I’ve tried quite a few different setups for administering my various linux boxen from Windows, and this is currently my favourite: Mintty for WSL (aka WSLtty). Here’s how to set it up. Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): Open Powershell as an administrator Enter this command:Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux When…
If you want to copy a complete folder structure, but not the files contained in it, use robocopy from the command line: robocopy “A:\Source folder” “B:\Destination folder” /e /xf * This is lifted straight from https://superuser.com/a/873585/178934, I’m just putting it here for my quick reference.
Like this: dir -Directory -Recurse | % { $_.FullName } > list.txt
I don’t like the default for SpiderOak’s –purge-historical-versions command, which does this: This allows you to remove historical versions of files in your backup set according to the following schedule, which is to keep one version per hour for the last 24 hours, then one version per day for 30…
This is a simple script to crop a plugin with fixed dimensions – I used it to crop out the window border from a VNC Client connected to an industrial touchscreen. (script-fu-register “script-fu-crop” ;func name “Screenshot Crop” ;menu label “Crops an image to a fixed size” ;description “Sandy Scott” ;author…
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…
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…