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What is the difference between Filesystem(device location) and Mounted point? both seems to be directory
What is the difference between Filesystem(device location) and Mounted point? Both seems to be directory. Where does actual data/files of the mounted device reside? in filesystem or mount point? What is the use of mount point if actual data lives in Filesystem?
XWindows-like mouse behaviour in Windows 7
I currently use Linux as my primary desktop OS, and have done for more years than I care to remember. In recent years I've settled on GNOME and XFCE as my environments of choice. For a number of reasons (pressure to use AD-based resources, better availability of supported software, etc) I am contem…
Wildcard for all subdirectories or all descendent directories in windows commandline
I am missing the wildcard character for directories. From linux I have in mind that one can define a path like this: which includes all js files from all descendent directories in the scripts directory tree. includes all direct subdirectories of scripts/. In the windows command line this seems not …
Advanced search in windows 7 for only folder names
My folder structure is like this: 70-515\Chapter01\Lesson1-Exercise1-Completed-CS 70-515\Chapter01\Lesson1-Exercise1-Completed-VB I want to search and delete all VB folders(including files inside them) inside 70-515 root folder. But I cannot use Windows 7 search filters correctly, I tried the follo…
What mobi readers for PC are there?
Until yesterday I used MobiPocket 6.2 to check my mobi files on my Windows PC before uploading them to my Kindle. Today however MobiPocket keeps crashing when starting the app. I already re-installed it and rebooted my XP PC, but no avail. Are there other mobi readers for PC?
What is the use for the "realtime" priority for a process?
In my experience, setting any process to realtime will make your computer slow down to a snails pace. What is the use of this setting, if it makes your computer unuseable?
Is sharing a tmux sockets between hosts possible?
I'm wondering if it's possible to share a tmux server socket between different hosts. For example, I have a virtual machine (guest) running inside my host, and I'm running a tmux session in the guest, is it possible for my host machine to access the guest's tmux session and do cool stuff with it? (…
Switching efficiently between windows, not apps, in OS X
Previous questions have asked "how can I efficiently switch between windows, not applications, in OS X"? (Switching windows on OS X, Switch between windows on Mac OS X? and others). The most recommended suggestions seem to be: Use some combo of cmd-tab and cmd-~. Use Expose, and possibly Spaces Use…
How to use makefiles on Windows
I have a LaTeX project using make files for compilation and want to write the texts on Windows using Kile. I had a quick look on google but only really came up with Make for Windows the last version of which dates back to 2006. Maybe it is just incredibly well done and stable, but I would still lik…
How do I use the Hand Tool as default in Adobe Reader?
I would like to use the Hand Tool as default for all documents in Adobe Reader on Windows. Currently it opens with the Select Tool. Does anyone know how to change this?
Transferring a large amount of data between continents
Possible Duplicate: Free way to share large files over the Internet? What are some options for transfering large files without using the Internet? My wife's lab is doing a project here in the US with collaborators in Singapore. They occasionally need to transfer a large amount of high-dimensional i…
How to disable flashing VirtuaWin systray icon? Window is not responding
I have to run an application which is not responding so ViruaWin isn't able to manage it. (There is a "1 window not responding" tooltip on its systray icon.) Because of the hanging VirtuaWin flashes its systray icon which is really disturbing. I'd like to disable the flashing. I've read the Window …
mv command confuses directory name with command option
I have a directory called , which I need to move to . Using the command in the following way, gives me the listed output. How can I use the to do what I want?
What if files change while rsync is running?
I am using rsync to copy ~10GB of small files. What happens if the files in the source directory are modified while rsync is running?
Program to dump ID3 tag structure
Is there a program that would dump the complete structure of ID3v2 tags? Not just the frame names and values, but full information such as frame order, text encoding, description encoding (for TXXX frames), presence of unsynchronization, presence of multiple tags... Background: I'm rather curious w…
How to repair a broken .EXE file association
After (hopefully) scrubbing viruses out of a Windows 7 installation (after deciding not to simply run over the laptop repeatedly with my car), I've got everything almost back to normal. The only lingering issue I have is that for my non-admin users, the ".exe" file extension doesn't work. That is, …
What is the difference between local and remote IP forwarding?
What is the difference in functionality between the two? I'm a bit confused by it. Local forwarding makes a remote port locally available. Remote forwarding makes a local port remotely available. But this 'availability' will work in both directions... or does it? E.g. the following (issued from a h…
Missing "eject" option on USB drives on Windows 7?
I have noticed that Windows 7 is not giving me the option to right-click and "eject" my new USB external hard drives. I still can safely remove them by clicking on the corresponding icon on the icon tray. I was wondering if: The option is missing because of an error or some undesired system change,…
Is it possible to use three screens with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics?
I'm getting a new Lenovo T520 with Intel integrated graphics. Is it possible to use three screens with Intel HD 3000 (the laptop internal screen + two external screens)?
How do you switch between Linux manual pages?
I'm new with Linux and have noticed that there are numbers beside certain commands I look up. For example I want to look up in the aspect of network programming, but shows this instead: So how do you switch between manual pages to other numbers like ~ ?