Set file timestamps from the Linux command line

Creating a file with a different timestamp could be required in your distant future. However, when and if you are required to make one, you can do it with touch -c -t 0811141443 filename Let’s break down the numbers: 0811141443 = YYMMDDHHMM = 2008, November the 14th, 14:43

Create a backup ISO image of your important data

If you want to make a quick backup of a certain directory, ready to be burned on a CD or DVD, you can use mkisofs -V LABEL -r directory | gzip > cdrom.iso.gz We guarantee 100% pass results on first attempt by using 220-701 Q & A with detailed 640-822 notes and 642-812 practice test.

Faster GNOME menus

If you find your GNOME menus rather slow when accessing them, you can greatly speed up things with echo “gtk-menu-popup-delay = 0” >> ~/.gtkrc-2.0 Alternatively, just edit the .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory and add the line gtk-menu-popup-delay = 0

Speed up Samba network access

Dropt these lines into your smb.conf file to speed up Samba access. Find the Global area section and paste them underneath: read size = 65536 read prediction = true socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 Depending on your network card and configuration, this should speed up your LAN transfers at least tenfold.