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Oct/10

Bash Sleep vs. Wait

Filed Under Linux at 11th October 2010 0:01 by

Both commands sound like they do the same thing but they are used in very different ways Sleep Stops script execution for a specified amount of time in seconds e.g sleep 30 will stop the script for 30 seconds before … Continue reading →

01

Oct/10

Asterisk / FreePBX full Log file

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 1st October 2010 16:53 by

Asterisk logs everything to a file in /var/log/asterisk/full so I thought I’d truncate it… It was a big mistake. After doing so I had lost all the call logging information which can be found in the admin panel. Seems like … Continue reading →

28

Sep/10

Removing Files Starting With —

Filed Under Linux at 28th September 2010 12:48 by
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I encountered an interesting problem today. I created a file called –verbose (obviously I passed the argument incorrectly) but trying to remove it more of an issue. Typing rm -f –verbose makes the command rm think it’s a parameter rather … Continue reading →

25

Sep/10

July 2007 MacBook Pro Battery

Filed Under Hardware, Mac at 25th September 2010 8:54 by

My notebook is over 3 years old and it’s holding up to the test of time fairly well with the exception of the battery. I have taken a screenshot from CoconutBattery to illustrate my point: It holds such a small … Continue reading →

15

Sep/10

Netgear WNDR3700 Thoughts

Filed Under Networking at 15th September 2010 12:10 by

I bought a Netgear WNDR3700 to replace the shoddy DLink DIR-615 that came with our cable service and it has holding up very good. I was even approached on Twitter from a DLink representative but he was unable to solve … Continue reading →

01

Sep/10

Kick A Linux User Who’s Logged In

Filed Under Linux at 1st September 2010 0:01 by

In command line type in who or w will list all the users who are currently logged in. To log them off type in the following: pkill -KILL -u danny where danny is the username. If ‘danny’ was logged in … Continue reading →

26

Aug/10

Change Default Crontab Editor

Filed Under Linux at 26th August 2010 8:53 by
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To change the default crontab editor type in the following command: export EDITOR=nano Change nano for your preferred editor. Crontab editor

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Aug/10

FreePBX – Common Voicemail Box

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 19th August 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have several extensions on my Asterisk / FreePBX box but currently only one landline. Ring groups solved the problem of one incoming call ringing multiple handsets but there was only one official solution to sharing voicemail. Voicemail Blasting … Continue reading →