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POP-3 email filter? 4 40 (8/21/2003 9:44:08 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I am looking for a POP-3 client that can download an initial segment of large e-mail messages and perform procmail-like matching to decide whether the message should be downloaded in its entirety or simply del... rnichols

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tar terminates unexpectedly when piped to dd ? 9 206 (7/2/2003 10:07:58 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi everyone, I'm having a problem piping the output of tar (for a backup) through the following script "cut.sh": - - - - - - - - - #!/bin/bash SYNTAX="Syntax: $0 [target_file_prefix] [segment_size]" if [ $#... nospam---numlock (50)

weird problem with symbolic link to directory 2 66 (7/8/2003 7:50:35 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, On one of my Linux boxes, I've managed to create a symbolic link that has some strange properties. The most frustrating of those properties is that I cannot delete the symlink. I was trying to create a... Ryan

scsi dat drive help 10 36 (8/28/2003 9:31:28 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I've just installed a scsi dat drive but I can't see it under Kdat. Nor can I mount it, it says there is no device at /dev/st0 (or any other one I pick). Yet I can select the format option and format it ok ... Nick2745 (19)

CHMOD question 8 45 (9/30/2003 10:01:21 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Anyone knows how to change the permission on a file so it becomes a directory? -- Luca P.� Tir na nOg agus Tir na mBeo, Tir gan br�n ar bith. T� s� i gc�in san iarthar bu�, Ar chladach na mara goirme. ... benitodux2 (2)

chroot question. 15 55 (10/10/2003 7:44:02 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've just been reading up on chroot, and there are a few things I haven't been able to find out from the documentation I've found. At the moment I want to use it to set up a chrooted mandrake installation on my... news37 (285)