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By John C. Zastrow

Posted on December 30, 2009

This little script needs a lot of help But it will recurse down through the current directory and create a listing of files, their folders, sizes, and modification dates and times. it was written to run on Windows under Cygwin. [Read More]

Linux/UNIX/Cygwin find command

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on December 30, 2009

How to set a static IP in Ubuntu from the shell

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on December 4, 2008

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Remastersys Notes

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on September 27, 2008

My latest project is to turn my favorite Linux desktop configurations into stand alone distributions that I can run as LiveCDs or install anywhere. [Read More]

UPDATE_ON column in MySQL with trigger

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on September 19, 2008

I needed to update a column with the date and time whenever a record changed in my database. So here is the recipe for the trigger in MySQL 5.0. [Read More]

Auto File transfer/copying with SCP

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on September 19, 2008

Here is a [Read More]

Exporting and Importing in Oracle: A Quick Start

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on September 5, 2008

I do this about twice per year and every time I have to look back at my notes to remember how. Maybe you are in the same boat. So, to save us both some trouble I’m going to blog my notes on the subject here. [Read More]

EPA Supports WATERS Geospatial data through OGC WMS/WFS Services

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on August 5, 2008

EPA appears to be using ESRI's ArcIMS 9.2 OGC connectors to publish OGC WMS/WFS services of their WATERS data. [Read More]

When you need a sexy terrain relief map

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on August 4, 2008

If you’ve ever needed to make nice looking relief maps like I do now, have a look at these sites. http://www.reliefshading.com/ and http://www.shadedrelief.com/ [Read More]

Good review of Mapnik for generating online maps

By John C. Zastrow

Posted on July 25, 2008

In my opinion you can’t beat UMN Mapserver or Mapnik for making gorgeous online maps. Mapserver has installed and run for me flawlessly every time I’ve tried it — without days of arguing with it. Mapnik has taken me nearly a week to get running sometimes. But, just like you... [Read More]