From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:02:26 WST-8WST,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,0 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 2064 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 12 August 2011 Number 2064 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Editor for large files? : Ed Durrant 2 eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Ed Durrant 3 Re: Editor for large files? : Paul Smedley 4 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Paul Smedley 5 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : madodel 6 Re: Editor for large files? : Voytek Eymont" 7 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Voytek Eymont" 8 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Chuck McKinnis 9 hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont" 10 Re: hooking Android up? : Dennis Nolan 11 Re: hooking Android up? : Ed Durrant 12 Re: hooking Android up? : Chuck McKinnis 13 Re: hooking Android up? : Ed Durrant 14 Re: hooking Android up? : Ed Durrant 15 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Ed Durrant 16 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Voytek Eymont" 17 Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? : Ed Durrant 18 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont" 19 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont" 20 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont 21 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont 22 Re: hooking Android up? : Peter Rehfisch" 23 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont 24 Re: hooking Android up? : Voytek Eymont 25 Re: Editor for large files? : Peter Moylan 26 Re: Editor for large files? : Peter Moylan 27 Re: Editor for large files? : Peter Moylan **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:47:19 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Editor for large files? Peter Moylan wrote: > Can anyone recommend a text editor or viewer for large files? I've just > discovered that a spammer is relaying through me. I've blacklisted his > IP address, but I need to look at the mail log to find out which > password has been compromised, and it turns out that the log file is 103 > MB. That's big enough to crash EPM, which was my previous large file > solution. > > I've tried EDA, which is the only OS/2 editor whose description on > os2site mentions "large files". (A similar search on Google is useless > because Google doesn't know the difference between OS/2 and OS X.) > Unfortunately that one crashes on startup, which is probably the reason > I've never heard of it. > > I started writing one of my own years ago, but other projects > intervened. I worked out how to handle large files, but never got around > to implementing any editing commands. Obviously I'd better revive that > project, at least to the point of making it a viewer. > > For now I'm going to archive the log file (usually I do that > automatically once a month), unblock the spammer, and see whether he > comes back long enough for me to see a login. > > Hi Paul, What about TEDIT - the non-gui editor that comes with eComStation? -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:49:30 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? Hi Dennis, Yes - there's even a yahoogroup dedicated to this. Was it Voytek who set this up ?? Dennis Nolan wrote: > Hi Peter > > The used to. > The first editor I used after moving on from cards was called Tyco. > Apart from buffering input it had some handy programming enhancements > like 4 stacks( they called them wells but they worked like a stack) > They were great for entering the repeditive definitions for COBOL > programs. > > Also the old dos editor, edline I think it was called required you to > read lines into the buffer before editing them. > > Dennis. > > > PS > Has anyone tried running ecs on a mac? > > > > > On 11/08/2011 8:34 PM, Peter Moylan wrote: >> Dennis Nolan wrote: >>> When I had to access super large files I resorted to a hex editor. >>> They are usually easy to search for text. Can not remember the name >>> at the moment. >> Thank you. It worked! (The hex editor I use is called hed_os2.exe). Now >> if the authors of a hex editor know how to buffer a file one screenful >> at a time in memory, how come the authors of text editors never figured >> out the same trick? >> >> Now I'm busily copying and pasting a section of file into a text editor, >> in the hope that it will let me find and decode the BASE64 string that >> the spammer used in an AUTH command. >> > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:27:25 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: Editor for large files? Hi All, On 12/08/11 06:17, Ed Durrant wrote: > Peter Moylan wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a text editor or viewer for large files? I've just >> discovered that a spammer is relaying through me. I've blacklisted his >> IP address, but I need to look at the mail log to find out which >> password has been compromised, and it turns out that the log file is 103 >> MB. That's big enough to crash EPM, which was my previous large file >> solution. >> >> I've tried EDA, which is the only OS/2 editor whose description on >> os2site mentions "large files". (A similar search on Google is useless >> because Google doesn't know the difference between OS/2 and OS X.) >> Unfortunately that one crashes on startup, which is probably the reason >> I've never heard of it. >> >> I started writing one of my own years ago, but other projects >> intervened. I worked out how to handle large files, but never got around >> to implementing any editing commands. Obviously I'd better revive that >> project, at least to the point of making it a viewer. >> >> For now I'm going to archive the log file (usually I do that >> automatically once a month), unblock