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UIF is a powerful compression image file format for backing up CD and DVDs. The file format also supports the backup of multi-session VCD, SVCD, DVD-Video and Audio-CD. Providing a vast array of security features alike to ISO image formats, which include data encryption, MD5 checksum support, password-protection, and alot more. The advantage of the universal image format over ISO is it`s high quality compression ratio, which gives it an advantage when transferring information over the internet alongside UIF`s password and encryption features.

ISO 9660 is an international standard originally devised for storing data on CD-ROM, commonly used for distribution of operating systems such as Linux, BSD etc. ISO images may also be referred to as UDF images or universal disk format. A typical ISO disc image contains data aswell as the filesystem metadata, including boot code, structures, and attributes.

The only way i know to convert that format to iso is to use magiciso with wine on linux.Basically the dummy steps are:

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install winewinecfg
wine “path to magiciso installer”
wine “path to magiciso.exe”

cd /home : enter to directory ‘/ home’
cd .. : go back one level
cd ../.. : go back two levels
cd : go to home directory
cd ~user1 : go to home directory
cd – : go to previous directory
pwd : show the path of work directory
ls : view files of directory
ls -F : view files of directory
ls -l : show details of files and directory
ls -a : show hidden files
ls *[0-9]* : show files and directory containing numbers
tree : show files and directories in a tree starting from root(1)
lstree : show files and directories in a tree starting from root(2)
mkdir dir1 : create a directory called ‘dir1′
mkdir dir1 dir2 : create two directories simultaneously
mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2 : create a directory tree
rm -f file1 : delete file called ‘file1′
rmdir dir1 : delete directory called ‘dir1′
rm -rf dir1 : remove a directory called ‘dir1′ and contents recursively
rm -rf dir1 dir2 : remove two directories and their contents recursively
mv dir1 new_dir : rename / move a file or directory
cp file1 file2 : copying a file
cp dir/* . : copy all files of a directory within the current work directory
cp -a /tmp/dir1 . : copy a directory within the current work directory
cp -a dir1 dir2 : copy a directory
ln -s file1 lnk1 : create a symbolic link to file or directory
ln file1 lnk1 : create a physical link to file or directory
touch -t 0712250000 file1 : modify timestamp of a file or directory – (YYMMDDhhmm)
file file1 : outputs the mime type of the file as text
iconv -l : lists known encodings
iconv -f fromEncoding -t toEncoding inputFile > outputFile : creates a new from the given input file by assuming it is encoded in fromEncoding and converting it to toEncoding.
find . -maxdepth 1 -name \*.jpg -print -exec convert “{}” -resize 80×60 “thumbs/{}” \; : batch resize files in the current directory and send them to a thumbnails directory (requires convert from Imagemagick)

shutdown -h now : shutdown system(1)
init 0 : shutdown system(2)
telinit 0 : shutdown system(3)
shutdown -h hours:minutes & : planned shutdown of the system
shutdown -c : cancel a planned shutdown of the system
shutdown -r now : reboot(1)
reboot : reboot(2)
logout : leaving session

arch : show architecture of machine(1)
uname -m : show architecture of machine(2)
uname -r : show used kernel version
dmidecode -q : show hardware system components – (SMBIOS / DMI)
hdparm -i /dev/hda : displays the characteristics of a hard-disk
hdparm -tT /dev/sda : perform test reading on a hard-disk
cat /proc/cpuinfo : show information CPU info
cat /proc/interrupts : show interrupts
cat /proc/meminfo : verify memory use
cat /proc/swaps : show file(s) swap
cat /proc/version : show version of the kernel
cat /proc/net/dev : show network adpters and statistics
cat /proc/mounts : show mounted file system(s)
lspci -tv : display PCI devices
lsusb -tv : show USB devices
date : show system date
cal 2008 : show the timetable of 2008
date 041217002008.00 : set date and time – MonthDayhoursMinutesYear.Seconds
clock -w : save date changes on BIOS

Apache Xindice is a database designed from the ground up to store XML data or what is more commonly referred to as a native XML database. The name is pronounced zeen-dee-chay in your best faux Italian accent. Don’t worry if you get it wrong though, we won’t mind. We just care that you spell it correctly. Read the rest of this entry »

Oracle Password Repository is a Unix-based secure tool for storage & retrieval of Oracle database passwords.

By replacing hardcoded passwords in scripts with a call to OPR, it helps to keep your Oracle environment secure and easier to maintain.

What’s New in This Release:

· The INSTALL file informed that you need to be able to see the oracle oci libraries, but it fact you need these only at runtime. You do need access to the OCI headers files during runtime though. But these rights are enabled by default oracle installations.
· opr now uses libltdl, a dynamic loading abstraction, to tackle compiling issues on (for example) hp-ux.
· added file locking on the repository file.
· fixed 2 strncat invocation bugs.

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picoSQL project is the first Italian Open Source relational database management system.

The project of picoSQL was born in 1995. It was an ODBC driver for COBOL indexed files. It consisted of a DLL written in C++ on Windows 3.1 operating system. In the beginning the main effort was made in order to obtain a good compatibity with existing front-end (mainly the MS-Access, MS-Query and VisualBasic) and in order to see COBOL files as a normalized relational DB.

The obtained success concurs to develop ulteriorly the product, refining the query optimizer and implementing an extended SQL, to exclusion of the DDL (Data Description Language). A later version, called PicoDB, were devoloped on UNIX system in client/server architecture.

