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I'm not sure I understand what you are asking but here is a bit of additional information that may or may not answer your question.

The partition information for an entire drive is kept in the MBR...

Because of the support requests, need for regular updates, and additional instructions or information, I have formally entered this as a project at source forge.
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Do a google search for "linux cp command", "linux mv command", and "gzip" :)
jz

This is now a larger script than I would customarily post. But many folks have become accustom to getting it off this forum.

Every couple of years I update my favorite scripts. This script is one...

Thanks, I found it! I had tried all kinds of internet searches for "bash input", bash press any key", etc and all I found was the standard "read" key routines. I had to do this about 3 years ago and...

I am writing a bash shell menu and would like to get a char immediately after a key is pressed. This script does not work but should give you an idea of what I am trying to do....
Thanks for the...

I had tried...

/etc/x11/.xsession
/etc/x11/xint/.xinitrc
/etc/x11/xint/.Xclients
$HOME/.xinitrc
$HOME/.Xclients

So when I posted on the "expert" forum and the moderator
moved the message...

I am using a Mandrake spinoff (PCLinux) and would like to have a yakuake terminal started
when I launch xwin. Where is the start up script?
Thanks JZ

EXPORT allows changes to a variable to be global. If you have a shell opened and you change the path variable, then go to another shell window, the change will not show up. If you EXPORT it, it is...

Just a quick comment. I occasionally use cygwin but don't know how close to a real unix shell it is.

1-With a real shell the directories are searched in the order they are found in the path...

#! /bin/bash
# name: drive-image.sh, disk image copy script
# by: Jan Zumwalt - www.neatinfo.com
# ver: Jan 4, 2009
# remarks:
# -e = enable interpretation of backslash codes
# -n =...

Thanks, I knew I had something small biting me in the rump :)

How do I place the result of a shell command into a variable. I would like to save the pwd in $DIR. I tried...

pwd | $DIR
$DIR < pwd
DIR=pwd

thanks! jz

I need to upload tar or zip files to a unix server than unzip or untar them remotely. Any suggestions on the easiest way to do the remote untar or unzip? For example does someone know of a cgi script...

Every year I update and tweak my scripts, here is my latest...
It takes about 2-1/2 hrs to disk image my 250gb drive :)

#! /bin/bash
#
# OS: Unix/Linux
# Name: hda-to-hdc
# Ver: ...

About once a year I update my scripts and make little tweeks. This is my latest...

#! /bin/bash
#
# OS: Unix/Linux
# Name: hda-to-hdc
# Ver: 03/01/08
# Purpose: Full disk image...

It really is not neccesary to have multiple partisions any more. That was started by a physical size limitation of hard drives. Personaly I use just three partitions for my 240gb drive.
1) swap
2)...

I am a school teacher and would like to set up my own Linux mail server on my web account (Yes they allow customers to do this). I would like a easy interface that makes teaching e-mail a breeze.
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