Re: [SLUG] finding a file

While not 'quick dirty', I ran across a nifty utility I refer back to every once in a while called the 3D FileSystem Profiler. It will take the specified directory, and create a 3D NAVIGATABLE chart of of directories/files showing file sizes/number of files.

Re: [SLUG] finding a file

I have a C program which produces a histogram of files versus age and size. It's a bit rough but if anyone wants it I can beat it into releaseable state. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] [computerbank] Weekend Move Update

Dan Treacy wrote: Afternoon Sluggers, Just an update on ComputerBank Sydney's move this weekend. If you are available for Sunday, you assistance would be greatly accepted. 9am at Seven Hills, later at Casula. There is a stack of stuff still to be loaded and moved. Details and updates about the

[SLUG] Mac OS CD

I using Mandrake 10.1 and wish to have a flirt with PearPC but I cant get the MacOS cd to be read. I have all the HFS and HFS+ stuff i think i need. Do i need anything special in fstab to be able to read or should auto do the trick? The kernel also has the HFS stuff compiled. Any help much

Re: [SLUG] finding a file

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Voytek wrote: using Tony's method, my largest file is: find / -ls -type f 2/dev/null | awk '{print $7 $11 }' | sort -nr | head -10 # cd /proc Hi, A handy way to avoid find going into other filesystems (useful when network mounts are around), is to use the -mount option.

[SLUG] problems compiling a module

I'm having problems compiling a module for built in modem on my laptop, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I regularly build kernels ok (using debian kpkg), and I've been reading The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide [1] and Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO [2]. The modem is a Smart

Re: [SLUG] Mac OS CD

On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 19:53 +1000, Kazik Malenczak wrote: I using Mandrake 10.1 and wish to have a flirt with PearPC but I cant get the MacOS cd to be read. I have all the HFS and HFS+ stuff i think i need. Do i need anything special in fstab to be able to read or should auto do the trick? The

[SLUG] Soundex - is it good enough?

Does anyone know of a better FOSS algorithm than soundex for fuzzy name matching. One of the major shortfalls of soundex is the problem of comparing names beginning with C K. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://lannet.com.au -- When you just want a system that

Re: [SLUG] Soundex - is it good enough?

On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 07:46 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: Does anyone know of a better FOSS algorithm than soundex for fuzzy name matching. One of the major shortfalls of soundex is the problem of comparing names beginning with C K. Try this... http://www.nist.gov/dads/ -- Ken Foskey

Re: [SLUG] Soundex - is it good enough?

On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 07:46 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: Does anyone know of a better FOSS algorithm than soundex for fuzzy name matching. Soundex is stuffed. It only works for white American surnames circa 1950. Look in the source tarball of GNU Gettext for a file called fstrcmp.c It does a