So, I've decided to learn C++, and I'm looking through my
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs for something that sounds like it
might be applicable, and I spot README. So, being a good
little Slackie, I read it. It mentions HOWTO-INDEX. Hello,
what's this? So I take a looksee, and it's got them by
categories with a little blurb and stuff. And one of the
items listed is Tips-HOWTO.

Wow. There should be a big red READ THIS FIRST flag on
that one!

e.g.:
...........................................
2.6. Moving directories between filesystems. Alan Cox,
A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk

Quick way to move an entire tree of files from one disk to another

(cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -)

[ Change from cd /source/directory; tar....etc. to prevent possibility
of trashing directory in case of disaster. Thanks to Jim Dennis,
jim@starshine.org, for letting me know. -Maint. ]

2.7. mick@lowdown.com Finding out which directories are the largest.
Mick Ghazey,

Ever wondered which directories are the biggest on your computer?
Here's how to find out.

du -S | sort -n

2.8 ...
----------------------------------------------------------2.6
A discussion about 2.6 has been on the NG for a week or so, and I've
_always_ wondered how to accomplish what 2.7 is doing. That HOWTO is
just chock-full of stuff like that. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

Rich Grise wrote:

> So, I've decided to learn C++, and I'm looking through my
> /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs for something that sounds like it
> might be applicable, and I spot README. So, being a good
> little Slackie, I read it. It mentions HOWTO-INDEX. Hello,
> what's this? So I take a looksee, and it's got them by
> categories with a little blurb and stuff. And one of the
> items listed is Tips-HOWTO.
>
> Wow. There should be a big red READ THIS FIRST flag on
> that one!
>
> e.g.:
> ..........................................
> 2.6. Moving directories between filesystems. Alan Cox,
> A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk
>
> Quick way to move an entire tree of files from one disk to another
>
> (cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar
> xvfp -)
>
> [ Change from cd /source/directory; tar....etc. to prevent possibility
> of trashing directory in case of disaster. Thanks to Jim Dennis,
> jim@starshine.org, for letting me know. -Maint. ]
>
> 2.7. mick@lowdown.com Finding out which directories are the largest.
> Mick Ghazey,
>
> Ever wondered which directories are the biggest on your computer?
> Here's how to find out.
>
> du -S | sort -n
>
> 2.8 ...
> ----------------------------------------------------------2.6
> A discussion about 2.6 has been on the NG for a week or so, and I've
> _always_ wondered how to accomplish what 2.7 is doing. That HOWTO is
> just chock-full of stuff like that. :-)
>
> Cheers!
> Rich

HantsLUG has a page with stuff (I am in HantsLUG):

http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints

Also for directory size {ducks}:

http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/15

still pissed off about /\ that one - I paid £17.00 for the book only to find
it was on-line!

And books:

http://freebooks.by.ru/Linux.html

Nick