The Tale of Tail (Unix Command)

The Tale of Tail (Unix Command)

Posted by Sajith M.R in linux on 06. Mar, 2008 | 2 Comments

The most interesting and useful command i ever used is tail in unix. As the name indicate its duty is to show the last lines of a particular file. When take the case of log files such as error logs, always we have to know the last lines or last updations instead of reading from [...]

Mount NTFS File System in Ubuntu (debian)

Mount NTFS File System in Ubuntu (debian)

Posted by Sajith M.R in linux on 06. Feb, 2008 | 6 Comments

Steps:
1) sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
Installs ntfs-3g library
2) sudo fdisk -l
Shows all the disk drives
3) sudo mkdir /media/windowsC
Create a directory for mounting your NTFS file system

4) sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
Take a backup of old conf file
5) gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
Edit the configuration file
6) /dev/sda2 [...]