[REBOL] shadow.r ?

2002-05-29 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Does anyone already have a script to read/set dates in /etc/shadow ? thanks ./Jason refernce: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/shadow-file-formats.html The ``/etc/shadow'' file contains password and account expiration information for users, and looks like this: smithj

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread atruter
>* cannot rename/move files (if I want to rename file, do I have >to copy it to same directory under new name and then delete old file or >is there some easier way?) You can use 'rename to rename files in the same directory (eg. rename %/c/view/a.txt %b.txt), but must do a copy/delete if the

[REBOL] Re: The Solution of Enigma about Ladislav sameness

2002-05-29 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, >Have a look at the ERROR! datatype to see another example of this As usual! :-) So we have: string! / any-string! (parse) block! / hash! (parse) object! / error! (disarm) A parse bug makes list! fail. No more? Thinking to error!: could be introduced a global option

[REBOL] Re: Sameness block and parse

2002-05-29 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, > What about lists? Starting my experiment with parsing list. First result: it does not work under View 1.2.1.3.1 and 1.2.5.3.1. This means that parse always fails with list! when using set-word to change the list. I think that 'b is a copy of 'li in this example: li: make list! [1

[REBOL] Re: The Solution of Enigma about Ladislav sameness

2002-05-29 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, <> The interesting fact is that this is the only case (i know) where the same data has two different datatype in Rebol. <> Have a look at the ERROR! datatype to see another example of this Ciao -L -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "u

[REBOL] Re: rebol postscript/pdf

2002-05-29 Thread James Marsden
Graham wrote: > Some people produce price lists using Excel, but I didn't > think that Excel could link cells to an ODBC source. And > Publisher can't AFAIK. Excel can quite easily link to ODBC data sources. To do so create an ODBC source database then: Data -> Get External Data -> New Databa

[REBOL] Re: Sameness block and parse

2002-05-29 Thread Ladislav Mecir
What about lists? Ciao -L - Original Message - From: "Romano Paolo Tenca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: [REBOL] Sameness block and parse The same which is true for string is true for hash and block and list! I must check if

[REBOL] Re: Enigma about Ladislav sameness

2002-05-29 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Gabriele, just a question: is there really a solution (not a joke), that would work differently than Romano suggested? Ciao -L -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: rebol postscript/pdf

2002-05-29 Thread Graham Chiu
I was thinking the other day that I couldn't recall any packages that can create a desktop publication from a database eg. price lists. Some people produce price lists using Excel, but I didn't think that Excel could link cells to an ODBC source. And Publisher can't AFAIK. You can do it in Zop

[REBOL] Sameness block and parse

2002-05-29 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
The same which is true for string is true for hash and block and list! I must check if this mess the hash! It could be very useful. >> ha: make hash! [1 2 3] == make hash! [1 2 3] >> parse/all ha [b:] == false >> b == [1 2 3] >> type? b == block! >> insert b 5 == [1 2 3] >> ha == make hash! [5 1

[REBOL] Re: No framework library for rebol ?

2002-05-29 Thread RebOldes
Hello Ammon, Thursday, May 23, 2002, 4:08:29 AM, you wrote: AJ> in debugger (work in progress) One of the things that will be available is AJ> some more advanced styles and a skinning system. The whole idea of the AJ> server is to provide a SorceForge type comunity for REBOL developers. I a

[REBOL] Re: Rounding

2002-05-29 Thread Christian Langreiter
> Is there such a beast or must one write a function to do it? round: func [x] [to-integer .5 + x] Enjoy ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: Any email samples out there?

2002-05-29 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ed, << Does anyone have some sample REBOL code out there that can connect to a M$ OutHouse (OutLook =) mailbox, scan all the new messages in there and send out emails based on the subject line? >> I haven't done anything from REBOL, only via automation from VB. Check out http://msdn.microsoft

[REBOL] Re: Rounding

2002-05-29 Thread Christopher Ross-Gill
Hi Mat, > >> print to-integer 1.6 > 1 I don't know of one, but here's my own: round: func [ dec [integer! decimal!] /local int ][ if 0.5 <= (dec - int: to-integer dec) [int: int + 1] int ] - Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL

[REBOL] Re: Rounding

2002-05-29 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Mat, Here's a rounding function that might do what you want. Watch for word-wrap! ; Ladislav Mecir, Gregg Irwin (minor adjustment) mod: func [ {Compute a remainder.} value1 [number! money! time!] {The dividend} value2 [number! money! time!] {The divisor}

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread Jason Cunliffe
>> do %castro.r ** Script Error: Word source is protected, cannot modify ** Near: source: get-style/styles 'file-list fidel destination: I can disable protect-system in %user.r, but perhaps better for everyone if name-conflicts in castro.r can be avoided? ./Jason [who agrees castro a great ide

[REBOL] Rounding

2002-05-29 Thread Mat Bettinson
Folks, >> print to-integer 1.6 1 I can't for the life of me find a word which does the same as this but which actually rounds (so you'd get 2) rather than just chopping off the remainder. Is there such a beast or must one write a function to do it? I've actually resorted to doing exactly this

[REBOL] Deltree + Xcopy

2002-05-29 Thread Bui Tan Tai
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[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread Boleslav Brezovsky
>Crashing on a reb-site? > >why not > > dir1: %./ > dir2: dirize view-root/public > >also to use editor without security-question, >you can use something like > append ctx-edit [ > prefs: clean-path %./edit-prefs.r > ] > >next wishes: >saving current directo

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread Boleslav Brezovsky
Hello, I'm working on CASTRO right now so I've uploaded work in progress. added and fixed: * does not crash on path (starts in local directory) * copy, delete, make-dir added (copying 5MB file takes less than second on P350 - good surprise for me) * four different langua

[REBOL] The Solution of Enigma about Ladislav sameness

2002-05-29 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
ATTENTION! This is the solution of the sameness problem (followed by some comments): a: #{31} parse/all a [b:] The interesting fact is that this is the only case (i know) where the same data has

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread Petr Krenzelok
rebol665 wrote: >Hi Bolek > >Trying to run Castro (BTW I like the name!) I got the following. I have no /c/view/ >directory > >** Access Error: Cannot open /c/view/ >** Where: list >** Near: pt: read path >files: copy > > just read and write Castro locally and edit it - you will find above me

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Mittwoch, 29. Mai 2002 08:20 schrieb Boleslav Brezovsky: > I'm really sorry, it's on http://www.sweb.cz/rebolek/castro.r > > or sites/rebolek/castro > > and - if you does not have directories %/c/ and %/c/view/ then the > script crashes so you have to change the sourcecode. > Crashing on a reb

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-05-29 Thread rebol665
Hi Bolek Trying to run Castro (BTW I like the name!) I got the following. I have no /c/view/ directory ** Access Error: Cannot open /c/view/ ** Where: list ** Near: pt: read path files: copy >> Patrick >I'm really sorry, it's on http://www.sweb.cz/rebolek/castro.r > >or sites/rebolek/castro

[REBOL] Re: rebol postscript/pdf

2002-05-29 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi bryan, On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, 10:03:19 AM, you wrote: b> I know there's the pdf maker script out there, I was wondering if there b> are any scripts/dialects out there for reading a postscript/pdf file? "Reading" a PostScript actually means executing it, and it is a FORTH-like langua

[REBOL] rebol postscript/pdf

2002-05-29 Thread bryan
I know there's the pdf maker script out there, I was wondering if there are any scripts/dialects out there for reading a postscript/pdf file? -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.