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Can I pipe any two processes to each other?
In this page from The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, it is said that:
A major difference between pipes and sockets is that pipes require a
common parent process to set ...
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Why is resolv.conf spelled without the 'e'? [duplicate]
A curiosity question which google has been unable to answer for me:
Why is 'resolv.conf' spelled without the trailing 'e'? I'm sure there's a valid historical reason going back to the early days of ...
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Looking for meta-recipe for installing homebrew recipes under BSD
Is there a way to install homebrew recipes under BSD? (NetBSD, to be more precise.)
(To make matters worse, I don't have write access to /usr/local in this system, so I'd be installing homebrew ...
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PC BSD 9.1 not loading after initial install
I just tried to install PC-BSD 9.1 on my Alienware m14x-R3 laptop (with Optimus support), and it refuses to boot. It will come to the bootloader screen, but when I attempt to boot, the actual kernel ...
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What is the PKG_PATH for NetBSD 6.0.1 Binary Installs?
What is the value or URL for PKG_PATH used to inform NetBSD 6.0.1 where to download binary packages from? There seems to be a change in both servers as well as the path or directory layout for the ...
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Who are these BSD Unix contributors?
I'm trying to piece together the names of the people who contributed to BSD Unix, according to the contents of the SCCS logs. (This is the version control system used at the time.) A number of names ...
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PC BSD Warden network interface
The documentation for PC BSD's Warden mentions that the configuration of the right network interface is crucial.
However, it doesn't say what the "right" interface is. This may sound like a stupid ...
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Unix on a DEC VAX?
I just picked up a DEC VaxStation 4000 model 90 with a built in CDROM and an auxiliary SCSI storage module with tape archive drive. I believe it is functional although I cannot test it yet since I ...
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What is BS"D in Mac OS X and iOS Internals?
I just received my copy of Mac OS X and iOS Internals, and there is something a little strange:
Chapter 13: BS"D: The BSD Layer
Is there an explanation for the extra quote ?
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How do I check active crons?
I'm trying to hunt down a cron job (or the equivalent) which I know is running, but I can't find it in the default cron files for my system (FreeBSD / Linux / BSD). How can I tell which ones are ...
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Does hexdump respect the endianness of its system?
On my machine I get the following output when I run these commands:
$ echo foos > myfile
$ hexdump myfile
6f66 736f 000a
The output from hexdump is big-endian. Does this mean that my machine is ...
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Why does a default Linux installation run more processes than a default OpenBSD installation?
If I ps -aux on Ubuntu (or any GNU/Linux distribution) without GUI I see ~100 processes running. If I ps -aux on OpenBSD without GUI, then I get ~10 processes.
What is the explanation/reason for ...
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EPUB reader for *BSD/Linux
What are the best native EPUB readers for *BSD/Linux. Browser add-ons are not an option.
I prefer non-Qt applications but you can share Qt applications if you want. If possible, I want a program that ...
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Differences between UNIX, BSD and FreeBSD? [closed]
Could somebody tell me the difference between UNIX, BSD and FreeBSD?
I've been using Linux from always, but now I'm curious about FreeBSD and BSD, because maybe there are more "unix-legacy"... What's ...
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How Do I Add My Own Daemons in Arch Linux? (BSD-style init)
I have created a symlink to a start/stop/etc. wrapper bash script in /etc/rc.d, added it to DAEMONS=() in rc.conf, but the process it points to isn’t starting on boot, and isn’t showing up in the ...
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How can I instruct BSD sed to interpret escape sequences like \n and \t?
I have a sed replacement command that I would like to be compatible with BSD sed as well as GNU sed. Extended regular expressions are not an issue as I do not need them in this case. My primary ...
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openBSD static ip can't connect
I have set /etc/hostname.msk0 to
inet 192.168.1.102 255.255.255.0 NONE
and /etc/mygate to
192.168.1.1
but still can't ping the router (192.168.1.1) do I need to configure dns to ping ?
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chmod: What does the `+a` parameter mean?
I was following a tutorial and it told me to run
sudo chmod +a "SOME_PARAMS" some/dir
I was surprised to see that fail telling me
chmod: invalid mode: `+a'
So I wonder: What does the +a mode ...
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Recompile Apache22 with threading seamlessly?
I just found out today that our apache installation was installed without threading support (we need this for mod_wsgi).
Will the following in the apache22 ports folder reinstall our apache with ...
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Chown and the risk of corrupting the backup disk
I am about to modify the file ownership recursively in a filesystem that uses ACLs. Because it is my backup disk, I thought I'd solicit comments on the script before I run it.
#!/bin/bash
# Replace ...
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What do different BSDs have in common?
... and what are the differences between them? I formulated my question like this to make it clear I'm not interested in a flamewar of opinions, rather in an objective comparison between the different ...
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Do BSD and SunOS have multithreaded architectures?
I'm interested in operating systems that have a multithreading architecture, like Mach and BeOS; not ones that depend on libraries like POSIX to be multithreading. Do BSD and SunOS have a ...
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BSD Books - Best books for OpenBSD and FreeBSD [closed]
I will begin a thorough study of the OpenBSD and FreeBSD, which are the most complete books?
I found these, which are the best?
Openbsd books
Freebsd books
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Insert after a second pattern in sed
I'm using sed to edit a text file. The command:
sed -n -e '/pattern1/,/pattern2/p' test01.txt
show the lines between pattern1 and pattern2. But how can I insert a new line after this pattern2? my ...
