I am looking for pointers on a) a program that runs on ubuntu server, or b) a how-to of scripts/descriptions to pull and sync files on XP, W7 machines as backups. I am looking for something easy to...
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I am looking for pointers on a) a program that runs on ubuntu server, or b) a how-to of scripts/descriptions to pull and sync files on XP, W7 machines as backups. I am looking for something easy to...
I am running ubuntu 8.04 LTS server. I am fine with doing all my work from the CL, HOWEVER, there are some things that can go a bit easier with the graphical desktop.
how can I easily drop in a...
i resolved the issue...turns out one of the net connections was not plugged in well..... All OK, ty
Ubuntu server 8.04 lts has been working fine since its comission about 1.5 years ago. It serves a few virtual sites and fax server. Recently, had a number of power outtages, lost my battery backup...
Host OS is WinXP sp3, guest OS is Ubuntu 10.1 and VirtBox is v4.18
Dell xps laptop with wireless connection.
XP sees the network fine. Ubuntu cannot reach network -e.g. ping results in 'Network...
Just to follow up...I tried it many times. It did *not* work.
I formatted the target disk (ext3), checked for bad blocks, ran dd per your dd command, varied the transfer size, and other dd options....
Hmmm, well I solved the problem by using Clonezilla. FWIW, if one wants to make a bit by bit copy with a program that has some useful information and visual feedback, Conezilla is the way to go. It...
I have a 20GB ata disk with ubuntu server 8.04 LTS installed and running a number of servers (apache, hylafax, mail). I want to clone the disk, so I connected a CD-ROM to the server, booted Ubuntu...
How can I boot 8.04 server into single user mode WITHOUT attaching an external CD drive and booting the live CD?
I want to do this so I can make an image copy of my system disk. Is putting the...
Background: I want to make an image copy of my server disk. I removed the system disk in my server (Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS, 30 GB disk), put it into a USB enclosure, attached it to my Debian 5.0 box...
Thank you...much appreciated.
I haven't used gparted before... but I have used barebones DOS tools as well as 2-3 versions of Partition Magic (both CL and GUI based). I assume gparted is similar from what i've read....
I...
I have a HD that has an Ubuntu installation on it (30GB). I want to clone this disk to another HD of slightly larger size (40BG).
My plan is to put each disk into its own usb enclosure. I then...
Well, at least check your post carefully before you hit the send button....inaccurate postings make for a lot of 'noise' as well as
wasted time. What could have been addresses with a single exchange...
Alpine looks like it may work...fits the CL requirement, BUT not clear how to automatically have it send a message from an external trigger....
Suggestions????
I am looking for command line based mail client that can send & receive email through Gmail (smtp, imap) - I do *not* want to run a mail server (MTA)on my Ubuntu server 8.04.
Furthermore, I want...
Using the escape in the date command, in crontab worked:
* * * * * echo $(/bin/date +"\%F \%T")" Some text" >> /home/me/foo.txt
Interestingly, using the single quotes did not....hmmm
Using the escape in the date command, in crontab worked:
* * * * * echo $(/bin/date +"\%F \%T")" Some text" >> /home/me/foo.txt
Interestingly, using the single quotes did not....hmmm
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I want to write the date & time and a text string to a file from crontab.
The following line works fine in the CL:
echo $(/bin/date +"%F %T")" Some text" >> /home/me/foo.txt
I installed in...
Tried the above from the CL, works fine. I installed in crontab and no text appears in the file that it is redirected to.
The crontab entry looks like:
* * * * * echo $(/bin/date +"%F %T")" Some...
Being more specific, nothing is appended to the target file...
I tried putting &date with same result.
I must be missing something here...does not work on my installation
hmmm following the same idea, if I want to append a date stamp together with a text string, how could I do that??
TY
-J
precisely what I needed-TY!
The script approach is just a workable but for my specific need, the direct message from cron fits.
I could also get the info I need from /var/log/syslog, but it...
I want to append a text string onto an existing file from crontab.
These do not work:
0 1 * * * cp "test" >> /home/xys/myfile.txt
0 1 * * * mv "test" >> /home/xys/myfile.txt
0 1 * * * cp 'test'...