Tag Archives: unix
pruning your tree
This is from a mailing list post I’ve just replied to. Since I had to look it up, it’s worth blogging. It seems like a simple task. Find all the files in the current directory, excluding .svn directories. I’ve mocked … Continue reading
sandbox(7)
Like a lot of people, most of my Unix knowledge comes from an early reading of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment. This is an excellent tome on the interfaces provided by the kernel to programs on a Unix system. … Continue reading
Locales That Work
As I mentioned before, I don’t like locales. But of course, the solution is blindingly obvious and had passed me by. Unicode Support on FreeBSD points out the correct solution, which avoids breaking ls. % export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=POSIX Marvellous. Now … Continue reading