Re: Finding files

2012-06-05 Thread Jochen Spieker
Fred Zinsli: > > I am attempting to create a script (#!/bin/sh) that searches for files > created on the first day of the week, then on the first day of the month, > then the first day of the year. as seperate events. All the files are in > one directory so easy to find, though the files could hav

Re: Finding files

2012-06-05 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Fred, Fred Zinsli wrote: > I am attempting to create a script (#!/bin/sh) that searches for files > created on the first day of the week, then on the first day of the month, > then the first day of the year. as seperate events. All the files are in > one directory so easy to find, though th

Finding files

2012-06-05 Thread Fred Zinsli
Hi all I have been searching this for a couple of hours now and can't seem to find what I am looking for. Google was my friend until now. But I may be asking the wrong question. I am attempting to create a script (#!/bin/sh) that searches for files created on the first day of the week, then on

Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-29 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 01:29:42PM +0800, Augustin wrote: > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en > Above, they write: > > "" > Copy the following files f

Re: Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:00PM +0800, Augustin wrote: > The other question, re. submitting bugs about the docs remain, if someone > knows the proper way to go about it: > > > 1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough. > Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any othe

Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
On Monday 28 May 2007 13:30, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en > > You are reading the wrong section. You should be rea

Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Felipe Sateler
Augustin wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en You are reading the wrong section. You should be reading section D.3 "Installing De

finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
Hello, I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en Above, they write: "" Copy the following files from the Debian archives to a convenient location on your hard driv

Re: finding files by content from the command-line

2005-11-04 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005, Matt Price wrote: > Having checked out beagle and quite liked it, I seet here ae also > various graphical file-finding tools outthere, e.g. the gnome "search > for files" program, that allow content searches (e.g., "contains the > text"-type searhcing). In many cases similar

Re: finding files by content from the command-line

2005-11-04 Thread mikepolniak
On 10:36 Fri 04 Nov , Matt Price wrote: > Having checked out beagle and quite liked it, I seet here ae also > various graphical file-finding tools outthere, e.g. the gnome "search > for files" program, that allow content searches (e.g., "contains the > text"-type searhcing). In many cases simi

finding files by content from the command-line

2005-11-04 Thread Matt Price
Having checked out beagle and quite liked it, I seet here ae also various graphical file-finding tools outthere, e.g. the gnome "search for files" program, that allow content searches (e.g., "contains the text"-type searhcing). In many cases similar effects can be achieved using find andor grep, b

Re: Finding files to back up

2002-10-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Mark Carroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021009 10:37]: > Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my > machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package selections Leave that belief behind. You're using debian now! =) A good backup strategy is always importa

Re: Finding files to back up

2002-10-09 Thread nate
Mark Carroll said: > Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my > machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package > selections and the files that I've added (e.g. in /home/) and modified > (e.g. in /etc/) that wouldn't be recovered in a simple package >

Finding files to back up

2002-10-09 Thread Mark Carroll
Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package selections and the files that I've added (e.g. in /home/) and modified (e.g. in /etc/) that wouldn't be recovered in a simple package reinstallation. I see that d

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-13 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: finding files in .deb packages Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 01:23:15PM -0700 In reply to:John P. Donaldson Quoting John P. Donaldson([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, > > but it says it needs > > &g

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread Colin Watson
Marcin Kurc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 01:23:15PM -0700, John P. Donaldson wrote: >> I'm running slink. How do would I know that >> libdb.so.3 is part of libc6 on slink? I can't find it >> documented. I even downloaded the file you suggested, >> "contents-i386" and did

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread Marcin Kurc
You are missing my post. I said go to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and search for packages. On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 01:23:15PM -0700, John P. Donaldson wrote: > > > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, > > but it says it needs > > > libdb.so.3. > > > > /lib/libdb.so.3 is

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread John P. Donaldson
> > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, > but it says it needs > > libdb.so.3. > > /lib/libdb.so.3 is part of "libc6" in potato. I'm running slink. How do would I know that libdb.so.3 is part of libc6 on slink? I can't find it documented. I even downloaded the file you suggested

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread Marcin Kurc
go to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:45:44PM -0700, John P. Donaldson wrote: > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, but > it says it needs libdb.so.3. How do I know what .deb > package to install that will provide that library? > > Thanks, > John

Re: finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:45:44 -0700, John P. Donaldson wrote: > I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, but it says it needs > libdb.so.3. /lib/libdb.so.3 is part of "libc6" in potato. > How do I know what .deb package to install that will provide that library? Check out the variou

finding files in .deb packages

2000-06-12 Thread John P. Donaldson
I'm trying to get a program I installed to start, but it says it needs libdb.so.3. How do I know what .deb package to install that will provide that library? Thanks, John __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.

Re: local updatedb files ... [Was: Finding files not present]

1997-04-09 Thread Kevin Dalley
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David B. Teague wrote: > > > > On my stand-alone machine at home, I get all files by making this change > > > to /etc/cron.daily/find: > > > > > > #cd / && updatedb --localuser=nobody 2>/dev/null > > > cd / && updatedb 2>/dev/null > > > BTW Please

Re: local updatedb files ... [Was: Finding files not present]

1997-04-04 Thread Rick Macdonald
David B. Teague wrote: > > On my stand-alone machine at home, I get all files by making this change > > to /etc/cron.daily/find: > > > > #cd / && updatedb --localuser=nobody 2>/dev/null > > cd / && updatedb 2>/dev/null > BTW Please explain why the && is present in the script! I have never > unde

local updatedb files ... [Was: Finding files not present]

1997-04-04 Thread David B. Teague
Hi Rick: On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On my stand-alone machine at home, I get all files by making this change > to /etc/cron.daily/find: > > #cd / && updatedb --localuser=nobody 2>/dev/null > cd / && updatedb 2>/dev/null Many thanks, this will be useful. A place where locate s

