Comments on: How Old is that Data on the Hard Drive? http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: freephile http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6446 freephile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6446 Thanks for the article. <br /> <br /> Although routine, many users will be thrown off by the incomplete install instructions. The full procedure is:<br /> <br /> (system-wide)<br /> ./configure<br /> make<br /> sudo make install<br /> <br /> or if installing locally into your user account:<br /> mkdir --parents $HOME/bin/agedu<br /> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/bin/agedu<br /> make<br /> make install Thanks for the article.

Although routine, many users will be thrown off by the incomplete install instructions. The full procedure is:

(system-wide)
./configure
make
sudo make install

or if installing locally into your user account:
mkdir –parents $HOME/bin/agedu
./configure –prefix=$HOME/bin/agedu
make
make install

]]> By: webtenet http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6447 webtenet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6447 Just thought I should report a possible typo.<br /> <br /> "Aegdu - A Tool for Displaying Data Usage"<br /> <br /> Should it be "Agedu - A Tool for Displaying Data Usage", i.e. Agedu instead of Aegdu?<br /> <br /> Thanks. Just thought I should report a possible typo.

“Aegdu – A Tool for Displaying Data Usage”

Should it be “Agedu – A Tool for Displaying Data Usage”, i.e. Agedu instead of Aegdu?

Thanks.

]]> By: webtenet http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6448 webtenet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6448 In fact there are several places where it says "Aegdu" instead of "Agedu". Thanks. In fact there are several places where it says “Aegdu” instead of “Agedu”. Thanks.

]]> By: mortenb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6449 mortenb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6449 The -w option should use a local web-server.<br /> <br /> I do not like software that phone home. The -w option should use a local web-server.

I do not like software that phone home.

]]> By: melbogia http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6450 melbogia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6450 "..However, also tracking the “create” time and the “modify” time are very important as well. So, how does one get all of this information?"<br /> <br /> There's a typo here, pretty sure you meant "change" instead of "create" “..However, also tracking the “create” time and the “modify” time are very important as well. So, how does one get all of this information?”

There’s a typo here, pretty sure you meant “change” instead of “create”

]]> By: laytonjb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6451 laytonjb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6451 freephile,<br /> <br /> Sorry about not including the details in the article. When I have done this in the past, I get dinged on the article for being too detailed and not focusing on other things (the packages explain how to build and install). So I thought I would try something a little simpler. Guess I went too far the other way. Thanks for the feedback.<br /> <br /> Jeff freephile,

Sorry about not including the details in the article. When I have done this in the past, I get dinged on the article for being too detailed and not focusing on other things (the packages explain how to build and install). So I thought I would try something a little simpler. Guess I went too far the other way. Thanks for the feedback.

Jeff

]]> By: laytonjb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6452 laytonjb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6452 Yep - sorry for the typos. It's such a strange name that I kept mis-spelling it.<br /> <br /> Jeff Yep – sorry for the typos. It’s such a strange name that I kept mis-spelling it.

Jeff

]]> By: laytonjb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6453 laytonjb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6453 You are correct. For some reason when I write I tend to say "create" rather than "change". Must be some long lost muscle memory that drives me to "create" rather than "change" :)<br /> <br /> Thanks for the feedback!<br /> <br /> Jeff You are correct. For some reason when I write I tend to say “create” rather than “change”. Must be some long lost muscle memory that drives me to “create” rather than “change” :)

Thanks for the feedback!

Jeff

]]> By: bhw http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6454 bhw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6454 I agree with mortenb, using the -w option turned me off to using 'agedu'. Sending my data to an external server to generate the page is a security risk, and also didn't get past our security wall (Thank you Sec. for saving my butt on that one). Let's face it, the people who would use this app, would also know how to setup their own web server and generate the page locally. Adding the capability to output to a server hostname/ip address of your choice when using the -w option would be good. Obviously then the author's of the app would have to include the additional backend code to generate the page on a local server instead of one of their choosing. I also feel the writer of this article should have mentioned this in the review. I agree with mortenb, using the -w option turned me off to using ‘agedu’. Sending my data to an external server to generate the page is a security risk, and also didn’t get past our security wall (Thank you Sec. for saving my butt on that one). Let’s face it, the people who would use this app, would also know how to setup their own web server and generate the page locally. Adding the capability to output to a server hostname/ip address of your choice when using the -w option would be good. Obviously then the author’s of the app would have to include the additional backend code to generate the page on a local server instead of one of their choosing. I also feel the writer of this article should have mentioned this in the review.

]]> By: laytonjb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6455 laytonjb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6455 Sorry about not catching the -w option. I don't really check security of applications as part of the article (or any articles). Doing such is out of my area. But I'm glad other people caught it.<br /> <br /> Did anyone provide feedback to the author and ask for a new option? Or did anyone provide diff's on the code to accomplish this?<br /> <br /> Jeff Sorry about not catching the -w option. I don’t really check security of applications as part of the article (or any articles). Doing such is out of my area. But I’m glad other people caught it.

Did anyone provide feedback to the author and ask for a new option? Or did anyone provide diff’s on the code to accomplish this?

Jeff

]]> By: clusterman http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6456 clusterman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6456 Check the man page at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/manpage.html to see options that can be used with "-w". I really appreciate the article. I just ran it on a 2TB scratch filesystem which users never clean up. I did try the --html flag mentioned in the man page but it seg faulted. It would be nice to publish daily reports and store them but w/out the html option I'm not savy enough to figure out how to do this. <br /> <br /> Any pointers are always appreciated!<br /> <br /> Thanks again! Check the man page at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/manpage.html to see options that can be used with “-w”. I really appreciate the article. I just ran it on a 2TB scratch filesystem which users never clean up. I did try the –html flag mentioned in the man page but it seg faulted. It would be nice to publish daily reports and store them but w/out the html option I’m not savy enough to figure out how to do this.

Any pointers are always appreciated!

Thanks again!

]]> By: davidgro http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6457 davidgro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7336/#comment-6457 Umm, guys - 127.164.152.163 is no more "an external server" than 127.0.0.1 is - this Is the program running as a local webserver. (And the page clusterman linked clearly states as much.) Umm, guys – 127.164.152.163 is no more “an external server” than 127.0.0.1 is – this Is the program running as a local webserver. (And the page clusterman linked clearly states as much.)

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