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Andrew Fletcher
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Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command. This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7. Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command
yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete. Crap! Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process. Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
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I had generated a backup of key directories on the server - see Create a...
Andrew Fletcher
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Currently, I have a situation where I have two repositories. The first is...
Andrew Fletcher
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Creating a bash script
Bash scripts are files containing code that tell your...
Andrew Fletcher
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Accessing a remote server using PEM key, and I had the following...
Andrew Fletcher
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How do you generate a .pem file from an existing .ppk key?
Is putty on your mac?
Check by running the command
puttygen -VWhich will generate a response similar to
puttygen: Release 0.76
Build platform: 64-bit Unix
Compiler: clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9)
Source commit: 1fd7baa7344bb....Don't have Putty, well easily fixed with homebrew.
brew install putty
Generate the key
We will use puttygen to generate the key.
puttygen key.ppk -O private-openssh -o key.pem
key.ppk
the...
Andrew Fletcher
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Currently I'm working through an app that has been abandoned by the developers....
Andrew Fletcher
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First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a...
Andrew Fletcher
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Clear DNS Cache
The DNS (Domain Name Service) cache on your Mac helps browsers...
Andrew Fletcher
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Changing git push from passphrase? There are several ways to tackle this...
Andrew Fletcher
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Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell built on top of bash (the default shell for macOS) with a large number of improvements.
In this article, I'll run through how to configure iTerm2 with ZSH and its dependencies.
Step 1: Install Homebrew
Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple’s macOS.
Before installing Homebrew, we need to install the CLI tools for Xcode. Open your terminal and run the...
Andrew Fletcher
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While I have posted an article about how to POST an image using REST in Drupal...