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From: kevin.dawson@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Kevin Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: AUTO question in SCRIPTS.
Message-ID: <1128.969.uupcb@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:15:00 GMT
Reply-To: kevin.dawson@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Kevin Dawson)
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Organization: Freddy's Place BBS - Edmonton, AB - 403-456-4241
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BBS: Freddy's Place
Date: 09-26-89 (04:42) Number: 71
From: KEVIN DAWSON Refer#: NONE
To: ALL Recvd: NO
Subj: Compress -P option..how?? Conf: (71) F-Unix
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Can someone please give me an example of how TAR internally uses
compress's -P option?
I need an example of what a command line would look like... The
Unix I'm using is 3.2.4. The book does little to explain this
option; specifically, I get stuck on what they mean by a "file
descriptor" in the following sentence:
"If the -P fd option is specified, compress reads a list of file names
from the pipe association with the file descriptor fd." (Taken from
page 75 paragraph 2)
I believe this command will help me store compressed files on a tape
without having to first compress the files. If I'm out in left field,
please suggest an alternate method. I do not want to store one big
compressed file. I want to retain file names.
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. OLX 2.2 . Hope is the conviction of things to come...
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BBS: Freddy's Place
Date: 10-09-92 (10:57) Number: 71
From: KEVIN DAWSON Refer#: NONE
To: ALL Recvd: NO
Subj: Auto Question in Scripts Conf: (71) F-Unix
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I want to add a twist to a question I have in a shell script.
Currently, it prompts the user for a Yes or No question.
I want to have the script resume in 5 miniutes if there is no response.
WHAT command or sequence will let me do this?
Please include an example.
Hopefully;
Kevin Dawson
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. OLX 2.2 . Hope is the conviction of things to come...