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What are the main differences between BSD- and linux-based operating systems?
I am a long time linux user and have recently become interested in playing about with BSD-based operating systems. What are the differences between linux and BSD-based systems. I am interested in ...
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Printing the current date/time with sub-second precision
GNU date(1) understands the %N format spec, which outputs nanoseconds, so:
$ date +%H:%M:%S.%N
outputs 19:10:03.725196000
BSD date doesn't understand %N. How can I print the current time with ...
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Framebuffer on OpenBSD?
I am migrating from Linux to OpenBSD, and one of the things I miss from my old OS is how even the consoles looked nice (so nice you could actually watch movies in there) under framebuffer using a ...
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Can I use the same binary on Linux, *BSD and Illumos?
I want to know, if I can use the binary of a program without modification on the three systems? After all they are all Unices. I talk about the same architecture.
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How to use keyfiles,for ZFS whole disk encryption?
Does anyone have a working implementation using keyfiles, preferably on SD Card, instead of a prompt for ZFS? I know how to do this with linux LVM/LUKS. In my opinion the FreeBSD full disk ...
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Which to choose - BSD or Unix-style commands where available?
Commands like ps come with a lot of parameters, especially because they give the use an option to choose between Unix and BSD style flags. I hope you get my point here.
So, when there's such an ...
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If I connect a physical device, how can I ever know which device file belongs to it?
Say I plug in several USB drives which don't get automatically mounted. How can I find out which device file belongs to which physical device, so I can mount it for example?
I'm running Mac OS X but ...
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Fun, tricky and hard questions for Unix/Linux Admin interview [closed]
I am now preparing process of recrutation for group of Unix/Linux Administrators and I was wondering if maybe you have idea for fun or tricky or hard questions to ask the candidates in order to test ...
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How to mount a USB stick in FreeBSD?
I am running a FreeNAS (FreeBSD version) on a DELL R310, but when I connect a USB stick it does not automatically get mounted. The same stick does get automatically mounted in CentOS/Fedora.
How do I ...
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What can you do to a file without triggering the “Change” Timestamp?
What can you do to a file without triggering the "Change" stat? For instance, it appears that simply changing a bit will trigger Change.
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BSD Virtual Private Servers
I know of a couple of VPS providers that support BSD distros (rootbsd and prgmr), but I'm wondering if anyone has any other solutions they'd recommend? Moreover, I'm very curious why BSD support in ...
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Which are the biggest offshoots of UNIX? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Evolution of Operating systems from Unix
I've seen the giant UNIX family trees, and I'm trying to figure out. If you were to classify its offspring into major ...
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best BSD distro for Desktop PCs? [closed]
I want to know if the bsd distros are for the desktop usage at all
If yes; What is the Best bsd distro for desktop usage some thing like ubuntu linux which is easy to use and good GUI management ...
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Installing Texlive on PC-BSD 8.2
How can I install TexLive on PC-BSD 8.2 and set all the environment variables?
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Change the time format for the touch command in BSD
I am wondering how to change the time format when I am modifying a time with the touch command in the c shell.
For example I need to use
touch -a -t 051512002015 file.txt
This will change the ...
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Free/Open Source secure Skype alternative on Fedora & OpenBSD?
Criteria:
Audio/video calls
Encrypt the whole traffic [with a good encryption]
ported to windows 7 too
runs on Fedora, OpenBSD
Does anybody know a good alternative?
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Open Source router firmware options?
What distro's exist that are designed for routers? Please include the following
link to the project page
link to supported hardware list
what distinguishes them, why pick this option
friendly web ...
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Is there a BSD operating system that can be booted off a logical drive partition?
From several BSD operating systems' documentation, there is a requirement for it to be booted off a primary partition. Is there any BSD that can be booted off a logical partition in some indirect ...
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How do I choose between Unix / Linux and Windows in a Server environment?
I need a server, and I'm used to windows at home and in the office, but it seems that Unix / Linux is an option, but I don't really know what it is. I don't know which one to get, how do I choose? ...
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Resources System V vs BSD
I'm searching for some detailed resources about the differences of System V and BSD concepts.
For example:
Interprocess Communication
Sockets vs TLI
...
Some sort of pro/cons discussion with ...
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Are there any good tutorials for NetBSD and daemontools?
I'm looking for some good resources on running daemontools on a NetBSD box. I've installed the binary package via pkg_add, but I can't seem to find an rc script for starting, e.g., svscan. I'm mostly ...
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Which BSD to start with?
So I've been a linux user since June 2008. My first distro was Ubuntu.
I've tried OpenSuSE, Fedora, Mandriva, Linux Mint, Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux and Arch Linux, and I was thinking about giving ...
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How do you choose a distribution?
I'm currently looking at putting a Linux (although BSD is still an option) distribution on my old laptop. However, I'm not sure how to wade through all of my options - rolling releases versus not, ...
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Where does Mac OS X come from?
Discussing with Mac owners, I got several versions of where Mac OS X comes from. It is known to have some root in BSD, but how much, and where?
Some say that Mac OS X has a FreeBSD kernel, with all ...
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Easy incremental backups to an external hard drive
For a while I used Dirvish to do incremental backups of my machines, but it is slightly cumbersome to configure, and if you do not carry a copy of your configuration it can be hard to reproduce ...
