2 General Questions for you Novell Gurus! 1

[theripper]

Easy questions for someone . . . <br><br>How do you check which service pack(s) have been applied to a server?<br><br>and<br><br>How do you delete, deleted files?&nbsp;&nbsp;I just read an article about deleting the &quot;Freeable Limbo Blocks&quot; and &quot;purging&quot; deleted files, but the article didn't say HOW to.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just suggested to do so.<br><br>Thank you ~

 

[dgrewe]

I assume you are a network administrator and have rights to the server and knew enough not to alter these files.<br><br>1. Service Pack<br>look in the system directory for the startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf&nbsp;&nbsp;one of them will tell you the service pack by the file name they load.<br><br>2. delete files<br>drop to dos and goto to the root directory of the drive you want<br>make sure you have a path to public <br>type &quot;purge /a/s&quot;<br>of if no path<br>(sys):\public\purge /a/s<br> <p>David W. Grewe<br><a href=mailtoave@internationalbid.net>Dave@internationalbid.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[theripper]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[DrGreen26]

Hey now, an easier way to find out what service pack is installed is the following:<br><br>From the console prompt:&nbsp;&nbsp;LOAD INSTALL<br>Select PRODUCT OPTIONS<br>Then Select VIEW/CONFIGURE/REMOVE Installed Products<br><br>This will display a list of everything that is installed on the server.<br><br>Sorry, I have never seen the autoexec.ncf show what service pack is installed.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is more precise as you can actually get a list of all patches, service packs, and applications that are installed on the server.<br><br> <p>Mark C. Greenwood, Certified N<br><a href=mailto:m_jgreenwood@yahoo.com>m_jgreenwood@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> I have been working in the industry for a little more than 10 years. I hold a current CNE certification for Intranetware 4.11<br>
I will be achieving my CNE 5 in the near future, hopefully before Novell's CCR deadline. I also have my Bachelors<br>
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[theripper]

Thanks for the responses.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both worked out just fine!

 

[mgtjr]

There is also a Utility to Purge and Recover files.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is called Filer.&nbsp;&nbsp;Go to the directory you want to Purge or Recover from and Type Filer and Enter.&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of functions will come up on the screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Use Purge Deleted Files.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leave the pattern as a * for everything.&nbsp;&nbsp;Choose just that directory or purge entire subdirectory structure.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to do an entire volume start at the root(exp N and choose purge entire subdirectory structure.

 

[manishkumar]

You will find Deleted files in Deleted.Sav directory in the root directory of each volume. This is a hidden directory.<br>If you delete files from here by simple &quot;Del&quot; command it will do the same job as &quot;Purge&quot;.<br>Regards<br>MK