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AUS, last but one 2011

The wizards last but one AUS (Advanced Unix Scripting) workshop in 2011 is due to come.

 The question is:

      Why is the shell so special? (see: local workshop entry )

  Answers will be given at the usual time  (first or third friday of the month) and location ( The Buero 2.0 ).

Regards

max.


Advanced Unix Scripting, 21. October, Date changed


Wiping an USB Disk

$Id: disk-wiping.txt,v 1.6 2011-08-07 02:24:29 mt Exp $

Copyright © 2011 Max. Techter. All Rights Reserved.

From time to time I am asked to supply an empty USB disk. Some people want me to see the latest and hottest US TV serials, not yet available in old, lagging Europe. Of cause I have to wipe the disk before, handing it out. In most cases I wipe with `dd if=/dev/zero...'. Shredding would be superior, but writing a layer of zeros already takes enough time. Having 75% wiped, then shutting the machine down the work is lost ...


Job Control - Advanced


Recursive Symlink Resolving


N P D


Job Control - An Introduction