on top of the
> environment you like.
I did that once. Blew the distro out of the water; don't want a repeat.
> YOU are the boss, not Canonical! Ain't their fault.
>
Canonical has been releasing distros since
On 11-05-10 11:06 AM, porpen wrote:
> But I agree, building and installing from source is probably your best bet.
> Heck install it to /usr/local or /opt or wherever and add symlinks to your
> ~/bin. This will keep the distro happy with it's stable version of perl.
>
The best way to install a
On 11-05-10 10:43 AM, Tim Inkpen wrote:
> Unless I'm missing something, Mint does not come with the version of Perl
> that you are looking for, at least according to this matrix:
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
>
No distro I know of comes with Perl 5.12. I'll have to load it
On 11-05-10 10:05 AM, Eric Brackenbury wrote:
> Why do you need to go from a stable (10.04) am I missing something here.
Because I didn't know how unstable 11.04 was until I upgraded. Now I
can reload 10.04 or I can look at a new distro.
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On 11-05-10 09:48 AM, Tim Inkpen wrote:
> I've done some quick checking. If you want to stick with a major
> distribution, then you have two choices:
>
> Fedora 14 (details here:
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora)
>
> or
>
> OpenSuse 11.4 (details here:
> http://distrowatch.
On 11-05-10 09:27 AM, J-F Bilodeau wrote:
> I'm curious why I consider Ubuntu 11.04 a 'piece of junk'. Is it the new
> Gnome UI? I'm not trying to defend the distro, but I use Kubuntu, and
> haven't tried the new UI yet.
GIMP is broke. WxWindows is broke. But the biggest problem is that
when
I've upgraded by Ubuntu to 11.04. What a piece of junk. If this is the
best Canonical can do, it's time to switch distro.
I'm looking for one that can do some development work. My favourite
language is Perl, so it's got to be able to do that. Now, you're
thinking all the distros come with P
On 11-04-28 03:21 PM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
> Is it possible to check speed using a live CD or live USB of a different
> kernel, since
> that seems to be a concern?
Not any more. Since the wind has picked up both the DSL and the POTS
have gone flaky. Sometimes they work and sometimes they d
On 11-04-28 12:52 PM, Charles Nadeau wrote:
> I had a problem very similar to yours and it was caused by an MTU mismatch
> between the modem and the router.
My modem and routing is all in one so I don't think that's the problem.
I noticed that when the wind picked up, the my connection went
inte
Hi,
I'm having problems with my DSL. Currently it's running below 20 KB/s
and it's suppose to max out at 300 KB/s. This started about a month ago
sometime around when I updated my kernel. Before that it averaged from
250 KB/s to 270 KB/s. Since I haven't change my setup, I was wondering
if
On 11-04-11 10:11 AM, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> Do you have caller display?
No, but they probably disabled it anyway. I did try *57 either.
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I just got a call from someone from "tech support" that insisted my
computer had a virus that was flooding the net with messages. Which is
very strange since I do my own tech support. They also did not name the
company they were working for. When I told them I was running Linux,
they hung up
On 11-01-31 10:13 AM, Wm. Stewart wrote:
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Empty post and meaningless subject. Could you guys come up with
something more informative than "Problem"?
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On 10-11-23 07:27 PM, Paul B. wrote:
> Another corporate acquisition that "Bodes Ill for Linux".
I don't see what the big deal is. Let's not forget where Linux came
from, UNIX. UNIX was created and licenced by AT&T (back before it was
broken up). But what AT&T did was give it to universities
On 09-08-24 09:32 AM, Bruce Harding wrote:
> On August 22, 2009 10:27:20 am Robert Radziwilowicz wrote:
>
>> BTW. I our dep (Elec. Eng / SITE) some MS spoft is provided for free to
>> grads.
>>
> It is the same strategy used by drug dealers trying to get new clients. Free
> has the effect of limit
On 10-09-17 03:35 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On 17/09/10 Shawn H Corey said:
>
>> I have install Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64 on my new machine but I can't change
>> the default application when I open a file. I tried right-clicking,
>> which brings up the menu
I have install Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64 on my new machine but I can't change
the default application when I open a file. I tried right-clicking,
which brings up the menu and I select "Open with Other Application...",
select the one I want, make sure "Remember this application for..." is
checked but
On 10-08-26 09:26 AM, Eric Brackenbury wrote:
> Just testing this address folks
> Eric B
>
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On 10-06-04 04:48 PM, Ross Jordan wrote:
> Even if it were true for DVDs, I think the TPM matter is tangential.
> Pre-paying the royalties might make copy music non infringing, but I
> don't think one would gain the right to legally defeat the TPM.
What it means that if you buy a CD in Canada, the
On 10-06-04 02:22 PM, George Standish wrote:
> Late last night I posted a question to the Ubuntu-ca mailing list,
> asking if anyone could confirm or deny my suspicion that the new
> copyright law would be bad for linux and open source.
>
> CBC headlines like "Copyright bill would ban breaking digi
Marlene Harris wrote:
> Hello to everyone
>
> I currently run Mandriva 2008, with Firefox 2.0.0.6., which is quite
> outdated now. I want to upgrade the browser to the most recent, version 3.6,
> but I do not want to upgrade Mandriva at this time. If I install the new
> browser, will I retain all
Charles MacDonald wrote:
> Error Code 127, what a wonderfully helpful message.
Well, if it's a standard errno, that is, it came from the OS, it means,
"Key has expired", whatever that means. Sorry, never seen it before.
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Prof. John C Nash wrote:
> Shawn got it!
>
> And the example.pl was in the package downloaded with the Perl module
> itself. Sigh.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JN
Then I suggest you send a note to the author or create a bug report at
https://rt.cpan.org/
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Prof. John C Nash wrote:
> Related to my recent photo captioning talk, I've been scanning for other
> tools and found the Perl module JPEG::Comment. It can be downloaded from
> http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/JPEG-Comment.
>
> I tried downloading and installing -- as root I did make and make
> insta
Sebastian Schöbinger wrote:
> I already asked there, but they don't have really something I am searching
> for. And young boys and girls != programming.
>
> Sebastian
>
>> Hi Sebastian,
>> I don't know of any projects that would qualify.
>> Try asking at the Ottawa Volunteer Centre.
>>
>> If you
Prof. John C Nash wrote:
One thing I don't know about is whether there is any open software that
can mimic MS Access. It may be that a few of us could do a "workalike"
to this document that lists the alternatives to M$ and the "price" i.e.,
download location in each case.
"MS Access", I haven
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 18:43 -0500, Chris h wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 18:30:04 Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 18:21 -0500, Chris h wrote:
>
> > sed -e 's/ */,/g'
>
> Works like a charmmany thanks
>
Just be sure that
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 18:21 -0500, Chris h wrote:
> Small problem and was wondering is some one can help. I have tabular
> data that
> is separated by spaces and want to convert it to csv format. I did
> some
> digging and found the necessary sed scripts to convert from cvs to
> space
> delimite
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