…because the rsync support for backupninja (or at least the Debian one) is a bit naff…or I just simply do not understand it. Very true if a little surprising since all the other backupninja handlers have always worked very well for me. Backupninja is wonderful for creating a backup system, run these shell commands, hotcopy those databases, rdiff-backup the result and rsync or duplicity all that somewhere else. Wonderful stuff now lets fix rsync.
P.S: if you do know how to make the supplied rsync handler work then please post a comment.
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Posted by gavingc on April 7, 2011 at 16:54 under Server-admin.
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If you use Tomcat occasionally you may want the package installed but not have it startup at boot time.
These notes are for Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) and the supplied Tomcat 6 package.
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Posted by gavingc on April 7, 2011 at 16:37 under Server-admin.
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The moment you start doing real work with Ajax you will find that multiple page elements have to be updated from a single action.
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Posted by gavingc on March 12, 2011 at 15:47 under Grails, Grails-1.2.
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Posted by gavingc on March 3, 2011 at 06:48 under Asset Management.
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Care Factor is VERY under valued by most companies. The value of an employee to a business ranks something like this:
1. Care Factor
2. Emotional Maturity
3. Intellectual IQ
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Posted by gavingc on March 3, 2011 at 06:14 under Human Factor.
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A real user review (instead of marketing hype). As a programmer I am a high performance desktop user and have found that having a gaming grade mouse and good keyboard really boosts my productivity and happiness.
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Posted by gavingc on January 17, 2011 at 13:44 under PC Hardware.
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Posted by gavingc on December 9, 2010 at 21:36 under Recipe.
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A real user review (instead of marketing hype). As a programmer I am a high performance desktop user and have found that having a gaming grade mouse and good keyboard really boosts my productivity and happiness.
Continue reading ‘Logitech G7, G700, Performance MX (M950) and Razer Mamba, Nagga Epic and Cybord R.A.T 9’ »
Posted by gavingc on November 13, 2010 at 13:31 under PC Hardware.
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Despite the lack of official support for GNU/Linux there is good news for G700 purchasers.
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Posted by gavingc on November 13, 2010 at 11:34 under PC Hardware.
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Posted by gavingc on October 25, 2010 at 19:24 under Db4o, Grails.
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