Re: [techtalk] Converting PMMail files to Maildir or mbox format

1999-12-22 Thread Subba Rao
On 0, Caitlyn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Subba, > > > > I am in the process of moving my mail from a OS/2 box. The mail client > > here is PMMail. Each email is stored in a seperate file, like in Maildir. > > I have moved these files to linux, but cannot read them using Mutt to > >

Re: [techtalk] python problem

1999-12-22 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:43:45AM +1100, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: [... problem description snipped for space reasons ...] > The problem does indeed exist (which I was not willing to believe initially, > since it just seemed so silly), but it is not Python's fault! It is a problem > in the Linux

[techtalk] Kernel Compilations and lilo configs.

1999-12-22 Thread The Cat In The Hat
$EDIT = your editor of choice - no flames please. >1) load the kernel onto a floppy so I can make sure linux will> boot >with the new kernal Put a blank floppy in the drive. As root at the /usr/src/linux prompt type make zdisk >2) backup the old kernal You don't really have to back it

Re: [techtalk] Mounting CD's and Floppies/Using Control Panel

1999-12-22 Thread T. E. Pickering
> > under RH 6.1, the permissions on floppies and cdroms and such are > > switched over to be owned by whoever is logged on to the console. > > when noone's on console, they switch back to root. > > Interesting. One thing I can't figure out is what happens when two > different users log in to th

Re: [techtalk] Perl Books?

1999-12-22 Thread Tech Docs
Thanks Brian. Cheers! Sriram - Original Message - From: Brian Engle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [techtalk] Perl Books? > http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/dir.programminglanguages.perlandcgi1.ht > ml > > you ca

Re: [techtalk] Mounting CD's and Floppies/Using Control Panel

1999-12-22 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 22-Dec-99 Re: [techtalk] Mounting CD'.. by "T. E. Pickering"@astro. > under RH 6.1, the permissions on floppies and cdroms and such are > switched over to be owned by whoever is logged on to the console. > when noone's on console, they switch back to root. Interesting.

RE: [techtalk] Perl Books?

1999-12-22 Thread Brian Engle
http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/dir.programminglanguages.perlandcgi1.ht ml you can't actually download it in like a .tar file or anything like that, but you can read it straight from the website, through a borwserif it's that important, you can copy and paste every page into a text edito

Re: [techtalk] Converting PMMail files to Maildir or mbox format

1999-12-22 Thread Robert Kiesling
"Caitlyn Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am in the process of moving my mail from a OS/2 box. The mail client > > here is PMMail. Each email is stored in a seperate file, like in Maildir. > > I have moved these files to linux, but cannot read them using Mutt to > > convert them to Maild

Re: [techtalk] Perl Books?

1999-12-22 Thread Kristin Ziel
If you check in informit's free library under the web-technologies section there are some perl reference books. You can't download them, but they are there and available for you to use. kristin > > Any place where I could download a Perl book for Linux-WHICH DOES NOT > VIOLATE ANY COPYRI

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Kristin Ziel
I looked on informit's site for copyright information, and here's what i found. This Web Site and the material on this Web Site, including but not limited to the text of any manuscripts provided on the Web Site (the "Manuscript"), may not be modified, copied, distributed, republished, download

Re: [techtalk] Converting PMMail files to Maildir or mbox format

1999-12-22 Thread Caitlyn Martin
Hi, Subba, > I am in the process of moving my mail from a OS/2 box. The mail client > here is PMMail. Each email is stored in a seperate file, like in Maildir. > I have moved these files to linux, but cannot read them using Mutt to > convert them to Maildir named files. The PMMail files are name

Re: [techtalk] Perl Books?

1999-12-22 Thread Tech Docs
Folks Any place where I could download a Perl book for Linux-WHICH DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY COPYRIGHTS? I am totally new to Perl and it is since long time I have even done any bit of programming. Cheers! Sriram __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores.

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Jenn V.
Tech Docs wrote: > > Folks > > I am happy that I have done nothing against the law of ethics such as > copyright violation. Those books you find there are my endless efforts in > search of them on the net. I finally managed to download them and decided to > put them in public for others and pa

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Tech Docs
Folks I am happy that I have done nothing against the law of ethics such as copyright violation. Those books you find there are my endless efforts in search of them on the net. I finally managed to download them and decided to put them in public for others and pass on the information. Cheers! Sr

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Marlene E. Morley
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Telsa Gwynne wrote: >They're all legit? Oh, lovely. Thanks. Yes, informit.com is all legit. MCP (The macmillian publishing company) put up all of thier books on a website for free. They just recently moved it to informit.com. I wish that other book companys would take a hint

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Steve Kudlak
Robert Kiesling wrote: > Telsa Gwynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > > They're all legit? Oh, lovely. Thanks. > > > > Sorry to the original poster for jumping to conclusions, but the > > copyright about "no unauthorised reproduction" in one of them > > did throw me. :) > > Fortunately someone

Re: [techtalk] Mounting CD's and Floppies/Using Control Panel

1999-12-22 Thread T. E. Pickering
under RH 6.1, the permissions on floppies and cdroms and such are switched over to be owned by whoever is logged on to the console. when noone's on console, they switch back to root. also, the option "owner" is specified in /etc/fstab as in: /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso966

RE: [techtalk] Mounting CD's and Floppies/Using Control Panel

1999-12-22 Thread Cathy James
The simplest way to read/write a DOS floppy is with the mtools package. There are a set of commands such as mdir, mcopy, etc. that mimick the behavior of the equivalent DOS commands. I've found this to be simpler than messing around trying to mount floppies with mount. >-Original Message--

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Robert Kiesling
Telsa Gwynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > They're all legit? Oh, lovely. Thanks. > > Sorry to the original poster for jumping to conclusions, but the > copyright about "no unauthorised reproduction" in one of them > did throw me. :) Fortunately someone clarified that, so they're still in cir

Re: [techtalk] Linux Books

1999-12-22 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 03:59:36PM -0600 or thereabouts, Kristin Ziel wrote: > Well..I know that several sites have these books publically available to > browse through them at that site. I don't know what each site's specific > terms are, but they are still offering the book for sale if you like