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Adding a startup script on Ubuntu server

Marko Tomic — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:44 +0100

This is a useful tip for my reference. I've been creating some startup scripts on my Ubuntu server lately and her are a couple of steps required to get this working.

Write your startup script and place it in /etc/init.d/ directory. Let's say you called your startup script - myScript. You then install your script by using update-rc.d debian utility:

{xtypo_code}update-rc.d myScript defaults{/xtypo_code}Have a look at man update-rc.d for more info.

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Recursively remove .svn directories from your project

Marko Tomic — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:06:21 +0100

Occasionally I find .svn directories in my old projects that are not in Subversion. The quickest way to recursively remove them is to run the following command:

{xtypo_code}find . -name .svn -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf{/xtypo_code}You need to cd into your project directory before running it.

You can also run the command to quickly disconnect your project from Subversion.

SSH Tunneling - Add secondary address to your loopback interface HOWTO

Marko Tomic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:44 +0100

I'm writing this one for my own reference because almost everything I do for work, is done through SSH port forwarding. If you're not familiar with SSH port forwarding, you'll have to read up on it elsewhere. And the reason why we use SSH port forwarding is because it is secure and powerful.

I generally set up my port forwards to run on my local computer on an arbitrary port and configure SSH to create a proxy connection to the normal port on a remote computer. Then I configure myRead More...