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Re: [Alug] backup puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 13 Mar '02

13 Mar '02

Chris Allen wrote: >On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:29:43AM +0000, Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com wrote: >> >> >> Interesting! There is a series of log files started called panic, which >> list a panic because exim.conf file can't be opened, each time at exactly >> when my backup is set to run. > > >It could well be that this is cancelling the entire cron job including >your backup. Yes. Excellent. Having somewhere for the 'v' option to send the output to has made the cron task happy. (As in >tar -cvzf $OF /var/www/ /home/cvs > /tmp/some_logfile 2>&1) I guess I had two ways of mending this then, what I did which was to give a file for the v output to go to, or remove the 'v' option, as someone else suggested. Now to the task of finding how to do a rotating cron thing that deletes the backup files when they are more than a week old, and my box backs up using a simple file at no cost. Unspoken dig at the extremely expensive backup software our ntserver runs. But it does have a *lovely* gui. (sarcasm intended). Thanks to all for help. Jenny.

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Mandrake financial status
by Ian Thompson-Bell 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

I just received an email from Mandrake saying they are in financial difficulties. They seem to be desparately asking people to sign up to the Mandrake Club a $5 a month. -- Ian

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Announce digest, Vol 1 #14 - 1 msg
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

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Xv
by Ricardo Campos 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

This may be a little silly but- anyone know how to take a screenshot of a desktop that has an Xv application (i.e. Ogle) playing on it? As Xv runs ontop of the desktop, you just get a blue screen normally. Minor problem, but annoying. ;) Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Linux Web awards
by Ricardo Campos 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Linux Format did a poll to see what their readers felt were the best internet applications. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15903 Just thought you might be interested! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Announcing a new subscriber
by peter.salmon＠ipswich.gov.uk 12 Mar '02

12 Mar '02

Dear penguinophiles, I have just subscribed to ALUG. I have been burrowing at Ipswich for less than three years after heady life in the City and academia (a kind of nut). I may not count as a true linutter as I support but three Linux servers which are RedHat 6.2 amidst a seething mass of Unix and M$NT but I am actively promoting the obvious & self evident advantages of Linux from within. I have successfully migrated a couple of Informix database systems and over 150 users from unix to linux and use Samba to seamlessly link & transfer data to and from M$NT servers and mainframe (ICL Trimetra). I am about to attempt installing Samba on a SCO unix server. I have just started a new project to create a linux based database system with web browser form access. Unfortunately the rapid and reliable linux server will be clamped to an ISS Web server servicing the users. Most of the difficulties I've experienced in implementation have taken much web searching and experimentation to resolve. There is an awful lot of information available but rarely an answer specific to my proble. Still I've learned a lot in experimenting and am willing to throw in my thruppenceworth if I can help. Regards, Peter Salmon Ipswich Borough Council Information Technology Room 1005 Civic Centre Civic Drive Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2EE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1473 433220 (Direct) Fax: +44 (0)1473 433898 Email: peter.salmon(a)ipswich.gov.uk Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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Re: [Alug] Intro
by Ricardo Campos 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

> Basically I'm a bit of a Linux newbie, running a P133 at home that > I built from bits that have been scrounged from various sources or > rescued from a skip (not exactly flush with cash you see). Welcome to the list! Actually, one of my friends has asked me to install 'linux' (of some description/distro, I'll let him decide) on his home computer, so hopefully we'll have yet another! eek! Those damn penguins keep multiplying! ;) Ricardo (I voted for Cthulhu, but the Greater Evil won!) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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RE: [Alug] backup puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Ted Harding wrote: >You may, therefore, get a clue by have a look at what's >inside. >Try, in the first place, > tar tzvf trx-090302.tgz > tar tzvf trx-100302.tgz >and compare it with what it should be. Ted: It seems to start off then stop with "unexpected EOF" message thusly: tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now I just can't see anything unusual in the place it stops each time, midway in a directory. Thanks, Jenny.

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debian pismo?
by david casal 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hi list, My uea department lent me a powerbook G3 pismo, and I'm thinking of running debian on it. Looking around on the net, it seems a fine thing to do. Before I get downloading ISO's and repartitioning, anyone have any comments/suggestions/experiences? Cheers, DC david casal --0+ --- d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk --9+ --- www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal --)+

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Intro
by mtm＠sys.uea.ac.uk 11 Mar '02

11 Mar '02

Hi! I just subscribed to the list here..... Basically I'm a bit of a Linux newbie, running a P133 at home that I built from bits that have been scrounged from various sources or rescued from a skip (not exactly flush with cash you see). I've been runnning Corel 1.1 for a while but haven't played with it much as I'm really only using the box for playing MP3's and learning perl. Anyway, I'm hoping to pick up some tips from the more advanced local penguin worshipers on the list. :-) -- >==============================================================< Michael Morton | Cthulhu loves me, this I know. School of Information | In my dreams he tells me so, Systems, University | And when the stars are finally right, of East Anglia, Norwich | He will give you such a fright. >==============================================================<

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