the spammer, and see whether he >> comes back long enough for me to see a login. >> > Hi Paul, > > What about TEDIT - the non-gui editor that comes with eComStation? FTE-PM (On hobbes) has worked here on large files (ie 30mb+) Cheers, Paul -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:28:53 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? Hi Guys, On 12/08/11 06:19, Ed Durrant wrote: Dennis Nolan wrote: >> PS >> Has anyone tried running ecs on a mac? I've run eCS in Virtualbox on my wife's macbook and it runs fine. I also run eCS in Virtualbox on this desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 Cheers, Paul -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:17:37 -0400 From: madodel Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? On 08/11/11 16:58, Paul Smedley wrote: > Hi Guys, > > On 12/08/11 06:19, Ed Durrant wrote: > Dennis Nolan wrote: >>> PS >>> Has anyone tried running ecs on a mac? > > I've run eCS in Virtualbox on my wife's macbook and it runs fine. > > I also run eCS in Virtualbox on this desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 > > Cheers, > Which version of eCS? I have eCS 1.2 running under Parallels on my son's Macbook Pro. I haven't tried eCS 2.0 or 2.1. Mark -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:53:50 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: Editor for large files? On Fri, August 12, 2011 7:57 am, Paul Smedley wrote: > Hi All, > > > On 12/08/11 06:17, Ed Durrant wrote: > >> Peter Moylan wrote: >> >>> Can anyone recommend a text editor or viewer for large files? I've >>> just discovered that a spammer is relaying through me. I've >>> grep? -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:59:54 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? On Fri, August 12, 2011 7:49 am, Ed Durrant wrote: > Hi Dennis, > Yes - there's even a yahoogroup dedicated to this. Was it Voytek who > set this upon --s Not this Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:10:24 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? Do you mean this group? http://tech.groups.yahoo dot com/group/WarpOS2andeCS_onApple/ -- Chuck McKinnis Sandia Park, NM http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/ Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; for there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Proverbs 24:19,20 -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:17:26 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: hooking Android up? Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? What are limitations of USB drive size? I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at all - Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:22:37 +1000 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Hi Voytek I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather than a Mass Storage Device. I know that the iPhone, iPod and iPad are not MSDS Dennis. On 12/08/2011 8:17 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: > Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet > > What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? > > What are limitations of USB drive size? > > I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small > size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at > all > > > - > Voytek > > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 11 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:35:44 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: hooking Android up? You can set the iPOD in iTunes to be a mass storage device (I would expect iPhone as well), so that access direct to the "disk" in the device is possible from Windows or OSX but whether this MSD is compatible with OS/2 ? Ed. Dennis Nolan wrote: > Hi Voytek > > I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather than > a Mass Storage Device. > > I know that the iPhone, iPod and iPad are not MSDS > > Dennis. > > > On 12/08/2011 8:17 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: >> Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet >> >> What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? >> >> What are limitations of USB drive size? >> >> I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small >> size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at >> all >> >> >> - >> Voytek >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG > > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 12 ==========================** Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:33:55 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: hooking Android up? I have one of the little gadgets that allows one to hook almost any drive up for USB access. The largest I have tried is 40 Gb. Works fine, but the drive is an old system drive with full partitioning. http://www.newertech dot com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php On 8/11/2011 4:17 PM, Voytek Eymont wrote: > Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet > > What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? > > What are limitations of USB drive size? > > I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small > size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at > all > > > - > Voytek -- Chuck McKinnis Sandia Park, NM http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/ But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36 -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 13 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:42:24 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Answering my own suggestion. Connecting an iPOD set to work in disk mode to an eCS 2.0 system, the USB stack sees it and reports it as drive D: (in my case), however it does not show up in the drives folder. This could be caused by the LVM signature requirement on any USB MSD to work with eCS, it also could be that the MSD is not formatted FAT32. Messing with either of these is likely to stop the iPOD / iPhone from working, so probably not a good idea. However please remember the iPod / iPhone does not have an internal filesystem - each app has to do it's own IO drivers. In the case of Android however, it is a true OS with a Linux base and a filesystem so where the MSD approach doesn't work on Apple, it "may" work on Android systems. I am awaiting delivery of an Android based phone, so as long as I can easily reset it, I may do some tests when it arrives next week. Ed. Ed Durrant wrote: > You can set the iPOD in iTunes to be a mass storage device (I would > expect iPhone as well), so that access direct to the "disk" in the > device is possible from Windows or OSX but whether this MSD is > compatible with OS/2 ? > > Ed. > > Dennis Nolan wrote: >> Hi Voytek >> >> I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather than >> a Mass Storage Device. >> >> I know that the iPhone, iPod and iPad are not MSDS >> >> Dennis. >> >> >> On 12/08/2011 8:17 AM, Voytek Eymont wrote: >>> Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet >>> >>> What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? >>> >>> What are limitations of USB drive size? >>> >>> I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small >>> size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at >>> all >>> >>> >>> - >>> Voytek >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >=== >> > > -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 14 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:44:25 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Hi Chuck, I also have one of these devices, however I do not see its significance to connect to an Android phone. This device is to attach a physical harddisk (SATA or EIDE) to a USB port. Ed. Chuck McKinnis wrote: > I have one of the little gadgets that allows one to hook almost any > drive up for USB access. The largest I have tried is 40 Gb. Works > fine, but the drive is an old system drive with full partitioning. > > http://www.newertech dot com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php > > On 8/11/2011 4:17 PM, Voytek Eymont wrote: >> Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet >> >> What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? >> >> What are limitations of USB drive size? >> >> I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small >> size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at >> all >> >> >> - >> Voytek > -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 15 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:46:48 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? Voytek Eymont wrote: > On Fri, August 12, 2011 7:49 am, Ed Durrant wrote: > >> Hi Dennis, >> Yes - there's even a yahoogroup dedicated to this. Was it Voytek who >> set this upon >> > --s > > > Not this > > > Voytek > > > > > Ah yes sorry Voytek, perhaps it was Kris in Holland who was involved in installing eCS on a MAC? I believe he got it to work natively but with the usual problems of no support for WiFi or webcam (of course). Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 16 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:54:38 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? > Voytek Eymont wrote: > >> On Fri, August 12, 2011 7:49 am, Ed Durrant wrote: > Ah yes sorry Voytek please, no need to apologize, unearned praise is mostly welcomed -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 17 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:57:23 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: eCS on a Mac - was - Re: Editor for large files? Chuck McKinnis wrote: > Do you mean this group? > > http://tech.groups.yahoo dot com/group/WarpOS2andeCS_onApple/ > Yes that's the one: WarpOS2andeCS_onApple at yahoogroups dot com -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 18 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:58:29 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: hooking Android up? On Fri, August 12, 2011 9:42 am, Ed Durrant wrote: > I am awaiting delivery of an Android based phone, so as long as I can > easily reset it, I may do some tests when it arrives next week. pls post what you find -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 19 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:00:27 +1100 From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: hooking Android up? On Fri, August 12, 2011 9:22 am, Dennis Nolan wrote: > I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather than a > Mass Storage Device. some of the file manager apps have support for SMB, I'll try that, and, I guess I can telnet or ssh to OS/2, but, a USB plug in would be nice to have -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 20 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:07:48 +1000 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: hooking Android up? If I do 'smb scan' from ' file expert' app, I only see windows PC, not OS/2. What might I need to enable on Warp to advertise? Voytek Eymont wrote: > >On Fri, August 12, 2011 9:22 am, Dennis Nolan wrote: > >> I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather than >a >> Mass Storage Device. > >some of the file manager apps have support for SMB, I'll try that, and, >I >guess I can telnet or ssh to OS/2, but, a USB plug in would be nice to >have > > > >-- >Voytek > >-------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >======================== Voytek -- Swyped on my Motrix phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 21 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:15:14 +1000 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Tried setting up manual definition for the Warp PC from two file managers, no luck, they don't recognize OS/2 Voytek Eymont wrote: >If