Skip to main content
111
results
Andrew Fletcher
To remove all the contents from a directory, you need to ask yourself: Do I want to remove everything including the directory itself? To remove a directory with all its contents (including all interior folders): rm -rf /path/to/directoryDo I want to keep the directory, but delete everything else? Need to remove all the contents of the directory (including all interior directories) but not the directory itself: rm -rf /path/to/directory/*What about the hidden files and directories? Wanting to...
Andrew Fletcher
How to Create New MySQL User Before you can create a new MySQL user, you need to...
Andrew Fletcher
This short guide explains to you how to extract/unzip .zip archive files to a...
Andrew Fletcher
I prefer htop over top on my Linux server.  Running a Solr index got...
Andrew Fletcher
The generally accepted answer to a mysqldump is: mysqldump -h [host] -u...
Andrew Fletcher
Wanting to create a new repository on GitHub, add in a few of the available options that can come with an initial repository such as: .gitignore for the platform you are building on README.md for detailed notes - particularly if the repository if public LICENSE - again important if the repository if public However, once you add one or more of these items, you will need to merge the repository with your local environment.  This article walks through creating a new GitHub repository and...
Andrew Fletcher
On a git pull from remote dev environment to a staging environment running off...
Andrew Fletcher
I needed the check if a file existed in a directory as the migrate script wasn't...
Andrew Fletcher
Joining a new company / team there is always a lot of new items to...
Andrew Fletcher
Load testing verifies the system performance under the expected peak load....
Andrew Fletcher
Updating Drupal from 8.7.10 to 8.8.x or 8.9.x has seen a significant change as it has now moved into 9.x.  It has integrated more with composer, and you can be caught by fatal errors occurring during the update process.  One of these errors for me was the php version.   Site version as set through Plesk is PHP 7.3.12 Using ssh via Terminal the command php -v PHP 7.1.33 (cli) (built: Oct 25 2019 11:33:58) ( NTS ) Whereas, composer update was showing Problem...
Andrew Fletcher
As outlined in an earlier article composer php version, when installing the...
Andrew Fletcher
I had been running a few Centos 6 servers just past their EOL (30th November...
Andrew Fletcher
Regular expressions (regex) are extremely useful in extracting information from...
Andrew Fletcher
I need to set the default php-version of a subscription to php7.3.  The...