Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

I writing this Ruby project, and during development there are three processes that I need to start up: the dev server, a CSS compiler, and a JS compiler. I'd like to just wrap all three up into one ...

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We often write quick bash scripts and judging by the comments, half of us use bash or a similar shell to pop out quick, useful scripts, and half of us think that’s an abomination, and you should only ...

I follow several Web comics. I used to open my Web browser and check out each comic's Web site. That method was fine when I read only a few Web comics, but it became a pain to stay current when I ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...

then idea is, to send a notification, once NEW files get dropped off. i will run this once an hour, tho in the example above i have 6 minutes for testing. Yeah, my idea is "don't do that." What you ...

The first software that I was actually paid to develop was a 2-page shell script that prompted the user for a dozen or so pieces of information, before launching a set of cooperating processes. Those ...