Code Scraps: Symbolic Links on Windows; Junctions and Hard Links
Did you know Windows can do its own equivalent of Linux Symbolic Links? It’s been able to do them for quite a while, but it’s not something a lot of […]
Computing
Compiling FFmpeg for Raspberry Pi / Raspbian Jessie
There’s plenty of guides around, but none that worked flawlessly for me. Here’s my recipe for building and compiling FFmpeg for the Raspbian Jessie environment for Raspberry Pi. If you’re […]
Code Scraps: Get a list of all content in a directory on Windows
I recently posted a code scrap for getting all content of a directory in Linux. Here is the same code scrap but for Windows. C:\TestDir\> dir /b /s > C:\temp\files.txt […]
Code Scraps: Command Line manual logging
I have a collection of eBooks that I’ve bought over the years, and thanks to sites like HumbleBundle, my collection is growing on a fairly regular basis. I keep them […]
Code Scraps: Allow root to login via SSH
Most modern Linux systems will prevent the root user from logging in remotely via SSH. This is a very good security practice and you should avoid altering this as it […]
WannaCrypt: Protect yourself from infected network neighbours
The WannaCrypt virus that spread globally on Friday uses the EternalBlue network sharing propagation bug to spread across local networks. You can hinder the ability to be infected by other […]
Raspberry Pi – Setup steps
This is a quick guide for getting a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian up and running. This article is aimed at those with some technical experience of the Unix Shell and […]