Archive for September 15th, 2006
September 15th, 2006
dmesg linux boot messages
dmesg command
The messages that appear on the screen while Linux in booting are saved in a file named /var/log/dmesg these messages can again be view for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes etc either by displaying the file /var/log/dmesg or by simply giving the command dmesg at the prompt
the imax | 3:21 pm | Linux/Unix | No Comments
September 15th, 2006
du command in linux
du command in Linux is used too check the amount of disk space being used by a directory and its sub directories , if we give the du command without specifying a directory than the commands work for r the pwd or the directory in which we are working currently
Here are some of the switches than can be used with the du command
du -a Shows counts for all files and directories.
du -b Displays size in bytes.
du -c Prints a total for all arguments after they are processed.
du -h Creates human readable output, appending letters such as M for megabytes.
du -k Displays size in kilobytes.
du -m Displays size in megabytes.
du -s Displays a summary total for each argument.
du -x Skips directories containing file systems other than the one contained in the argument
the imax | 3:20 pm | Linux/Unix | No Comments
September 15th, 2006
Fastmail.fm serving ads
I have been using Fastmail.fm as my primary email provider for many years now and I am pretty much satisfied by their service, some things which I find really cool by fastmail is their slick and fast web interface and ability to use IMAP for free. However recently things have started to change and they have now added banner ads to their web interface, they were initially saying that the banners will always remain non intrusive and limited to text links but now you can see them serving animated ads. This will be definitely a turn off for a lot of people who has been using Fastmail since long . Fastmail has even failed to keep up with the big providers in the war for email space. Even the Fastmail account which comes with a one time payment has a mere 16 MB of web space, 16 MB and that too when you are paying or it just like peanuts these days. I can bet that in the coming years Fastmail will have a tough time surviving against big players like Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail , they definitely need to rethink their business model.