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They both work, however the second one is simpler and all fits on
one line. The << eof method is best used when you have
multiple lines you want to add to a file or when you have a bunch of
characters what you would otherwise need to escape.<br>
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Brian Cluff<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/05/2016 12:03 PM, Michael Havens
wrote:<br>
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<div>so my other command:</div>
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<div>#adjust where pictures are stored</div>
<div>sudo cat >> /etc/fstab << eof</div>
<div>/media/bmike1/entertainment/Pictures /home/bmike1/Pictures
none bind 0 0 </div>
<div>eof</div>
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<div>should be:</div>
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<div>echo /media/bmike1/entertainment/Pictures
/home/bmike1/Pictures none bind 0 0 >>/etc/fstab<br>
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<div>????</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Brian
Cluff <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:brian@snaptek.com" target="_blank">brian@snaptek.com</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> You are trying to
write "vm.swappiness=10" directly to the swappiness
settings.<br>
If that is what you are trying to do, do it like this:<br>
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echo 10 >/proc/sys/vm/swappiness<br>
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I suspect that what you really want to do is write it to a
config file so that it is automatically set every time you
boot. In that case do:<br>
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echo vm.swappiness=10 >/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf<br>
sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf<br>
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The last line just loads the settings, you could also just
reboot.<br>
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Brian Cluff
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<div>On 01/05/2016 11:26 AM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have a small copy n paste txt file
for when my hard drive fails (hopefully in the
distant future) so I can get my new hard drive up
and running again as closely similar to the
previous drive as possible.
<div>I made the one command up myself and just
discovered it does not work. That command is:</div>
<div> </div>
<div> # Reduce the swap tendency
<div> cat >> /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
<<eof</div>
<div> > vm.swappiness=10</div>
<div> eof</div>
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<div>with the error of:</div>
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<div> cat: write error: Invalid argument</div>
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<div>I have a similar </div>
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<div> sudo cat >> /etc/fstab << eof</div>
<div> /media/bmike1/entertainment/Pictures
/home/bmike1/Pictures none bind 0 0 </div>
<div> eof</div>
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<div>which I do not believe was implemented
correctly as when I inspect 'mount' there
does not appear to be the entertainment
directory or pictures directories listed
anywhere. So I suppose it is wrong then....</div>
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