Updating WordPress

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…

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Set-up SpiderOak on CentOS

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

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Introduction

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…

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