Taking diff of two directories recursively?

I need to take the diff of two directories recursively, but am not just interested in what files are different...I'm also interested in if the dates of the files are different, the uids, the gids, and the permissions. Anyone know of a program to tell me all of this? Thanks Sam -- VA Research Li

Re: Accel-X and Debian

XFree86 tends to benchmark faster (using Matrox cards, which are by far the best/fastest cards under Linux) than either Metro-X or Accelerated X. It also has (imho) a better configuration program. From the limited contact I've had with Accelerated X technical support though they seem pretty good.

Re: Best version of tetris?

Everything has to come from a package in main stable Debian though...is this? I'm also mainly looking for an X-version tetris, although I'm not opposed to also having a console/vga tetris. Thanks Sam Message from Alex Yukhimets ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on %m-%N-%y: > > I'm working on a standard set o

Best version of tetris?

I'm working on a standard set of packages that can be easily installed for Debian, and want to pick one of the tetrises (or is it tetrii) to include in the load...what is everyone's favorite tetris version? Thanks Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations | The World's Best Linux Computers http://w

Re: Applixware - off topic

Message from Mario Olimpio de Menezes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 8-5-97: > Hi, > > I'm considering the possibility of getting Applixware. Could > someone who has used it give me some comments, basically because the > reader's letter I found in Linux Journal (pg 8 - issue 39 - July 97), > regardi

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

700 1997, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink > > there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we > > figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

rc.symlinkIt's nowhere else on the disk. Where does it belong?? Thanks Sam Message from Sam Ockman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 7-23-97: > I just installed Debian 1.3.1, and spent several harrowing hours getting > exactly the packages I want (working out dependancies, etc.) I was just

/etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

le sizes, dates, permissions, etc. are different then what comes with the package? Thanks Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations| The VArStation YMP Workstation | Two 266 Mhz Pentium IIs http://www.varesearch.com | 128MB ECC - 4.5Gb UW SCSI

Re: Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

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Re: Installing TKnet - where to unpack it?

ead use dpkg/dselect. On the other hand it would be fine to do so from /usr/local/bin, because you know your the person who put it there in the first place. Good luck -Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations| The World's Best Linux Workstations

Re: Problem with wu-ftpd....

Message from Jens B. Jorgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Sam Ockman wrote: > > > > At work I sit behind a firewall. The firewall lets me out for whatever I > > want, but for some reason, there is a conflict with the wu-ftpd > > distributed with Debian and my firewa

Problem with wu-ftpd....

..but the two Debian machines at home take several minutes to let me in, and master.debian.org won't let me in at all, or maybe I just haven't waited long enough for it to timeout. Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Oc

Which computers get polled for rwho/rusers/etc.

How do I control which computers get polled for rwho, rusers, etc. Is it controlled by my routing table, by a file, by something else? Thanks Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

p > > this fast. > > Indeed, there is something really wrong. Something really is > wrong with the harddisk. Few months ago there was a thread in a linux > mailing list about the how unreliable some western digital harddisk are. > many disgruntled linux users. you could chec

Messages off by default?

Debian 1.3 seems to turn messages off by default for users. I know I can put "mesg on" in the default login files either in skel or etc, but is there anyway to do it that is not shell specific Thanks, Sam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROT

Really good looking screen savers....

Anyone know of any really good looking screen-savers...something like xlock, but that looks more like something Microsoft will have in Windows 97? Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO

Re: Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

couldn't clean it with 'fsck'.. > > i probably went the cheezy way and reinstalled Linux -- but then again > > some ppl can't do that because they are running networked computers > > that ppl actually use :) > > > > > > On Su

Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

Found this on terminal 7, probably came from X Is it a bad, bad thing, or just somewhat bad? hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2356919, sector=1280358 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03, sector 1280358 hda: dma

Re: year-2000 testing

r from the year 1999 to 2000, so probably the best thing would be to set your computer's date to Dec. 31, 1999, and see what happens to your processes when it hits midnight. -Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666

FTPing from my debian box...

ht be the problem that the other person on this news group is having.) Any ideas as to why this might be so? Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Differences between run levels 2-5?

Has "Debian" defined any specific meaning to runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5? For example RedHat puts everything in 3, everything but NFS stuff in 2, and starts xdm at run level 5 (as well as starting everything else). Run level 4 on the other hand is left totally open for the user. As far as I can tell

Re: RPM

ections. Excellent. This is something that I've longed for for months. Thank you both! -- * These are a few of my favorite things---Brown paper packages tied up * with string, Linux, zshell, mutt, afterstep, procmail, XEmacs, Viper, * Perl, less, x48, LaTeX, ncftp, slrn, and sending lots of pings. * -"This sig is McQ!" - Sam Ockman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]