Run cron jobs with environmental variables for an account

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A common error for configuring cron is to use environmental variables for an account in the cron command. However, cron will run the commands without these variables defined. In the crontab -e, adding . $HOME/.profile before the commands play the trick. For example: 0 */8 * * * . $HOME/.profile; ~/bin/my-command Cron is started by
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How to spawn a background process in a bash script

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For example, I want to spawn many ssh background processes in one bash script: for i in `cat ./all-hosts` do ssh $i “ifconfig | grep Link” done Simply adding a & to the ssh commands does not work. Here is the script that works: for i in `cat ./all-hosts` do ssh $i “ifconfig | grep
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How to exclude certain repositories in yum?

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This tutorial introduces how to exclude certain repositories in yum. Excluding certain repositories is needed usually. One example may be when you have several repositories that have the same package and you only want the one from a certain repository. For my situation, I choose to exclude the google-chrome and other repositories from Google when
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How to repair a MySQL table?

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After a server crash and restarting, MyBB reports a SQL Error as follows: MyBB SQL Error MyBB has experienced an internal SQL error and cannot continue. SQL Error: 145 – Table ‘./mybb/mybb_sessions’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired Query: SELECT * FROM mybb_sessions WHERE sid=’40021925bd0494ea31…’ AND ip=’x.x.x.x’ LIMIT 1 The dababase is MySQL.
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Plain text file pipelined to Linux mailx turns to “Content-Type: application/octet-stream” (an attachment)

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Plain text file pipelined to Linux mailx turns to “Content-Type: application/octet-stream” which is recognized as an attachment by some email client. The command is like this: $ cat log.txt | mail -s “Updated log file” -r “from@example.com” “to@example.com” I expect it to be: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit But it turns out to be: Content-Type:
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Where are the Linux routing table entries stored on disk?

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I know the routing tables on Linux is in memory after being set. However, where are the routing table entries stored on disk? I mean where are the routing table is persistently stored so that the routing table can be reloaded like the iptables (under /etc/sysconfig/iptables on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS Linuxes). If the system uses the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
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How to use OCaml as a script language?

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How to use OCaml as a script language like bash and python? It will be good that I can write a script in OCaml and directly invoke it. For example, I write a script named “script.ml” and then I can invoke it directly by $ ./script.ml Thanks! Three helloworld scripts: script3.ml #! /usr/bin/env ocaml print_string
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How to set Google Chrome’s proxy settings in command line on Linux?

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How to set Google Chrome’s proxy settings in command line on Linux? I am using Google Chrome on Linux and start it by google-chrome. How can I set the proxy using the command line? It tell me that my desktop is not supported but I can set the proxy in command line. Use the –proxy-server
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Chrome’s KDE proxy integration broken on KDE / Fedora

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Chrome reads the proxy settings from Gnome correctly. However, when I run Chrome under KDE, the proxy integration is broken: In the settings of Chrome, clicking the “Change proxy settings” opens the KDE proxy setting dialog correctly (the command kcmshell4 proxy actually is executed). However, after the proxy settings are made, Chrome does not read
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How to activate or deactivate a Linux host with Gnome remotely?

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I have a Fedora Linux server with Gnome 3. I want to lock / unlock the remote Gnome desktop remotely. How to activate or deactivate it remotely through SSH? Use gnome-screensaver-command. It is not specific to Gnome 3. Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen): $ gnome-screensaver-command -a If the screensaver is active then deactivate
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svn: how to clean up my repository directory?

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I have a local svn repository. I work in the repository, e.g. compiling latex documents and building software packages, and there are many useless temporary files there. How can I clean it up by automatically clean these temporary files like the git clean -f in git? svn seems has no built-in function for this. But
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Make changes to sysctl.conf take effect without rebooting Linux?

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I made some changes to /etc/sysctl.conf. I know it will take effect next time Linux boots. However, how to make the changes to sysctl.conf take effect without rebooting Linux? You can force Linux to reload the new configuration in /etc/sysctl.conf by: execute the following command as root: sysctl -p For more details, check the manual
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Installing Dropbox on Linux

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How to install Dropbox on Linux ? Just follow Dropbox’s instruction here: https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx A quick command for 64-bit Linux: $ cd ~ && wget -O – “https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64” | tar xzf – Use the dropx CLI: http://www.dropboxwiki.com/Using_Dropbox_CLI Download dropbox.py: $ wget -O ~/bin/dropbox.py “https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py” Set the permissions: $ chmod +x ~/bin/dropbox.py Start Dropbox: $ dropbox.py start Status:
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