Re: sed/awk/fmt question hijacked from Re: Program for quoting text like in email?

2009-06-09 Thread Brian Wells
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 20:09 -0700, Brian Wells wrote: [...] > You could have done > > sed -e "/.gconf/d" script | sed -e "/.java/d" >script > Oops. I forgot that this will try to read and write script at the same time. Won't work. But you can still lin

Re: sed/awk/fmt question hijacked from Re: Program for quoting text like in email?

2009-06-09 Thread Brian Wells
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 22:14 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Spiro Harvey wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a program/shell script/editor plugin etc, that > >> can take arbitrary text as input and quote it like email programs > >> quote emails with a preceding "> " character? > > > > > > awk '{print

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Wells
Thanks to Shachar Or and Ted Hilts for the suggestions, I might try them sometime (particularly the nested filesystem idea, that's very clever :) My main reply, below, is to Rick. On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 18:33 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Aug 11, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Brian Wells wrote: &g

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Wells
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 02:21 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Aug 10, 2008, at 2:12 AM, Brian Wells wrote: > > > Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to > > make > > rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing >

rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-09 Thread Brian Wells
Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to make rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing up to is on an ext3-formatted usb flash drive, and I'm wondering if this is a wise thing to do. I know that flash drive blocks wear out after a certain number o

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-30 Thread Brian Wells
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 21:54 -0700, Brian Wells wrote: > Dear Star Liu, > > This is top posting. It means writing your reply *above* what you are > replying to, instead of *below*. People are asking you to stop doing > that; finding out how to turn off HTML mail *does* depend on

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-30 Thread Brian Wells
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Re: moon-lander 1:1.0-3 goes zombie (debian etch)

2008-06-09 Thread Brian Wells
system is setup to send e-mail without using the evolution graphical client. How do I configure debian so that it can send e-mail automatically? - Brian Wells And now for something completely off-topic: Apply only to affected area. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

moon-lander 1:1.0-3 goes zombie (debian etch)

2008-06-09 Thread Brian Wells
e filed? This is my first debian-user post. - Brian Wells And now for something completely off-topic: I think your opinions are reasonable, except for the one about my mental instability. -- Psychology Professor, Farifield University -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT