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   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
   From: SINNER    
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   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:11:41 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
      
   > SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:   
   >    
   >> * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >>> BlackTopBum  writes:   
   >>   
   >>>> Sybren Stuvel, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   >>>>> BlackTopBum enlightened us with:   
   >>>>>> The way you have it is read-only. To *write* to a file using nano   
   >>>>>> requires the '-w': example: sudo nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst .   
   >>   
   >>>>> Read the manual:   
   >>   
   >>>>>    -w (--nowrap)   
   >>>>>           Disable wrapping of long lines.   
   >>   
   >>>>> It's to prevent line wrapping in configuration files that can't   
   >>>>> handle wrapped lines.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> Well, damn - you're right! I mistakenly *assumed* it meant "write"   
   >>>> from my days using Gentoo. My bad ... thanks for correcting me,   
   >>>> Sybren.    
   >>   
   >>> And using wrong command line on a file like menu.lst would ......   
   >>   
   >> In the above scenario, nothing. That said, if you are too stupid to   
   >> back up a system file before altering it, you deserve what you get   
   >> and you dont have to be a nood to understand the concept.   
   >    
   > Right. This is so typical. Someone who knows a lot always   
   > underestimating other peoples lack of knowledge.   
      
   What the hell are you off about now? If a Windows user makes a change to    
   the registry or to an INI file and does not make a backup of the file    
   PRIOR to editing, they are a fool.    
      
   We are talking BASIC knowledge here not linux V windows or noob v expert.    
   I never said to depend on the editor to make a back up, I said MAKE A    
   BACKUP, intentionally. Stop making rediculous assumptions while you are    
   accusing others of doing the same.   
      
   > A lot of editors back   
   > up by default. Does nano? I dont know.   
      
   Who cares if it does? I NEVER depend on editor backups, they overwrite    
   the previous backup. I create a backup with a date/time in the name.   
      
   >    
   > But to compare giving incorrect "sudo" lines to not backing up is,   
   > well, somewhat stupid.   
      
   No, it isnt. If you used a little logic sometimes you might get it.   
      
   BEFORE making a change to any file on your system with any editor while a    
   user or sudo'd to root BACK UP the damn file, if you didnt, and you    
   blindly pasted something into a terminal and had no idea what you are    
   doing the only one at fault, is the user, not the provider of the    
   information and not the OS or the software.   
      
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