Ever wanted to list all the files in a directory tree – I tend to find this useful when checking if there’s anything in a mass of automatically generated directories Use this command: dir /S /A:-D /B Here’s what the switches mean: /S Look in all subdirectories /A:-D Don’t show…
EDIT: Don’t follow this, a properly set up installation will keep itself updated Updating wordpress: mkdir ~/temp cd ~/temp/ wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz cd /var/www/html/ sudo rm -Rf wp-admin/ sudo rm -Rf wp-includes/ sudo cp -R ~/temp/wordpress/wp-admin/ . sudo cp -R ~/temp/wordpress/wp-includes/ . rsync -vcrultO ~/temp/wordpress/wp-content/ wp-content/ sudo chgrp…
Download the relevant SpiderOak binary – for the 32-bit Fedora installer it’s: wget https://spideroak.com/getbuild?platform=fedora&arch=i386 Install sudo yum install spideroak-download-file.rpm Set up, using interactive mode /usr/bin/SpiderOak –setup=- Enter details and protect your data! Use cron to run this command as frequently as necessary /usr/bin/SpiderOak –batchmode
I’ve trying to get my Raspberry Pi working with a touchscreen (eGalax Touch). This blog post has been an incredible help, but I stumbled at the very last hurdle – modifying the contents of the SD card. You see, my compile system (Ubuntu 13.04) was in a virtual machine (VM)…
A couple of days I posted a short script, that did a few very simple tasks – that was just a start, to help me get into Gimp Scripting, and help with a little job. Today’s task is quite a bit meatier. I’m doing tech for a play, and I…
I’ve just been playing with Gimp, and getting to grips with the scripting system. I’m sharing a very basic script – it only does two simple tasks: Sets the image to Grayscale Rotates 90 degrees counter-clockwise It doesn’t need any extra parameters, so I thought I’d share it as a…
Ever wanted to get Ruby talking to a serial Device? The key step is getting the Development Kit set up, which will allow you to install the serialport gem from source Download & Install Ruby. If you’re on windows, the RubyInstaller is great Download & Install the DevKit. Find the…
Here’s an issue that almost stopped this blog from going up: You’ve set up a shiny new webserver, installed php, mysql, and it all seems to be going swimmingly. You’ve even created phpinfo() file and everything seems to be working. Then you copy something into the html folder, and just…
Hi, Thanks for reading, It’s a pleasant surprise… Here’s the idea: You’re trying to work out how to do something (install/configure a bit of software, fix a laptop, etc) and you spend hours hunting through Google for the tiny nugget of data that helps you fix it. I’d like to…