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RCS claims in the UNIX FAQ 0 20 (7/5/2011 11:00:25 AM) comp.unix.questions Does someone know who is responsible for the UNIX FAQ? It contains a wrong claim about RCS performance. RCS is always slower than SCCS. If you retrieve the latest version, RCS is typically 1.5x .. 3x slower t... js

Looking into C-include files on VMS 191 56 (10/27/2009 10:03:05 PM) comp.os.vms Hi, I am currently trying to make compiling cdrtools a bit more automated. I received a login for OpenVMS XXX 0 V7.2 VAX_7000-720 VAX First a question: is this the same as a HP 9000/720? The machine I hav... js

Star incremental backups 5 69 (11/2/2004 2:18:06 PM) comp.unix.solaris With star-1.5a54 (available in pkg-add format from Blastwave http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php), it seems that incremental restores now work stable enough to call star a production stable incremental backu... js

Star, a new OS/filesystem independent incremental dump/restore system 0 52 (9/7/2004 2:51:58 PM) comp.unix.solaris With the latest alpha (star-1.5a47), incremental restores have been implemented. This makes star the first true incremental backup system that is TAR based and that passes basic verification tests for: - ... js

'star' testers wanted: new command 'gnutar' 0 66 (9/22/2003 9:59:12 AM) comp.unix.solaris I just published a new star version that amongst others includes a GNU tar emulation based on the star library code. This Program is called 'gnutar' but may be renamed into 'tar' or 'gtar' too. I would be int... js

New 'suntar' command, plaease test 0 59 (9/15/2003 2:39:04 PM) comp.unix.solaris As many people complained that 'star' is not 100% command line compatible with Sun's tar implementation, I made a try: I implemented a program named 'suntar' on top of the 'star' library. Even this cannot be 1... js

Strange ETH speed problem with Solaris x86 3 42 (8/16/2003 9:59:22 PM) comp.unix.solaris I am experiencing strange problems when running 'find' on an NFS mounted directory tree. The command runs slow and uses a lot of system time (see explicit test results below): A directory that I use for test... js

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Looking into C-include files on VMS 191 56 (10/27/2009 10:03:05 PM) comp.os.vms Hi, I am currently trying to make compiling cdrtools a bit more automated. I received a login for OpenVMS XXX 0 V7.2 VAX_7000-720 VAX First a question: is this the same as a HP 9000/720? The machine I hav... js154 (267)

OS X 10.6 can't mount DVD-Rs adhering to ISO 9660 (1999) ?! 13 28 (11/1/2009 11:10:00 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi I recently bought a Mac and realized, to my horror, that it can't mount any of my data DVD-Rs, which were recorded using the ISO 9660:1999 format standard. Indeed, the Wikipedia seems to suggest that OS ... alex.etc.miller (8)

Problem writing to DVD on P520 running AIX 5.3 7 68 (2/25/2010 7:39:49 PM) comp.unix.aix Folks, I have having trouble writing to DVD on a brand new P520 running AIX 5.3. # /usr/sbin/burn_cd -d /dev/cd0 cd_image_409662.vol1 Running readcd ... /usr/bin/readcd: Invalid argument. Cannot send SCSI cm... shahhe (6)

Reusing DVD+RW disks with cdrecord 45 185 (6/21/2010 6:35:53 AM) comp.os.linux.misc How do I reuse a DVD+RW disk using cdrecord? Do I need to erase the disk first, or does a subsequent record simply go over the top? If I need to erase the disk, how do I do this? Does cdrecord provid... Mark

"pfexec" als replacement for "sudo" only available for Solaris? 9 542 (7/3/2010 6:09:37 AM) comp.os.linux.misc As I learned a new command "pfexec" is introduced (at least) in Solaris. Is there a similar, advanced "sudo" available for Linuxes (e.g. Ubuntu) available as well? How do I install it? Peter ... peter_ha

cdrecord oddities 20 57 (5/11/2011 12:39:01 PM) comp.unix.aix hello group, this cdrecord thingy is going to drive me nuts. I have an IntelliStation 185 with an IBM branded DVD-RAM drive. With the IBM supplied "cdrecord" I can burn iso images to CD-R and with "readcd -w"... M.Kraemer (1958)

Hey, what happened to cdrecord? 12 32 (7/7/2011 11:20:55 AM) comp.os.linux.misc If the following two commands don't mean anything, plese ignore this posting: mkisofs -r -R -J -l -L -o atemp.iso atemp cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=ATA:1,1,0 -multi atemp.iso Under Fedora 5 for years I use... mailbox (50)

Lion question 17 24 (7/23/2011 3:05:56 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have an iMac about 3 years old. It has a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM. Would Lion run well on this machine? I'd rather not get it if it will slow everything donw thanks. -- Micha... guitarist (27)

Oversized DVD 28 49 (7/31/2011 1:35:24 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I have an .iso file I want to burn, but it's about 6.1G. Too big for my simple DVD+R burner. Short of buying a new burner, do I have any options? If no, do I need to buy a blu-ray? nb -- vi ...the heart o... notbob6201 (52)

Trying to burn an iso to DVD 4 80 (12/6/2011 11:54:00 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, I am trying to burn an ISO to a DVD. What am I doing wrong here? # growisofs -dvd-compat -allow-limited-size -Z \ /dev/sr0=SL-61-x86_64-2011-07-27-Everything-DVD1.iso g... Todd3275 (76)