From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 19:46:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310AD16A41F for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 19:46:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from remko@freebsd.org) Received: from caelis.elvandar.org (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE6943D55 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 19:46:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from remko@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) by caelis.elvandar.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E38930E06; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:46:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from caelis.elvandar.org ([217.148.169.59]) by localhost (caelis.elvandar.org [217.148.169.59]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 46861-03; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:46:01 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4367C668.7050704@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:47:52 +0100 From: Remko Lodder User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20051031212138.4456283C0D@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <200510312218.13261.freebsd01@dgmm.net> <20051101011146.GA14135@thought.org> <20051101013050.GA10120@flame.pc> <20051101055104.GA15533@thought.org> <20051101121414.GB1051@flame.pc> <20051101185922.GB67660@thought.org> <20051101190858.GA95616@flame.pc> <20051101194043.GD67660@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051101194043.GD67660@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by the elvandar.org maildomain Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The best scripts ever (trick or treat) X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: remko@FreeBSD.org List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:46:10 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:08:58PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >>There's no good reason to copy two lists at the same time for this. >>Please remove -questions from the Cc: list of the thread :-/ > > > I see that the -questions addr is gone. > > > This is to those on the -www list; the issue is > having a separate page or two of /bin/sh scripts > that do X, Y, Z. > > I realize the time involved if hundreds of shell > hackers submit their favorite scripts. But if it > sounds worth trying, there could be a scripts > index.php|html page with a few categories to start. > Each script must be submitted with: > > CATEGORY: system admin > FUNCTION: backup [using tar and bzip] files. > FEATURES: optional use of --exclude > > etc. > > A shell or perl script could probably strip the > mail and convert it to web-ready format. Having > many (*proven*) scripts would be a major++ for > sysadmins. At least. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox. > > > Feedback? > > gary > > The idea seems good (imo) but i am not sure how it should be done. I'd guess it first needs a tryout on something else then a FreeBSD server, (the way like many projects started and are now more and more supported by the crowd). my little input... -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org