Success, failure of the tar command recorded with time and date stamp
I needed to determine the amount of time it would take to archive large amount of data on my unix server. If I had infinite amount of free time I …
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How to delete a file or directory with special characters using the inode in Unix or Linux
My fat fingers inadvertently created a directory on my unix server with special characters. I could not access this directory nor could I delete it. When I listed the directory …
Read MoreCheat Codes for Warcraft III
Tired of getting slaughtered by the computer, use the cheat codes. My favourite one is GreedIsGood (not case sensitive). To activate a code simply press the enter key, type in …
Read MoreHow to change the hostname in Solaris 10
To change the hostname in Solaris 10 you need to edit 3 files and appply the new name. /etc/nodename /etc/hostname.*interface, e.g. hostname.bge0 /etc/inet/hosts this file is a hard link to …
Read MoreGraco kids strollers safety recall.
Graco has issued a safety recall notice this morning. It is is second company to recall strollers in the past few weeks. Their website is very very slow today as …
Read MoreHow to determine the AIX OS level and Maintenance Level.
IBM had renamed the term maintenance level (ML) to technology level (TL). Here is an excerpt from IBM, “Although some systems administrators still use the term “maintenance level” when discussing …
Read MoreHow to list the type of fiber channel card and it’s WWN info in AIX
I needed to find out the type of fiber channel HBA cards installed in the Aix server. Here are the commands I used to find the information, Use the lsdev …
Read MoreHow to create a ZFS filesystem on two striped disk drives
I ran out of space on my SAN drive on the Solaris 10 SPARC server. Since I had two spare disk drives sitting in the server that were not being …
Read MoreGarmin Nuvi 760 gps got me lost in New York state – Part 1
I bought the Garmin 760 gps from my local Costco last summer. I used it on many trips across Ontario and it had always been very reliable. The GPS had …
Read MoreFormula to find a woman
This joke was emailed to me :)
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