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Connecting quickly to an Apache Derby database

Posted 4 months ago.

Tweet Find yourself needing to connect to an Apache Derby database? I found a rather basic (but useful) quickie on how to connect and get yourself up and running with connecting to an Apache Derby database. http://www.phpin24.co.za/command-line-shell-scripting/connecting-to-derby-db-from-command-line/

Recovering recently deleted files from an EXT3/EXT4 (with journaling) partition

Posted 7 months from now.

If you're running Linux, have you ever had that feeling of dread after deleting a whole chunk of code accidentally? Code that hasn't been checked into a repository, or backed up. A lot of websites will foretell of long hours of recovery if you're running an EXT3 or EXT4 partition with journaling. This post details how I managed to find and use a nifty little utility that recovered almost all of my files for me, in very little time too.

Sending mail through a remote SMTP server in Linux

Posted 7 months from now.

Sending mail through the Linux command line can sometimes be a tricky issue. If you don't know how to set up your own mail server, but have a readily accessible SMTP residing elsewhere, I'll show you how to use a readily-available Debian/Ubuntu package to send your mail through this SMTP server quickly and easily.

Preserving whitespace in bash variables

Posted 3 months from now.

Tweet I’ve been creating some bash scripts for an importer we are running at work. I was looking to do two things with this. Firstly, I wanted to brush up on my knowledge of bash scripting. Secondly, I wanted to improve the notifications sent out from the importer. I managed to get everything working fine. [...]
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