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obviously i misinterpreted you. i apologize (sometimes intent isn't too clear when dealing with text online :) )

as far as the timestamp issue goes, I see your point (i think): the timestamp is...

i guess nothing. i appreciate the help you've provided, but comments like that are not constructive. perhaps you can explain why the timestamp has nothing to do with overwriting files... obviously i...

i guess i just don't know what i'm doing. I thought i'd need an 'overwrite' option because of output i have recieved from programs before... thinking about it now, i guess it was a silly question,...

ok, thanks. with that in mind, what if i needed to make it recursive? what would i do?

i can't think of a use for that right now, but i'm sure it'll come up sometime!

and another quick question:

will


if [ -d $DIRECTORY ];


look in only the current directory? or does it span the whole system? how does this work?

good point... i'll take that into consideration next time.

excellent... i'm pretty sure i coulda figured that one out, but thanks for taking the time to let me know.

now, on to my earlier...

I realize that... however, I'm learning how to write scripts. I like to implement what I already know into them as much as possible. think of it as practice...

so, by this, do you mean i should:
...

hi all,

i am just getting in to bash scripting, so don't be too harsh...

i've created this little backup script, and it's just awfull... ugly, doesn't work like I want it to, the works....

well, if that's the case i will have an easier time figuring this out...thanks! obviously, like you said previously, i'm gonna have to take this thing apart. when i do this i'll make sure to post...

ok, here's what i've got so far:

my linux box DOES NOT see this thing at all when connected via USB. also, what you said in that regard does make sense: i'll have to figure something else out as...

also, this will help me "polish-up" my programming and tinkering skills! (if it's possible/not expensive); i'm all for it!

cool, that's what i figured.... i have tons of time on my hands so none of that is an issue for me. i have e-mailed the company i bought it from for detailed hardware specs, but they suck so i don't...

ya, i figured i might as well try posting to all the forums i'm registered to... i had already searched for something like this and wouldn't have posted if i found something similar to what i'm...

hi all,

this might be a silly question, but...

a few years ago, i bought a Nortech Navigation E-GPS010. this is a car/hand-held GPS unit that, for a while, worked pretty well. in fact, it still...

i have experimented with that before, but i want all information deleted by this script to be useless afterwards... i realize things like this take time for the system to do, i am merely looking for...

on a side note, i was messing around with the shred command, but it takes forever and wouldn't suit my needs

hi all,

i am just starting to learn about shell scripts, and i thought it would be cool if i could make a "paranoia" script that would erase certain directories on my system (but in the background...

guys.... i have heard this from another forum and messed with it a little bit....

here is the contents of the grub file (which was /boot/grub/menu.lst, by the way):



the very last lines...

hello,

i have downloaded and burned ISO's for Slackware, and subsequently had no problem installing it on a new partition... However, when i installed (v.12.1), i opted not to install lilo to boot...