July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-c n
Set the cluster size to n sectors.
-C Create a disk image file. Useful only for virtual disks.
-H n
Set the number of hidden sectors.
-k Keep the existing boot sector as much as possible.
-L n
Set the length of the File Allocation Table (FAT).
-M n
Set the software sector size to n. The default is the physical
sector size. Possible values of n are 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096.
-N serialno
Choose a serial number. Use -a for an Atari-style serial
number, stored in the OEM label.
-r n
Set the root directory size to n sectors for 12- and 16-bit FAT
formats.
mimencode
mimencode [options] [filename] [-o output_file]
Translate to and from MIME multimedia mail-encoding formats.
By default, mimencode reads standard input and sends a base64-
encoded version of the input to standard output.
Options
-b Use the (default) base64 encoding.
-o output_file
Send output to the named file rather than to standard output.
-p Translate decoded CRLF sequences into the local newline
convention during decoding, and do the reverse during
encoding. Meaningful only for base64 encoding.
-q Use the quoted-printable encoding instead of base64.
-u Decode the standard input rather than encode it.
minfo
minfo [option] drive
Display information about an MS-DOS filesystem. See mtools for
more information.
Option ...
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