Syscall() vs _syscallN()

2005-03-28 Thread Alex LIU
Hi: With either of syscall() or _syscallN() we can define a system call in the user space program.I think they do the same work.What's the difference between them? Thanks! Alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Elvis and crontab

2005-03-28 Thread Peter
Thanks Ray, symlink to vim instead of elvis did it. Regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux

Re: Elvis and crontab

2005-03-28 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 01:41 PM 3/29/2005 +0800, Peter wrote: Hi, In slackware, crontab is using elvis as the editor instead of vim and I can't make heads or tails out of it. Does anybody know how to change this from elvis to vim or better yet to a more user friendly editor? I don't know about Slackware specifically

Elvis and crontab

2005-03-28 Thread Peter
Hi, In slackware, crontab is using elvis as the editor instead of vim and I can't make heads or tails out of it. Does anybody know how to change this from elvis to vim or better yet to a more user friendly editor? Thanks & regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsu

Re: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-28 Thread J.
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Eve Atley wrote: > Hello! I want to write a very simple script that once daily (via cron) will > set permissions to 777. This is to override any permissions set on files > uploaded by other people, so everyone who already has access to the group > will have rwx access to the

Re: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-28 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 04:02 PM 3/28/2005 -0500, Eve Atley wrote: Hello! I want to write a very simple script that once daily (via cron) will set permissions to 777. This is to override any permissions set on files uploaded by other people, so everyone who already has access to the group will have rwx access to the fi

Re: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-28 Thread John T. Williams
you could use a sticky bit on the directory instead. man chmod and read the second on sticky bit and directories. It might save you effort. - Original Message - From: "Eve Atley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Simple script to set permissions on

Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write script and cron it?

2005-03-28 Thread Eve Atley
Hello! I want to write a very simple script that once daily (via cron) will set permissions to 777. This is to override any permissions set on files uploaded by other people, so everyone who already has access to the group will have rwx access to the file(s). So I'm double-checking if the best ro