Open Source Software

Hello,

I've just added an Open Source Software folder to my Sky drive on Live Spaces, and there are some very good programs I've written in that folder ready to be downloaded.

If you need to monitor wb sites to make sure they are up, or monitor web pages to see if they change, you will find scripts there to use for those purposes.

There is also a script that allows you to choose a large set of files to do a search, and replace of large blocks of text on, and a script set that will greatly enhance your ability to look up anything about your software packages on any Linux system that uses dpkg.

--  Linux dpkg Software Report script set.. http://www.rayslinks.com/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.html Ray's Links, a variety of links to usefull things, and articles by Ray. http://www.rayslinks.com Writings of "The" Schizophrenic, what it's like to be a schizo, and other things, including my poetry. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com  

Bug squashing new release of the Linux dpkg Software Report

Once again I have been polishing the code to the dpkg Software Report script set, and have finally gotten the list formatting routines working correctly. There are a few lists that still do not format correctly, but they are due to the package maintainer entering the textual representation of those list structures in their Description sections in an incorrect format that can not be accommodated by the software report script set.

I have written to the software package's maintainers for those packages whose lists do not format correctly, and advised them of their error. Hopefully they will heed my advisory, and correct their Description section entries to correct the problem.

I made a couple of other bug fixes while I have been working on the scripts, and if you have downloaded the Linux dpkg Software Report before 1-30-2009 you should re-download the latest .gz file from Ray's Liinks, and install this newest version on your system to get the best experience out of your use of the Linux dpkg Software Report.

Later, Ray Parrish

--  Linux dpkg Software Report script set.. http://www.rayslinks.com/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.html Ray's Links, a variety of links to usefull things, and articles by Ray. http://www.rayslinks.com Writings of "The" Schizophrenic, what it's like to be a schizo, and other things, including my poetry. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com  

Bug fixes, and new features for the Linux dpkg Software Report

Hello,

Today I added a new feature to the Linux dpkg Software Report. Now the installed date and time for all packages is included in the program's output.

Also, there was a bug which caused the label name of the Description section to be written incorrectly if there were square brackets in the rest of the line containing the Description section lable name. This bug no longer exists.

Another bug I squashed today was one which cause the alphabetical package listing links to get written incorrectly if the software section name contained any slash characters.

Version 1.17 of the Linux dpkg Software Report is now available for download on Ray's Links

Later, Ray Parrish

--  Linux dpkg Software Report script set.. http://www.rayslinks.com/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.html Ray's Links, a variety of links to usefull things, and articles by Ray. http://www.rayslinks.com Writings of "The" Schizophrenic, what it's like to be a schizo, and other things, including my poetry. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com  

Web Site Monitor version 1.15

Hello,

I have re-written my Web Site Monitor script set to make it follow Linux standards more closely.

The script set now includes an install script which places the two script files in the /usr/local/bin folder where they should be, and puts the working folder at /home/$USERNAME/.WebSiteMonitor/ with the configuration file now residing in the /home/$USERNAME/.config/WebSiteMonitor/WebSiteMonitor.conf file.

As a result you no longer have to specify the absolute path name to the WebSiteMonitor.sh file when you call it from the command line, as it now resides on the system PATH where it can be found simply by typing in it's name on the command line.

Also in this new version is the added capability of checking to see if your internet connection is down when Web Site Monitor discovers it cannot download the file you are monitoring on your own web site.

This prevents false web site down notices that are caused by your internet connection actually being down instead of your web site.

I have also added a configuration file so that you may specify which folder you would like your Web Site Monitor log files kept in. The default is the /home/$USERNAME/.WebSiteMonitor/logs/ folder, but you may specify any other folder in your home folder structure now as well by editing the configuration file.

Get the new script set here - Web Site Monitor at Ray's Links.

Later, Ray Parrish

--  Linux dpkg Software Report script set.. http://www.rayslinks.com/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.html Ray's Links, a variety of links to usefull things, and articles by Ray. http://www.rayslinks.com Writings of "The" Schizophrenic, what it's like to be a schizo, and other things, including my poetry. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com