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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am using a 4mm tape to backup my Unix system. However, I wanted to make a copy all of the files and archive headers (or just the archive headers if that's possible) created on one of my tapes to another 4mm tape. I only have one tape drive. Is there a command that will complete such task? ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: acoco
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I would like to find whether a file exists in the UNIX machine. That i can check using
if ;then
echo "exists"
echo " `cat $file` "
else
echo "invalid file"
fi.
and i can find out using :
find / -name "filename" . But it i have wanted to search in all directories. How to get... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rparsa001
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Create an executable script file called "newname" that will perform the followings:
1. Rename a file upon the user's request. If the file exists, prompt the user for confirmation before renaming the file. The screen should prompt the user for
a. "Name of file you want to rename." Use the "\c"... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: wiggles
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am working on writing scripts. Here is a script I need help with. I have also wrote what I think it is. I would really appreciate any help that I can get.
Create an executable script file called "newname" that will perform the followings:
1. Rename a file upon the user's request. If the... (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
can anyone help me in writing script in UNIX for copying files in two server from the third server after checking the files in the third server and if there is anything new in the third server automatically it should be added to the rest of the two servers and if same file is existing in the two... (4 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a zipped file that is ~ 10GB. I tried tarring it off to a tape, but I receive:
tar: <filename> too large to archive. Use E function modifier.
The file is stored on a UFS mount, so I was unable to use ufsdump.
What other options do I have? (I don't have a local file system large... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: FredSmith
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guy`s I`m a newbie to Unix and I`m starting to love it
I got stuck donig backups of tar files to tape
I use this to find all tar files
find . -name '*.tar.*' > output
in output there would be n of file eg. 6
the size output is 156 but tar files are:
9.3M Jul 18 09:48... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: donovan
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8. AIX
Hi all,
I need to write on a tape drive with AIX5.3.
How to know the name of this tape and what is the procedure to read and write on this tape?
Regards,
Tovo (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tovohery
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there an easy way to print to a pdf file in Unix? Now I'm using lpr command to print to a network printer , but I need to have a pdf version of the file as well! Can someone help me?
-Rune (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: runeho
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to install a tape drive on this system (Unix 7.1.1)
where will I start?
1. Do I need to load the driver on the on board scsi? How?
2. Is there a driver for the tape drive itself?
Things done:
1. Terminated the device on the controller board. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: a4tech
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