smbclient + tar

Hi all. I use smbclient in conjunction with tar /usr/local/bin/smbclient -d0 //$winpc/$share \ $password -Tc $backupdir/$backupfile $windir && to back up work from my Windows PC. I noticed that tar skipped files. If anyone used it, how reliable is it? Also if there are any suggestions to backup

magneto-optical drives

Hi all. I am not sure whether it is the right thread for my kind of question. If it isn't please let me know where to post it. I was wondering if any of the people on this list were able to mount and read (don't need writing) successfully Maxtor magneto-optical drives, or any magneto-optical drive

tar or gtar

Hi all. I am running 5.3. I noticed that by default the BSD tar is used. Are there any advantages of gtar over tar? If so which ones? Also which compression switch is more efficient -z or -Z ? Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

DVD image making utility, equivalent to mkisofs

Good day all! I've been trying to get mkisofs to create a DVD image for me on my FreeBSD (5.3) machine, in order to be able to burn it on Nero (Windows 2000). The utility does create an ISO image rather quickly, however when I open it with Nero, the program refuses to recognize it as a DVD im

DVD image making utility, equivalent to mkisofs

The port sysutils/dvd+rw-tools provides growisofs, which should do the trick. HTH, Mario As far as I could derive from growisofs' man page, it only writes data out to a DVD, not to an image. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lis

DVD image making utility, equivalent to mkisofs

mkisofs -dvd-video % man mkisofs ... -dvd-video Generate DVD-Video compliant UDF file system. This is done by sorting the order of the content of the appropriate files and by adding padding between the files if needed. Note that the sort-

ipfilter / ftp

Hi all. I am trying to set up an ftp box, have a some problems. I am using vsftp as the ftp server, with IPfilter as a firewall. During large transfers, the ftp client would suddenly stop with a message "Operation failed, no route to host". Any ideas? I am using FreeBSD 5.3 Release, vsftp ftp ser

Which is the best PDF utility ?

KDE has kpdf, GNOME has gpdf. Both are alright if you want to read. There's also a possibility of running Adobe's Acrobat, but as far as I know it needs Linux emulation. It's the ugliest of the three, but the most functional. Mike ___ freebsd-question