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Is the Windows registry a good idea?
Compared to Unix config files, and even to Windows 3.1 ‘ini’ files is the windows registry a good idea? This was the question that presented itself in my mind this weekend. First, what is the windows registry? Windows registry is a Hierarchical database that stores configuration settings for Windows, and for the software installed on [...]
NTFS: Alternate Data Streams
Not many people working on Windows using the NTFS file system are aware of a feature called Alternate Data Streams (ADS). First things first: A file system is that part of an operating system which deals with storage and management of files on the disk. Its responsible for the ability to retrieve data from a [...]
Deleting zero byte files
In the past I have shown ways to run Linux scripts on windows based system. I have also talked about one use of the find command, in conjunction with grep command to search for files having a given text content (say a word) in multiple folders. Today I will show you another use of the [...]
Automate encryption with GPG
This blogpost requires some familiarity with GPG. Today I want to share the scripts for running GPG in the batch (unattended) mode. You can have a password on the keys if you want, but since this is the automated mode, you may want to use keys without a password. Irrespective of whether or not you [...]
Searching files within multiple folders
How to search file contents for a specific phrase using grep within multiple folders. Shows ways for both Linux and Windows.
Running Linux scripts on Windows
How to run Linux scripts on Windows.
