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2012-05-16 Unix/Linux OS - some strange phenomenon:

Hi.    There are two ways it can happen. Other than "restoring a snapshot of the VM".    Firstly, it could be that there is a cron job resetting the routes to some default. Is there a time regularity to

2012-04-25 Unix/Linux OS - Shell script awk error:

Hi Shinil,    Interesting problem.  Try this, just to be cheeky:    In the line that reads:  set -A SIDS `awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} !/^#/ && !/^\+/ && !/^\*/ && !/^$/{print $1}' ${ORATAB}`    Change it to this:

2012-04-24 Unix/Linux OS - Shell script error:

Well, looking at it now, I must admit, I have no idea why it is failing. "set -A name options..." will do the following:    1. unset all name[i] instances  2. set all name[i] = options[i]    And we can

2012-04-22 Unix/Linux OS - Shell script error:

Hi.    If the command succeeds on the prompt of your shell, it means that it is different from the shell set in that shell script. That command is an internal shell command. I think the Korn Shell you

2012-04-19 Unix/Linux OS - installing libraries:

Hi Tom,    On Debian Etch and Debian Squeeze with all the standard development libraries installed, I get this as the last line of output from ./configure:    checking for standard template library...