compress files

hello fellas. i was looking for a way to compress files (.wav) older than 30 days. i created a small script to do the job. #!/bin.bash FILES=`find . -mtime -30 | xargs` tar --no-recursion -czf backup_ *feb*_2013.tgz "${FILES}" rm -rf "${FILES}" the compressed files have the following format g303-

Re: bash script to convert, compress

this seems good for start. what about the compression and deletion of the converted files? - Original Message - From: Chris Davies Sent: 12/28/12 01:55 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: bash script to convert, compress Rob Owens wrote: > $(basename $file wav)ogg If you'

bash script to convert, compress

Hi. i am running debian 6.0.6 and i am banging my head to create a simple script that will run periodically (through cron). i do have a whole lot of wav files in opt/wavfiles and i do need: -convert them to mp3 -delete the wav files that have been converted to mp3 -compress the files and move

fax in linux

hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? as i am quite new. Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

fax && xDSL

i would like to know if there is a way to send fax from linux. as for internet connection, i got an xDSL (ADSL) connection. if possible, please let me know how. thanks Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

fat32 access for user

apparently umask=000, or 002, or 004, or 007, or 022, it does not give write access for the user. what is it going on? ia m confused. Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

fat32 write access for user

i added a partition which is fat32. apparently the user has only read access to this partition. only root can write. how can i make user have write access as well? here is the line from the /etc/fstab: /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=002,gid=1000,uid=1000 please i need some help qu

fat32 write access for user

i added a partition which is fat32. apparently the user has only read access to this partition. only root can write. how can i make user have write access as well? here is the line from the /etc/fstab: /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=1000,gid=1000,uid=1000 please i need some help q

ext2 to reiserfs conversion

hi i am running woody with kernel 2.6.5. i would like to know how can i convert the current partitions, including /root from ext2 to reiserfs? thanks! Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

DVD-RW

How to setup a DVDrw in debian with kernel 2.6.5? another device (/dev/hdd) is a cdrw and k3b recognises it. unfortunately the dvdrw is not. could somebody help me please? Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

How to setup a DVD-RW

Hi. I have a DVD-RW and i would like to have that working. at the moment it works only as cd rom. K3B does not recognise it. the device is hdc. could somebody tell me how to make it work, please? Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

keyboard and mouse problems

i am running woody, with kernel 2.6.5, and kde 3.2.2 i know that kde 3.2.2 is a mistake but now is too late. anyway, the problem is that now i do not have access to the Ctrl key on my keyboard. any combination with Ctrl does not work. an other issue is the mouse. it behaves very strange, single cl

scanner setup

Hi i am trying to setup my scanner. It is a USB "MUSTEK 1200 UB plus". debian:~# sane-find-scanner # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x05d8, product=0x4002, chip=GT-6

scanner setup

I am running woody and i have kernel 2.6.5 compiled. i would like to make my scanner work. it is a "Mustek 1200 UB plus". i installed "xsane, sane, libsane, sane-utils" through apt-get. when i run xsane it shows as device only /dev/video0 which is my webcam. the scanner it is USB. also i did: debia

Unidentified subject!

Hi there. I got a problem with X server. i tried the apt-get install x-window-sytem kde, and everything went ok. When i typed startx, nothing came up apart from error messages. The startx command exist, so i looked in the /var/log/XFree86.0.log for errors. I get the following: version 4.1.0.1 linu