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-04-04 Thread Rick Macdonald
> > > Not of all files. Of files searchable by `nobody.nogroup'. > > > You can run updatedb manually to get a list of all files. Look at the > > options in the info page for more information. > > Actually, you can run updatedb by hand and keep the database private to > root in some other protec

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-04-04 Thread David B. Teague
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Kevin Dalley wrote: > > : updatedb generates a database of all file names on the system. (It > > : only runs for a few minutes for my system.) runs quite a while on my 468 33 ;) > > Not of all files. Of files searchable by `nobody.nogroup'. > You can run updatedb manuall

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-04-03 Thread Kevin Dalley
Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Mar 28, Kai Grossjohann wrote > : > Eloy A Paris writes: > : > : Eloy> I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path > : Eloy> name) per line. M

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-04-01 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Mar 28, Kai Grossjohann wrote : > Eloy A Paris writes: : : Eloy> I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path : Eloy> name) per line. My task consists of searching the entire : Eloy> filesystem and generate a list of the files that are NOT : Eloy> present. : : upd

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-28 Thread Kai Grossjohann
> Eloy A Paris writes: Eloy> I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path Eloy> name) per line. My task consists of searching the entire Eloy> filesystem and generate a list of the files that are NOT Eloy> present. updatedb generates a database of all file names on t

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-27 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > Which can be abbreviated with zsh to: > comm -1 -3 <(sort searchlist) <(find -type f -printf "%f\n" | sort) > Hop ! No more cluttering, no more intermediate files. > I love zsh's redirection ! Bash can also do that..! =b -- Nicolás Lichtmaier.- |

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Philippe Troin
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:39:39 +0100 Heiko Schlittermann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > find -type f -printf "%f\n" | sort > files.exist > sort < searchlist > files.search > comm -1 -3 files.exist files.search Which can be abbreviated with zsh to: comm -1 -3 <(sort searchlist)

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Eloy A. Paris wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > > How about using find and generate a list of ALL files, then "grep > > `indivual_lines_from_your_list` list_of_ALL_files" and checking grep's > > return value? > > Well, what I am doing right now is generating a list of the files that > are present (using

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, thank you very much for your solution; it is very sharp. I was doing things the hard way. I like the shell solution very much. Regards, Eloy.- > On Mar 26, Eloy A. Paris wrote > : Hi, > : > : I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path name) > : per line. My task consist

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Mar 26, Eloy A. Paris wrote : Hi, : : I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path name) : per line. My task consists of searching the entire filesystem and : generate a list of the files that are NOT present. 1. The perl solution: --- #!/usr/bin/p

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi Martin, > How about using find and generate a list of ALL files, then "grep > `indivual_lines_from_your_list` list_of_ALL_files" and checking grep's > return value? Well, what I am doing right now is generating a list of the files that are present (using find and redirecting its output to a f

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Martin Stromberg
> > Hi, > > I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path name) > per line. My task consists of searching the entire filesystem and > generate a list of the files that are NOT present. > > At first I thought this was a task easyly solved with a couple of > awk's, sed's, and find

Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path name) per line. My task consists of searching the entire filesystem and generate a list of the files that are NOT present. At first I thought this was a task easyly solved with a couple of awk's, sed's, and find's. However, it's b

Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-03-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, I was given a text file containing one file name (no full path name) per line. My task consists of searching the entire filesystem and generate a list of the files that are NOT present. At first I thought this was a task easyly solved with a couple of awk's, sed's, and find's. However, it's b

Re: Finding files in UNINSTALLED packages

1997-01-01 Thread Daniel S. Barclay
> From: "Boris D. Beletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Daniel> How do you find which package contains a file you need to > Daniel> install? ... > The file Contents.gz is probably what you are looking for, it is > in the Debian archive in the stable or unstable directories if i am > not mistaken. Y

Re: Finding files in UNINSTALLED packages

1997-01-01 Thread Boris D. Beletsky
Hi Daniel, You wrote: Daniel> Daniel> How do you find which package contains a file you need to Daniel> install? Daniel> Daniel> The dpkg manual page says that "dpkg -S" searches installed Daniel> packages. That has its uses--but it's useless for finding Daniel> which package you need to ins

Finding files in UNINSTALLED packages

1997-01-01 Thread Daniel S. Barclay
How do you find which package contains a file you need to install? The dpkg manual page says that "dpkg -S" searches installed packages. That has its uses--but it's useless for finding which package you need to install to get a specific file. Is there a convenient/standard way to search uninsta

Re: fvwm95 not finding files...

1996-08-13 Thread Andrew Booker
Klee Dienes wrote: > There's a preliminary packaging of fvwm95 in > ftp.sedona.com:/pub/linux/debian. > > It works fine, but currently conflicts with the standard fvwm and > fvwm2. Perhaps you'd be willing to download my copy as a starting fvwm95 shares many files with fvwm2 (all of the modules

Re: fvwm95 not finding files...

1996-08-13 Thread Klee Dienes
There's a preliminary packaging of fvwm95 in ftp.sedona.com:/pub/linux/debian. It works fine, but currently conflicts with the standard fvwm and fvwm2. Perhaps you'd be willing to download my copy as a starting point and take over maintenance of the package? You can find information on register

fvwm95 not finding files...

1996-08-13 Thread Michael J. Cotherman
I have installed fvwm95, and keep running into the same errors, -lfvwm95-2 file or directory not found... X11/xdm.h file or directory not found... yes, I added . to my PATH, (why my base install did not add it, I do not know... I installed fvwm2 on my system and it works, and I have installe