Category: Ubuntu

How to: Erase a log file in Ubuntu

How to: Erase a log file in Ubuntu Ever had this huge error log, full of nightmares and bad memories? Well, once you’re done fixing the problems then you’re stuck with megs if not...

How to: Create a Self Signed Certificate in Ubuntu

How to: Create a Self Signed Certificate in Ubuntu Many times during the initial phases of a Web Server deployment we are in need of testing secure communications (and its configuration) using a certificate. Unfortunately...

General Commands Manual: mkdir

General Commands Manual: mkdir   trusty (1) mkdir.1.gz Provided by: coreutils_8.21-1ubuntu5_i386 NAME mkdir – make directories SYNOPSIS mkdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY… DESCRIPTION Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. Mandatory arguments to long...

General Commands Manual: dphys-swapfile

General Commands Manual: dphys-swapfile NAME dphys-swapfile – set up, mount/unmount, and delete an swap file SYNOPSIS dphys-swapfile setup|swapon|swapoff|uninstall DESCRIPTION dphys-swapfile computes the size for an optimal swap file (and resizes an existing swap file...

How to: Configure Swappiness in Ubuntu

How to: Configure Swappiness in Ubuntu In one of my previous articles on how to setup virtual memory / swap memory in Ubuntu I covered how to install a swap space for a Windows...

General Commands Manual: dpkg-buildpackage

General Commands Manual: dpkg-buildpackage NAME dpkg-buildpackage – build binary or source packages from sources SYNOPSIS dpkg-buildpackage [option…] DESCRIPTION dpkg-buildpackage is a program that automates the process of building a Debian package. It consists of...

General Commands Manual: unlink

General Commands Manual: unlink NAME unlink – call the unlink function SYNOPSIS unlink file DESCRIPTION The unlink utility shall perform the function call: unlink(file); A user may need appropriate privilege to invoke the unlink...