July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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--strip-trailing-slashes
Remove trailing slashes from source paths.
-S suffix, --suffix=suffix
Override the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment vari-
able, which determines the suffix used for making simple
backup files. If the suffix is not set either way, the default is a
tilde (~).
--target-directory=dir
Move all source files and directories into the specified
directory.
-u, --update
Do not remove a file or link if its modification date is the same
as or newer than that of its replacement.
-v, --verbose
Print the name of each file before moving it.
--version
Print version information and then exit.
mzip
mzip [options] [drive:]
Set modes or eject an MS-DOS-formatted ZIP or JAZ disk. See
mtools for information about handling MS-DOS filesystems. Unix-
formatted ZIP and JAZ drives can be handled as you would a
floppy or other removable media, using the mount and umount
commands.
Note that a ZIP drive is usually referred to as drive Z:, and a JAZ
drive as drive J:.
Options
-e Eject the disk.
-f Force eject (even if the disk is mounted). Must be used in
combination with -e.
-P Prevent writing to the disk without a password.
-q Query and display the disk status.
-r Put disk into read-only mode.
-u Make the disk writable, but restore write protection on eject.
-w Put disk into read/write ...
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