I do 'smb scan' from ' file expert' app, I only see windows PC, not >OS/2. > >What might I need to enable on Warp to advertise? > >Voytek Eymont wrote: > >> >>On Fri, August 12, 2011 9:22 am, Dennis Nolan wrote: >> >>> I would have thought that they would need to be networked rather >than >>a >>> Mass Storage Device. >> >>some of the file manager apps have support for SMB, I'll try that, >and, >>I >>guess I can telnet or ssh to OS/2, but, a USB plug in would be nice to >>have >> >> >> >>-- >>Voytek >> >>-------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >>======================== > >Voytek >-- >Swyped on my Motrix phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >-------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >======================== Voytek -- Swyped on my Motrix phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 22 ==========================** Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:36:53 +1100 From: "Peter Rehfisch" Subject: Re: hooking Android up? I looked at this when I got my Android but I was worried about the possibly flaky FAT32 or NTFS drivers, and the read-only status of the SDcard. As I have wifi at home, I use File Expert on the phone and enable the HTTP Network share. Then I can fire up Firefox on OS/2, go to the web adddress of the phone (e.g. 192.168.0.3:8080), and then add/delete/rename files on the phone from the OS/2 browser, and not have to worry about the USB cable. Peter R >Just got an Android, in fact Android duo, phone and tablet >What's the possibility of hooking Android device to OS/2over USB? >What are limitations of USB drive size? >I recall when I first enabled USBsupportit only allowed a certain small >size drives to be mounted? But I haven,t really used it very much if at >all >- >Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 23 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:07:08 +1000 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Peter, thanks,i wasn't aware File Expert can do that. Just tried, not sure I have set it up correctly, I'll try again later. But I just noticed Amazon had as an app of day wifi explorer, it has that function as well. Peter Rehfisch wrote: > >I looked at this when I got my Android but I was worried about the >possibly flaky FAT32 or NTFS drivers, >and the read-only status of the SDcard. > >As I have wifi at home, I use File Expert on the phone and enable the >HTTP Network share. Then I can fire up >Firefox on OS/2, go to the web adddress of the phone (e.g. >192.168.0.3:8080), and then >add/delete/rename files on the phone from the OS/2 browser, and not >have to worry about the >USB cable. Voytek -- Swyped on my Motrix phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 24 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:55:47 +1000 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: hooking Android up? Peter, Aaaah, the old (undocumented) long press trick, got it, great, many thanks! I still would like to access PC from Android, though, rather than from A Peter Rehfisch wrote: >As I have wifi at home, I use File Expert on the phone and enable the >HTTP Network share. Then I can fire up >Firefox on OS/2, go to the web adddress of the phone (e.g. >192.168.0.3:8080), and then Voytek -- Swyped on my Motrix phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 25 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:04:27 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Re: Editor for large files? Ed Durrant wrote: > Peter Moylan wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a text editor or viewer for large files? > > What about TEDIT - the non-gui editor that comes with eComStation? > Good suggestion. I hardly ever use TEDIT because its commands aren't intuitive to me, so I have to look at the help for practically every file. With a big file the help command gave an "out of memory" error, so no help available, but it did look as if it was handling the file. (The line counter wrapped at 65535, but that's not a show-stopper.) After about the first megabyte, though, it simply said "end of file". Apparently it loaded as much of the file as could fit in its memory buffer, and then stopped there without any error message. Parts of the file beyond that were inaccessible. While going through that first megabyte of the mail server log I did notice the server returning a "too many users" message to someone who was attempting about 50 connections/second. Apparently the dictionary attackers are now relying on massive paralellism to get through as many guesses as possible. Of course, this amounts to a denial of service to the legitimate users. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 26 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:09:04 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Re: Editor for large files? Paul Smedley wrote: > FTE-PM (On hobbes) has worked here on large files (ie 30mb+) > Thanks for that suggestion. I'm starting a download (the 2008/03/04 version) as I write this. Meanwhile, I've decided to revive my own old editor project. Whether or not I ever finish it, at least I can get it working as a viewer. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 27 ==========================** Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:26:22 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Re: Editor for large files? Paul Smedley wrote: > FTE-PM (On hobbes) has worked here on large files (ie 30mb+) > > First impression: looks promising. I haven't yet worked out how to move to the end of a large file (mine is over 100 MB). Searching for a timestamp towards the end crashes FTE, and so does a grep, but scrolling through works. (Although it would take forever that way to find the part I'm interested in.) Clearly I'll have to read the manual for more detail. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===