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Date:      Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:47:52 +0100
From:      Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-www@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The best scripts ever (trick or treat)
Message-ID:  <4367C668.7050704@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051101194043.GD67660@thought.org>
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>

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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



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