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I have mysql running on FC3. In the mysql/var directory, I see there are a bunch of host.bin.0000x (where x is a number like, 1,2,3, etc) files. They look like old data in the db. If I do a drop database in mysql, does the data in that db automatically deleted? Also, if I know those...

Hi, I have a .src.rpm file and did a rpm -ivh to it. It creates a spec file as well as other tar file. If I run rpm -ivh again on the created binary, the resulted files are put into the default location in /etc. Is there a way to change /etc to somewhere else? I know I need to edit the spec...

I have 3 computers in a home network. 2 of them (Comp A and B) have wireless nics and 1 (Comp C) has a 10/100 based wired nic. All computer are connected to a D-link wireless router and can access the Internet w/o any problem. I have problem trying to create a share folder between Comp A and...

I have a tree structure that represents the network topology and would like to display this tree on a browser. One thing that came to my mind is XML. I can expand and collapse the topology in a browser. Is this a good way to go? If it is, what cpan module is available for going from Tree...

Hi, When I do vmstat, 1 of the values return is the context switch in the current system. What is the significant of this value? I understand what context switching is, but don't understand what is the use of it. Does a higher number means the system is more utilized? How does it related to...

Hi, The ps command has a fixed output size for each line. Is that size changable? Is it compiled into the kernel? Also, is this size OS dependent? Thanks, Rhyme