Re: test empty dir

2003-03-07 Thread Mike Reed
He just missed some double quotes. if [ -z "$(ls -A dirname)" ]; then echo empty; fi I prefer the $(shell command) syntax rather than the `shell command`.  I find it easier to read. I believe (someone tell me if I'm wrong) that it is now part of the POSIX shell standard. Of course some shells

Re: module-info?

2003-03-03 Thread Mike Reed
Looking on my system module-info is also used by "kernelcfg".  This seems to be a GUI to edit /etc/modules.conf.  Is module-info perhaps a database of valid parameters for the various kernel modules?  A complete stab in the dark. Mike. Michael Fratoni wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE--

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Mike Reed
Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Mike Reed wrote: that someone from Red Hat who knows the answer would read this list. As I said it makes you think that this is some guarded secret in Red If it's module-related, then by definition it's kernel re

Re: module-info?

2003-02-28 Thread Mike Reed
ust a big joke, or maybe something embarrassing, who knows?  Someone in Red Hat must. Mike. Michael Schwendt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:15:53 +0000, Mike Reed wrote: This seems to be the most closely guarded secret in RedHat. I've

module-info?

2003-02-28 Thread Mike Reed
Hi, This seems to be the most closely guarded secret in RedHat. I've searched through hundreds of newsgroup articles going back six years trying to find the answer to "What is /boot/module-info?" There are hundreds of questions on this but I can't find any definitive answer. There are lots o