No matter how well you take care of your computer, sometimes, it will just crash and you often have to pull off the plug to restart the computer. When such crashes happen, there is...
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7z on Linux
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that 7zip is available for Centos and other Linux distributions. And it works just as it does on Windows. On Redhat-style distros you can get 7zip for Linux...
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Nginx – simple install script for Centos 5.5
Anything that you find on this site, like this, is really here for my own entertainment/study. You can download things and use them but, of course, there are no guarantees… This is my playground,...
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Code to find files of a certain type and copy
You can use the following code to find files of a certain type, on Linux, and copy all of them to a new location. In the example below all “.tar” files are copied to...
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Qmail Toaster on Centos 5.5 – automated install
I’m a compulsive computer tinkerer and enjoy building, and, running my own web and email servers. I run both Linux and Windows servers from various locations. Recently I assembled a Qmail Toaster package for...
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Using mutt and cron to email w/attachment
Well…this was kind of a pain to get working, for an idiot like me. I wanted to get a tarred version of a particular log file via email – as an attachment – and...
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