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On a special section of our forum, anyone can post an idea for a small custom utility/program.
Coders who hang out on our forum keep an eye out for interesting requests and when they see one that catches their interest, they code it and release it to the public for free.
People who find the tools useful are encouraged to donate directly to the coders to show their appreciation.
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Friend of a FriendIf you find it strange that someone with no posts yet suddenly donates, don't. I was nudged here by a friend sometime ago but have been too busy to officially sign up. I'm not sure what his handle is here, but he sings this site's praises. I will continue to do the same.
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What are Coding Snacks?
Coding snacks are small custom utilities written by coders who hang out on DonationCoder in response to requests posted on our forum.
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Secure automated backup on *nixAfter having lost months of work on various projects(ironically one of them was a backup tool) due to HD crashes and such, I wrote a little Bash shell script that will automatically archive a directory (and all it's sub-folders) and upload it via secure copy (scp) to a remote shell account. I figured I would share this with my dc buddies in case any one can use it.
It reads a simple configuration file in which you can configure a few things, including files to EXCLUDE from the backup. (for example: object files and other garbage files generated while compiling a program). I will post step-by-step instructions on how to use this, but first, here is the script: |
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