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Shell script to create a backup of a file By alapps - 01/02/2008 10:24am Place the script in a directory that is in the system path (i.e /usr/local/bin ) -----BEGIN backup #!/usr/bin/bash BACKUP_FILE=$1 cp ${BACKUP_FILE} ... [ Read more... ]

Solaris Volume Manager example for the IBM FileNet P8 Process Engine By alapps - 01/02/2008 10:08am In this example, slice 7 is used to hold the logical volumes and the databases. Note: This setup is for a test environment.  For a production environment, the meta databases should be on multiple slices and different from the logical volumes. Create ... [ Read more... ]

Oracle - sample files By alapps - 01/02/2008 09:52am Below is a sample .profile for use with Oracle.  The version below is 10.2 (Change as needed) -----BEGIN .profile ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle    export ORACLE_BASE ... [ Read more... ]

Syntax for a shortcut to lock a Windows workstation By alapps - 01/02/2008 09:48am Create a shortcut (usually on the desktop) Shortcut name: Lock Workstation Target: %windir%\\system32\\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Start in: %windir% ... [ Read more... ]

Recursive scp By zareh - 12/06/2007 02:58pm scp -r username@hostname:/remote_path local_path ... [ Read more... ]

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