11-03-2005
Been there, done that...
I wanted to do a test installation of a text-based Linux(very similar to Unix) server on my home network, which consists of a Linksys Cable Gateway/Switch-Router and two client PCs running Windows XP.
Using "free" install disks which I had acquired at a very attractive price from:
http://www.easylinuxcds.com, I completely cleared the HDD on a spare machine and installed Mandriva-Linux LE 2005 without any apps or a GUI. Of course, I installed SAMBA and checked the SAMBA-Server option under servers.
Using this installation, I was able to get the "new" machine on my home network with remarkably little trouble. I did have to re-acclimate myself to using a command line interface, something which I haven't done much since leaving DOS for Windows. The SAMBA configuration file was in the directory C:/etc/samba and it is dubbed "smb.conf". Make a backup copy of it, carefully review the comments embedded in the file and you should be able to get off to a good start by using any familiar text editor to revise smb.conf.
Good luck.
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datetime::format::epoch::unix
DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm)
NAME
DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix - Convert DateTimes to/from Unix epoch seconds
SYNOPSIS
use DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix;
my $dt = DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->parse_datetime( 1051488000 );
# 2003-04-28T00:00:00
DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->format_datetime($dt);
# 1051488000
my $formatter = DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->new();
my $dt2 = $formatter->parse_datetime( 1051488000 );
$formatter->format_datetime($dt2);
DESCRIPTION
This module can convert a DateTime object (or any object that can be converted to a DateTime object) to the number of seconds since the
Unix epoch.
METHODS
Most of the methods are the same as those in DateTime::Format::Epoch. The only difference is the constructor.
o new()
Constructor of the formatter/parser object. It has no parameters.
SUPPORT
Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.
AUTHOR
Eugene van der Pijll <pijll@gmx.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2003 Eugene van der Pijll. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
DateTime
datetime@perl.org mailing list
perl v5.10.1 2007-12-03 DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm)