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Wordwrap in javascript
Wordwrap for console outputs I need a wordwrap because I want to align the text (mostly build tools outputs) on a specific colon on the screen. It’s easy with a bit of regex. It wraps if there is at least a character of this list ‘ ‘, ‘\n’, ‘/’ or ‘\\’ otherwise it cuts at […]
Bup on Windows
One of the best tool that I know for incremental backups is Bup. I’m using this great project for all my backups with my Linux installation. But on the Windows side, it’s an other story. This post will explain how to deploy Bup and how to browse the snapshots with the file browser. Install the […]
Koubachi Sensor Pro 2; looks good but it’s a pain to configure with the network
I’ve bought a Koubachi Sensor Pro 2 in order to check the temperatures for the turtles of my wife. It’s a very interesting device because it supports outdoor conditions. It looks pretty cool and it’s a swiss product. But the pain begins with the connection with your Wifi network. It seems that this product has […]
VCPUs with XenServer and Windows
Maybe you have installed Windows on a XenServer and you have set 4 Virtual CPUs. But in Windows, you see only 2 CPU (2 sockets). The problem is that standard Windows versions are limited to two socket with an “unlimited” number of cores. It seems a bit stupid IMHO. By default Xen set one socket […]
IMAP library with Shell scripting
Hello everybody, This day I will share with you how is possible to create a library in shell for the IMAP protocol. The idea is to find a mail in a mailbox only with a shell like BASH and the very powerful command nc. What is nc? This is the netcat command; the TCP/IP swiss […]
Adding tweets with SHell scripting
Hello, The last week, I worked on a very small project. Add tweets when a new directory is added somewhere (with a Synology). For this functionality, I added a CRON job that calls a SHell script which does the job. The interresting part is how to sign and call the twitter webservice (the twitter documentation […]
Reverse SSH tips
Hello, Today I will share some tips with SSH. It is very useful everytime even with crappy OS like Windows. One of the most funny feature is the TCP forwarding by Reverse SSH. For example in the case where you must connect to a SSH server and this one is behind a firewall. You have […]
Mount a gunzip’ed image disk file from a network share
Hello, Some tips about a way to restore a very big gunzip’ed image disk from a network share. I’ve changed of computer and my previous disk was saved in a image with `dd` and a pipe on gunzip. The image is located on a network share. But I can not restore the whole image because […]
La bibliothèque des ELFs
Hello, Il y a beaucoup de choses que l’on apprend pas du tout dans les cours de programmation, et même en suivant une haute école pour une formation en tant qu’ingénieur. Heureusement les logiciels libres permettent de côtoyer des spécialistes qui ont une expérience pratique du logiciel, contrairement à de nombreux professeurs qui ne connaissent […]
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