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Windows 7's PATH and environment variables are corrupted
I have no clue, but lately I've been having this problem. After running my workstation suddenly something destroys PATH and lots of stuff stops working. Initially, my path had MANY directories listed (I use Windows 7 as a development box) and after…
Pavel P
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Can I get split screen in Notepad++ like Emacs?
One of the good points with Emacs is that you can have split the screen so you get two or more views of the same file which allows you to browse around and have a clearer overview of the file. Are there are some plugins or is the same functionality…
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What happens if mv is interrupted?
What happens if the Linux mv command is interrupted? Say, I'm moving a whole directory to some other place and interrupt it while it's moving. Will the source directory still be untouched?
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Keep cmd.exe command history between sessions?
Is there a way to keep the cmd command history between sessions?
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logrotate configuration file syntax - multiple wildcard entries possible?
Since the man page doesn't answer my question and I don't want to force a rotation cycle, I decided to ask the question here.
The man page for logrotate gives the following example:
"/var/log/httpd/access.log" /var/log/httpd/error.log {
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push/pop current directory?
With bash is there a way to push and pop the current working directory? I tried writing bash;cd dir; ./dostuff;exit; but the current directory is now dir.
user3109
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How to copy symlinks to target as normal folders
i have a folder with symlinks:
marek@marek$ ls -al /usr/share/solr/
razem 36
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-11-30 08:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 358 root root 12288 2010-11-26 12:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-11-24 14:29 admin
lrwxrwxrwx 1…
Marek
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Can I delete MSOCache?
I need more space on my SSD drive and I found that MSOCache is occupying 1.3 GB. I have Microsoft Office 2010 installed.
Can I safely delete MSOCache?
Drake
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tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
I have written a little script that tars and compresses a list of directories + files.
The script appears to run succesfully, in that a useable .tar.gz file is created after the script runs.
However, I get this annoying message after the script…
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Search bookmarks in Google Chrome address bar
I simply want to search through the bookmarks in Google Chrome as I type in the address bar. I don't want to have to type the full URL just to hit a site already stored in my bookmarks.
Google Chrome doesn't seem to catch the bookmark entries and I…
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Where to find the .bashrc file on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion?
I want to install rvm on my Snow Leopard machine.
It says I need to add a line to my .bashrc file (I'm using bash) but where is my .bashrc file?
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Local taskbar visible during remote desktop fullscreen
When I do remote desktop fullscreen connection on Windows 10 local host to Windows 7 remote host, the local task bar will not get covered by the RDP window as it used to be. It remains visible on top and the only help is to set the local taskbar to…
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How to do networking between virtual machines in VirtualBox?
I have two virtual machines in VirtualBox. I would like to do networking between them. For the moment I have the default configuration on both, but they seem to have the same IP-address 10.0.2.15. I would also like to be able to use Internet with…
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I hid the menu bar in VirtualBox, how to show it again?
In top menu bar, I accidentally selected to hide that top menu bar ("File", "Help", etc).
As the bar has disappeared, I now cannot access the option to show it again. Not very thought through in my opinion.
How do I show it again? My version is…
Tomáš Zato - Reinstate Monica
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What is Git Bash for Windows anyway?
I have happily been using Git and Git Bash from https://git-scm.com/. There is a page with more information here: https://git-for-windows.github.io/.
Yesterday I ran into a problem with rsync, and I started digging deeper into Git Bash for Windows.…
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