Linux, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Javascript and PHP articles
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Delete All Data in a MySQL Table
Save a Unix manpage as plain text
This article details how to save man pages as human readable plain text files. Man page is an abbreviation
Selectively dumping data with mysqldump
mysqldump is a command line tool for outputting table structures and data and can be used for backups etc.
Executing shell commands from within the MySQL command line client
The MySQL command line client allows you to quickly and easily run sql queries from a console session, as
How to check an MD5 hash on a file
MD5 is a one-way hash algorithm which can be used for security or to verify the integrity of a
How to use a flash card reader with Linux – How to scan the SCSI bus
This article looks at how to use the sg_scan and sg_map utilities to scan the SCSI and
Enable the Web Interface for uTorrent
The uTorrent bittorrent client has a web interface which allows you to control uTorrent with a web browser. This
genisoimage/mkisofs “Incorrectly encoded string” error
While creating some ISO images for backup purposes earlier this week, I got the error message "Incorrectly encoded
Changing Apache log rotation behaviour on CentOS / RHEL
On a default install of CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the log rotation script will automatically rotate
Aliasing images to a remote server with .htaccess
When maintaing a website for a customer where there are several gigabtyes of product images that change
Changing the .htaccess filename in Apache
Apache allows the use of .htaccess files which can change certain configuration options in a per-directory basis. By default .
Editing the hosts file on Windows Vista
On Windows Vista the hosts file has a higher level of default security than earlier versions of Windows and
Stop Adobe Photoshop CS2 on Vista asking you to register
On Windows Vista, every time you start up Adobe Photoshop CS2 you are asked to register. There’s an button
Capture streaming audio and video media with HiDownload
Cross Table Update with MySQL
Using MySQL version 4.0 or higher you can update a table by joining two or more tables together; this allows
MySQL Control Center
The MySQL Control Center (also known as MySQLCC) is a platform-independent GUI administration client for the MySQL database server.
