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Symantec Backup Exec VMDK Corrupt

See if you can follow my train of thought here: I'm trying to use Backup Exec to copy a vmdk file to tape. The VMDK file was copied off an ESXI server to a Linux Server running Samba. I used ftpput from ESXI to get it to the Linux Box and then a Samba share on the...

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Bluefish Function Reference

If you are wondering where the Bluefish Function Reference is hiding. You need to enable the Info Browser plugin. Goto Edit ==> Preferences ==> Plugins, check the Info Browser checkbox, click OK and then restart Bluefish

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Who’s down with systemd?

Fedora 16 take a bow... Gnome 3 makes me feel like I own an Apple. I feel really smart and stylish using it. Even better is the bump from the 2.* series kernels up to 3. However progress means change and for years I've been comfortable with chkconfig --list to display...

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PHP FileInfo

Trying to get PHP to return the file type of an xcf image and it stubbornly refused to return what I wanted. Still can't get it to output image/x-xcf but I'm starting to think the compiled in magic data base of PHP doesn't include it and I haven't successfully loaded...

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How to Troubleshoot Cron Scripts

It works from the command line. Why doesn't it work in Cron? ...insert head scratching here... Firstly run your cron job often so you can get some output. Use common sense here, obviously if the cron scripts takes 5 minutes to run then you would bump up the frequency...

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Taking Screenshots of a Website in Linux

They said "James we need someone to check a website and make sure everything is OK over the weekend". Hmm OK... I'd rather not be tied to a laptop or hang around home so why not send an email with a screenshot to my Android HTC Desire. Search, search, search: And then...

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