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Posted 11-19-2011 at 08:24 AM by Web31337 (In The Middle Of Nowhere [edK's blog])
Updated 06-20-2012 at 11:51 PM by Web31337

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'stat' vs 'date' w/re string manipulation in Bash scripts

Posted 11-17-2011 at 05:31 PM by SilversleevesX
Updated 11-17-2011 at 05:42 PM by SilversleevesX

I started browsing the Web tonight looking to do something I had been doing in my Bash scripts with stat and three more lines of string cutting in one line instead.

I had been using stat -c &y file to get a file's modification date in scripts, but I have never liked the nine-digit "blink-of-an-eye" part of the return on that command. My method up till now has been to eliminate it with lines like these:

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gdate=$(stat -c %y foo.jpg)
pqdate=$(echo ${gdate%.*})

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using dfsbuild to build a debian from scratch

Posted 11-17-2011 at 09:19 AM by adriankevin

I want to create my own debian distribution using dfsbuild (v 1.0.2.0) but i got the error:

Project:/home/adrian# dfsbuild -c /etc/dfsbuild/dfs.cfg -w /home/adrian/dfs/
[dfs/INFO] Welcome to dfsbuild. Image architecture: "i386"
[dfs/INFO] Using working directory /home/adrian/dfs
[dfs/INFO] Using library directory /usr/lib/dfsbuild
[dfs/INFO] Running.
[dfs/INFO] Mirroring process starting.
[dfs/INFO] Running cdebootstrap for testing...

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Hello!

Posted 11-16-2011 at 07:08 AM by kbscores

This is my first blog entry! Going to introduce myself and explain a little bit about what I am going to blog about.

As of right now I am a junior sys admin at a medium sized datacenter. I primarily work with RHEL, so the bulk of my blogs will be in reference to that operating system. I have been here for about six months and have learned a lot.

About one month ago the only other Linux SA left and that forced me to learn fast. Even though there are several other...

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