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Check if VARIABLES are set with Bash
I have a script that needs to check if it is called with an environment that contains two variables OPERATOR_ADDRESSDELEGATOR_ADDRESS if it does not find them it will call a script ./getNodeAddressBech32.sh to set them and continue. How do you (properly) check for a...
Clear the DNS Cache in Firefox
If you have edited your C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file to add a custom DNS entry and run ipconfig /flushdns and Firefox is still returning the old address enter the following in the browser location bar and then click the Clear DNS Cache button...
Timezone aware cron on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Problem: System is running in UTC time zone and I would like to set user cron entries in local time (Australia/Melbourne). It is annoying modifying your cron jobs every 6 months due to daylight savings changes. Resolution: Install fcron and get time zone aware...
The Certification Journey
After 10 years as a Fitter & Machinist. I changed to IT and attained an MCSE. Over the years other vendor certifications followed... Sept 28, 2019 Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert June 13, 2017 Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA) -...
Converting a Validator Operator Address to a Delegator Address
Many of the slcli commands use either the OPERATOR_ADDRESS (starts with shareledgervaloper) or the DELEGATOR_ADDRESS (starts with shareledger) as arguments. For some reason I couldn't find a command to output the DELEGATOR_ADDRESS (Self-Delegate Address) using the...
Ubuntu crontab does NOT support per-user Time Zones using CRON_TZ
Yeah, Nah! man 5 crontab
Enlarging a Windows 10 installation on an SSD which has a Linux Partition before it on the Drive
Can you delete a Linux partition, shift the Windows partition after it back toward the beginning of the disk and then grow the windows partition to get more space? Yes! Warning: I had to recover my system because I accidentally cancelled a GParted partition move...
N-Central Poor Mans Report Manager
The problem with N-Central Report Manager is that it is only supported using a rather old version of SQL (Something like 2016). If you use the MAPS (Microsoft Action Pack Subscription) you only get licenses for the latest versions (SQL Server 2019) Inspired by a...