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Wrapper for GNU `cp'

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I've written a wrapper around the GNU `cp' command to permit copying a list of files from STDIN or from a file.  Enjoy!
Last Updated ( Monday, 24 August 2009 13:28 )
 

Windows Simple Backup Script

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We regularly backup the network file-server at work, though of course restoring from a backup can be a pain. Also, I think that solely relying on someone else to backup the data that is most vital to your job is foolish. So, after a recent scare where an important database became corrupted (though I was able to repair the corruption for the user), I wrote a little batch script to make a copy of several databases. I instructed the user to run the script every Friday. The script simply copies the current database over, clobbering any existing version.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:18 ) Read more...
 



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