bash – collecting the return value of backgrounded processes
You know that you can run something in the background in a bash script with ( command )&, but a…
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a dumbed down version of wpdb for sqlite
I’ve been working, gradually, on a project using an sqlite3 database (for its convenience) and found myself missing the clean…
Postfix, DKIMproxy, Spamc
If you’re running any moderately busy mail server you’re probably using spamassassins spamc/spamd to check for spam because its tons…
Writing your own shell in php
I’ve always wanted to write my own simple shell in php. Call me a glutin for punishment, but it seems…
Internally Caching Longer Than Externally Caching
We use varnish for a lot of our file caching needs, and recently we figured out how to do something…
Command line arguments in bash scripts
This is something that has always annoyed me about bash scripts… The fact that it’s difficult to run /path/to/script.sh --foo=bar…
Bash Coding Convention ../
We use dirname() a lot in php to make relative paths work from multiple locations like so. The advantages are…
Simple TCP Daemon Example
Using some stuff I’ve covered in the past on my blog here’s a simple way to put up a daytime…
This deserves some link love
Andy bogged a piece of advice that I have him which I got from Barry… and if you want to…
As Close to A Real Daemon As Bash Scripts Get
I’ve written a little something which is gaining some traction internally, and I always intended to share it with the…