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Rsync incr has been updated to version 1.6. New in this version: old backup removal was not working if the destination was on NFS, fixed. Note that backuping to NFS is not a good idea as it is quite slower than local disks, this was why it was an untested case up to now. new no option to ... read more ...

A small enhancement: in the logs list, we only count actual text lines, no more control messages (the ones with " " in the name field) See IrcLogger Example. We were listing: before: 2008 11 05, Wed (14 lines) after: 2008 11 05, Wed (13 lines) For the logs below: http://colas.nahaboo.net ... read more ...

I use scanbuttond v0.2.3, a nice linux daemon to trigger actions (shell scripts) on presses on scanner buttons, but after a motherboard upgrade, if failed with a "Segmentation Violation". The fix was a single line patch, that you can see (and other details) at ScanButtond read more ...

Just a mini release for IrcLogger, tweaking a bit the interface in html view of the logs. read more ...

irclogger has a new release, that bring a feature requested for a long time: in the html view, have a mode to see only the lines containing an url. This mode is carried on when going to previous and next days. "Zooming" in on the line is done as usual by clicking on the time a the right, which brings ... read more ...

Rsync incr is a linux wrapper shell (bash) script around rsync to perform automated, unattended, incremental, disk to disk backups, automatically removing old backups to make room for new ones. It produces standard mirror copies browsable and restorable without specific tools.I have been using it in ... read more ...

irclogger is a simple "bot", a program connecting as a client on IRC servers to provide a web log of what is said. It aims to provide a simple, fast, efficient and web compliant service. It is quite robust and mature, having be in daily heavy use for personal business use since 2003. I have migrated ... read more ...