Tech Tip of the Day: Perl’s system function

Posted by John Minnihan - 28/07/06 at 06:07:50 pm

If you are writing automation in Perl (very common), you will certainly need to interact with the system. You have multiple ways to implement system interaction in Perl; one of the most efficient & effective methods is use of the system function.

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Tech Tip of the Day: Automated Backup & Copy

Posted by John Minnihan - 27/07/06 at 11:07:22 am

Today’s Tech Tip deals with performing fully automated (unattended) backups of a MySQL database from one system to another, even though there is no direct connectivity between the two systems.

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Tech Tip of the Day: Apache 2 and Mutexes

Posted by John Minnihan - 26/07/06 at 01:07:15 pm

This is a new feature that I hope you enjoy – Tech Tip of the Day. With a technology background that dates back to just *before* the introduction of the IBM PC, I have had the pleasure of working with some cool, world-changing systems, software, and gear as both my business computing career and the Business Computing Industry have grown up together.

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Backups

Posted by John Minnihan - 08/07/05 at 03:07:10 pm

Everyone has been bitten at least once over the years when a critical system crashes… and you have no backup. Since I run a production site used by thousands of people across the globe daily, being unprepared like that is simply not an option for me.
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