PicoSql is released under GPL license; it derives from PicoDB (that remains a Picosoft proprietary product) with the addition of some SQL-DDL statement (CREATE/DROP TABLE(INDEX) and excluding COBOL files compatibility). The C/C++ library that allow the database access from C/C++ programs using the ODBC 2.5 API is released under LGPL license; this allows to link the library with programs that are not under GPL.

PicoSQL can be used from Windows applications (like MS-ACCESS, MS-Query, VB etc.) in client/server modality using the ODBC driver picoSQLNet. It can moreover be used from appropriate Java programs through the JDBC driver comprised in the distribution. Finally it can be used from programs written in C and C++ through its set of ODBC 2.5 compliant API.

PicoSQL lacks at the moment of some common characteristics to the most common RDBMS (like the schema and catalogue concepts and the management of the user permissions who can be obtained anyway using the permissions of the host operating system) but they are just these lacks to make it particularly simple to install and to use and fast in the logons and the queries.

Installation:

The installation is particularly simple: if you have the binary distribution, is sufficient to extract the compressed files in one directory ( under Windows NT/2000/XP) and execute:

startTestDb.sh (Unix/Linux)

PicoSQL consists fundamentally in a program, picosqld, to activate through inetd (or xinetd) or picoserv. In such a way it becomes a net service binded to a port, that is to a entire number comprised between 1 and 65535; this number (as an example 6789) must always be specified on the command line of picosqld. As an example:

picosqld 6789

For the activation with inetd (or xinetd), you must see the relative documentation. picoserv is a simple program that replaces inetd, mainly for scopes of test or debugging: its usage is the following:

picoserv [-f] commandLine portNumber

In our case the activation of picosqld can be obtained with the following command line:

picoserv “picosqld 6789″ 6789

To notice as the port number is specified two times, as an argument of picosqld and as an argument of picoserv.

When picosqld receive a connection request, it reads a configuration file to find the necessary informations. This file is a text file on Unix/Linux systems.

# Unix/Lunixthe file read for configuration is

$HOME/.picosql.ini

or, if this file is missing

/etc/picosql.ini

The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Sections contain attributes of the form

name=value

The file is line-based – that is, each newline-terminated line represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter. Section and parameter names are not case sensitive. Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Any line beginning with a semicolon (‘;’) or a hash (‘#’) character is ignored, as are lines containing only whitespace. Each section corresponds to a database and comprises information like user, password and DB location. In the following example there are two database declared, the former called picoSqlTest, is accessible by anyone while the latter, called rubrica is accessible only by user pico giving the appropriate password.

[picoSqlTest]
DataDirectory=/home/test.db

[rubrica]
DataDirectory=/home/rubrica.db
User=pico
Password=soft
PicoOdbcTrace=NO
SuspensiveLock=YES
; for picosql client only
server=localhost
port=6789

What’s New in This Release:

· This version fixes a problem on authentication and a bug when the connection fails.

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myinit is a simple “init” program with parallel execution and dependencies via reference counting (by way of “start” and “stop” commands).

The `start’ command will `reference’ a service (add 1 to its reference count) and the `stop’ command will `dereference’ a service (subtract 1 from its reference count). When a service is referenced for the first time, its initscript runs which does what is needed to start the service. When a service’s reference count becomes 0 (meaning it is not wanted or needed anymore) its initscript runs again to stop the service (kill its processes, do cleanup etc. depending on the service).

The `start’ command can take multiple arguments. When `start’ exits, either ALL the named services will be started successfuly or NONE will be referenced (as if `start’ had not run). However, the `stop’ command will not wait and will always succeed.

What’s New in This Release:

· Man pages were written.
· myinit was tested with dietlibc and a correction was made.

MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database server.

MySQL is a client and server implementation that consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs/libraries.

MySQL is a type of SQL database management featured in Thelix hosting plans. A database is an organized collection of information that a computer uses to select and display data.

Databases can help organize and enhance your site content. Sites with dynamic pages and/or shopping cart software often need an underlying database structure. Back to Top
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Pronounced Òmy ess cue elÓ (each letter separately) and not “my SEE kwill.” MySQL is an open source RDBMS that relies on SQL for processing the data in the database. MySQL provides APIs for the languages C, C++, Eiffel, Java, Perl, PHP and Python. In addition, OLE DB and ODBC providers exist for MySQL data connection in the Microsoft environment. A MySQL

NET Native Provider is also available, which allows native MySQL to .NET access without the need for OLE DB. MySQL is most commonly used for Web applications and for embedded applications and has become a popular alternative to proprietary database systems because of its speed and reliability. MySQL can run on UNIX, Windows and Mac OS.

MySQL is a relational database management system, which means it stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big area. This adds flexibility, as well as speed.

The SQL part of MySQL stands for “Structured Query Language,” which is the most common language used to access databases. The MySQL database server is the most popular open source database in the world. It is extremely fast and easy to customize, due to its architecture.

Extensive reuse of code within the software, along with a minimalist approach to producing features with lots of functionality, gives MySQL unmatched speed, compactness, stability, and ease of deployment.

Their unique separation of the core server from the storage engine makes it possible to run with very strict control, or with ultra fast disk access, whichever is more appropriate for the situation.

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Baras is an updated version of “SaraB”. It supports the Towers of Hanoi, Grandfather-Father-Son, or any custom backup rotation strategy. Easy to use and highly configurable. Baras utilizes the great backup program, DAR (Disk ARchive).

What’s New in This Release:

· Julio Feferman noticed that the log file was vaporware

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