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    [ubuntu] Re: how to save a crontab job

    Afterwards, you can verify that your changes were saved successfully by running this command, which will produce a listing of what's saved:

    crontab -l
  2. [all variants] Re: Is bash called when I launch an application by pressing Alt+F2

    Bash does not appear to be called directly. I tried various commands using ALT-F2, and then while they were running, opened another window and ran the "ps -fu <my_username>" command. Other than the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Encrypted directory passphrase command?

    Are you thinking of ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase? I have an encrypted directory within my home directory and that's what I use. It prompts you for your password.
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    [kubuntu] Re: No grub after fresh install 10.10

    This is how Ubuntu installs by default. If you want to still see the grub menu, you have to do two things:

    1. In the file /etc/default/grub, comment out the line that reads...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ecryptfs filling up home partition?

    For files in the .Private directory, there should be corresponding unencrypted virtual files in the Private (no leading period) directory. You can run the following command from each user's home...
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    [ubuntu] Re: chmod - mode of 'file.name' retained as 0755

    When you're ready to digest more, check this out:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
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    [ubuntu] Re: chmod - mode of 'file.name' retained as 0755

    It looks like it's working, but chmod is telling you the permissions you want are already set, so there's no need to change.

    "o+r" means give others read permission, and it appears they already...
  8. [ubuntu] Re: Doing a re-install: How to keep access to encrypted home folder?

    I've never done a clean install with my entire home directory encrypted, but I've done several clean installs with encrypted folders in my home directory using "ecryptfs-utils" and related packages....
  9. [ubuntu] Re: How to set folder read-only without its subfolders

    If I understand your question, it's pretty easy:

    chmod 555 <folder_name>

    Or from Nautilus, right-click on the folder, select Properties and then the Permissions tab.

    To learn more about the...
  10. [SOLVED] Re: output to terminal window scrolls off the top

    Sending output to a file, instead of the screen is quite simple. It's called redirection, and a good discussion is at this web site:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redirection_(computing)

    So if...
  11. [gnome] Re: clock panel applet appears off-screen [maverick beta]

    Yes. For a discussion and work-around, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/614650.

    If you want to use the "Place Windows" plugin (one of the work-arounds), install the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Crontab script for hibernate or sleep

    I don't think there is a single, simple command like shutdown. For some guidance, you can run "man pm-hibernate" and "man pm-suspend" and review the manual pages. I didn't review them thoroughly,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: download youtube videos

    You can install the "youtube-dl" package. It's a command-line program which you can use to download a youtube video.
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    [SOLVED] Re: xsane scanning

    Thanks, that's good to know. Mystery solved!
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    [SOLVED] Re: xsane scanning

    I don't think there is anything wrong with your settings or anything you've done. Whenever I've scanned in any type of document using xsane, the estimated size is always a good bit larger than what...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Bash shell script assistance

    I think that before you continue programming, you should decide exactly what you want your selection criteria to be. Do you want true randomness? It sounds like you have what you want. Do you want...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cron and back in time

    Cron and anacron don't work exactly the same. Although you can make entries in /etc/anacrontab, the format isn't the same as cron, and there's a way that I find is easier. So first, I suggest that...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cron script not properly executing

    There appears to be some differences in the way the "ls -l" command behaves when root runs it from cron. When I ran "sudo ls -l <directory>" from the command line, the date was given for files like...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cron script not properly executing

    Gee whiz, I'm really sorry, but I'm out of ideas. If I think of anything over the next few days, I'll post back.

    Three thoughts come to mind:
    1. Does running the script through cron work if you...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cron script not properly executing

    Could you post the output of "crontab -l" please? Also, are you sure the cron command is not working? In other words, is the mount working but then something is later unmounting the drive? You...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cron script not properly executing

    There are often subtle differences between running things with cron versus the command line. For instance, cron generally runs with a very limited PATH, so sometimes a command that otherwise runs...
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    [ubuntu] Re: /home/me Where is my printer's info stored?

    It appears that my printer configuration files are in the /etc/cups directory.

    I did a clean install of Lucid on two computers recently and when I added the printer, it was a little slow but did...
  23. [other] Re: Grep - script that finds searched keyword

    egrep will search for more than one parameter, but with the logic you want, I think you will have to use a combination of grep/egrep and UNIX shell scripting language, which contains if/then/else...
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    [ubuntu] Re: General Unix Syntax Question

    The backslash in the UNIX world means "interpret the next character literally rather than using its wildcard meaning." For instance if you type "ls *.txt", UNIX interprets your statement as "list...
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    [ubuntu] Re: installing tar-gz files

    There's no exact science for getting this right, and it's going to probably involve some trial and error. The "configure" script bombed out with an error message about not being able to find mozilla...
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