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Thank you for the headslap.
I will try to be as clear as can be in future post questions.

write a bash script that goes through each file listed in /dev and writes out its id.
apropos file should be a good beginning to understanding file types while every thing is represented as a file.

Thank you for the reply. I did not write down the name of the file at the location: usr/share/doc/apt/examples The file is referenced as an index of all of the configurable tools in the apt suite. There in that file the word armel is pre written in as a value for architecture, most likely as an exam...

hello all How does one find a definitive with armel as being in the architecture structure. tried arch and lscpu, bosh show x86_64 /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/ forgot the complete name -- it is the index for all apt suite of tools. This file has armel as a value for archicture . and is tossing stone...

I am reading the bash manual, came across tokens , found my way to ifs. did some searching online with "Debain ifs/IFS". went into the machine Debian 7.5 Wheezy. Tried man ifs/IFS apropos ifs/IFS i tab tab no ifs found on the machine typed in ifs here in the search database box. zilch ever...

Hello What are the availability`s for cross platform sql , gui, application development using raw code in the Debian environment. I would rather work with raw code. I have been working with PHP MySQL, need to advance to Universe Application Development cross platform Raw Code for both mobile and des...

Debian 7.4
what would bring up a 3 second message at the top of the screen desk top at wake_up something to the tune of "irq handler" message disappeared to fast to read.
Thanks

experiencing similar in Debian OS 7.3 W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-amd64_packages) my question is: why is the error message showing a file from /var/lib/lists when the pro...

OS = Debian 7.3 on a pre built z reason machine while trying to figure out what and why there is a 5 second message at start up at the top of the screen, something about irq handler i have gone through /var/logs and see that acpi is having difficulties. before running debconf i am trying to run debc...

read man dpkg will allow solutions to be found. also one needs to look at apt config. do dpkg -l 'apt' | less and dpkg -l 'aptitude' | less two completely different packages as this will list all file locations for the given package. and one would reference back to a local file while becoming famili...

OS = Debian 7.3 default install. pre-installed on z reason machine while looking at gnome Log File Viewer. left column or pane, syslog. while looking at current date the app will automatically jump back to the previous date, another completely different page, annoying. Question: Where is the config ...

no actually i was trying to point towards process`s and the bash shell processing process`s while the terminal application represents the shell and has multiple terminal application windows open and one of those windows having a process hanging while the other open terminal window is processing comm...

what is the proper use of the bash shell while having several terminal windows open. as an example. cd file string sensible-browser file.html while the call to sensible browser has that instance of that call tied up with the browser and its just setting there and i bring up another term window to lo...

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your examples:
/etc/nanorc
/home/me/.nanorc

here in this machine 7.3 Debian
i see
etc/nanorc -------as a example initialization file.
/home/me/.nanorc --------zero file or directory

i guess i will need to slap a file together for `/.local

Thank you

In nanorc (5) The Description states nano will read SYSCONFDIR/nanorc. Question: what is SYSCONFDIR , does this pertain to Debian. after reading zillions of man pages i understand that they are generic in their approach to understanding. I love theses innuendo`s . SYSCONFDIR does not seem to be a in...

apt-cache search php5 | less sift through that for some packages or mods for mail. or what are you using for a cgi ip tables has some excellent documentation. go into Debian packages for the ip tables package, right side source, some screwing around find the website go through the list. its in there.

cd /etc cat group | less are you a member of the adm group there is a sudo group and i am not a member, yet i am able to use sudo file_name this address gives some good pointers for administration configuration. http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Debian_7.0&p=initial_conf&f=1 Look at th...

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I am trying to find out if mod_php5 actually exists and to find out more about it . I did come across mod_php5 in the debian wiki at this page: https://wiki.debian.org/LaMp i could not make contact with the author for the entry and could not open a account because of some glitch that i have no contr...

there is a village just north east of Dijon where my ancestry comes from, and carries the family name. any way it is not that difficult to type into a search engine adobe flash preferences and click on the official web site and see what can be configured and leave one wondering why they cannot work ...