scripts

Dependency based boot sequencing release goal completed

Debian-News.net  Sun, 11/30/2008 - 09:07

The release goal to prepare all init.d scripts for a dependency based
init.d script system can now be considered complete. 99.8% of all
packages in unstable now have the dependency information (2 packages missing it), and a similar amount in Lenny contain the dependency header.


 

Fedora Vs. Ubuntu

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/25/2008 - 21:59

I choose Fedora because it fits me like an old pair of jeans. Except that the tears and holes are ever tightening.

I know where most of the scripts are, and how they are organized. If it doesn’t run well, I have good ideas on how to get it working, fast.


 

Martin's GNUPoC Packages-Overflows

Topix - Linux  Sat, 11/22/2008 - 17:42

Is anybody else getting buffer overflows on Martin's latest GNUPOc packages ? I kind of need to do a complete install of symbian dev on Linux with his scripts and yet cannot seem to get past certain obstacles.


 

Linux Tip of the Day - inserting lines within scripts

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 11/16/2008 - 00:19

If you want to insert a line at the top (or anywhere for that matter) of a file within a shell script, use the ed editor.


 

Bluefish 1.0.7

Topix - Linux  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 21:23

Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code.


 

Debian mirror scripts

Debian-News.net  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 11:45

Now, 109 commits and more than a month later, I was finally able to open the scripts to the wide public. The scripts are in use on all .debian.org machines and some other mirrors already, so I’m fairly sure they work.


 

Jump into JavaFX, Part 1: JavaFX Preview SDK

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:07

JavaFX seems like a viable alternative for RIA development, but you need to write, build, and run some scripts to know whether it's for you.


 

permapage

Topix - Unix  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 08:54

Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. It has ability to run add-on scripts written in any scripting language.


 

Get Your Local TV Listings From The Bash Command Line

Linux Today  Tue, 10/28/2008 - 05:02

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For this week's Monday Linux/Unix bash shell script, we're finally starting to go after online TV listings.

If you've checked out all of our other bash CLI scripts aimed at helping you to not have to open your web browser, please skip the following paragraph.

It's redundant, to say the least"


 

Automatically Process New Files With fsniper

Linux Today  Fri, 10/17/2008 - 17:03

Linux.com: "fsniper lets you monitor specified directories and execute scripts on any new files that are created in them.

Because fsniper uses inotify to monitor its directories, the actions you define are executed as soon as filesystem changes happen.

This makes fsniper both more immediate than an hourly cron job and more efficient."