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How do I change the name servers for my domain name?

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/domains/domainfeatures/advanceddns/advanceddns-12.html
 
The service you purchased may include such features as domain forwarding, email, and a web site. Replacing Yahoo!’s name servers will render these features inactive. However, changing your name servers will not automatically cancel your service. You will continue to manage your WHOIS contact information through Yahoo!, and Yahoo! will continue to renew your [...]

How To

Linux / Unix Command: unzip

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_unzip.htm
 
NAME
unzip – list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
unzip [-Z] [-cflptuvz[abjnoqsCLMVX$/:]] file[.zip] [file(s) ...] [-x xfile(s) ...] [-d exdir]
DESCRIPTION
unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the current directory (and subdirectories below [...]

Linux Commands

Linux / Unix Command: tar

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_tar.htm
 
NAME
tar – The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
SYNOPSIS
tar [ - ] A –catenate –concatenate | c –create | d –diff –compare | r –append | t –list | u –update | x -extract –get [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --block-size N ] [ -B, --read-full-blocks ] [ -C, --directory [...]

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Linux / Unix Command: gzip

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_gzip.htm
 
NAME
gzip, gunzip, zcat – compress or expand files
SYNOPSIS
gzip [ -acdfhlLnNrtvV19 ] [-S suffix] [ name ... ] gunzip [ -acfhlLnNrtvV ] [-S suffix] [ name ... ] zcat [ -fhLV ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). [...]

Linux Commands

Linux / Unix Command: gzip

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_gzip.htm
 
NAME
gzip, gunzip, zcat – compress or expand files
SYNOPSIS
gzip [ -acdfhlLnNrtvV19 ] [-S suffix] [ name ... ] gunzip [ -acfhlLnNrtvV ] [-S suffix] [ name ... ] zcat [ -fhLV ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). [...]

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Linux / Unix Command: zip

February 21st, 2009

 
Source: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_zip.htm
 
zip [-aABcdDeEfFghjklLmoqrRSTuvVwXyz!@$] [-b path] [-n suffixes] [-t mmddyyyy] [-tt mmddyyyy] [ zipfile [ file1 file2 ...]] [-xi list]
zipcloak [-dhL] [-b path] zipfile
zipnote [-hwL] [-b path] zipfile
zipsplit [-hiLpst] [-n size] [-b path] zipfile
DESCRIPTION
zip is a compression and file packaging utility for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, Atari and Macintosh, Amiga and [...]

Linux Commands

Linux / Unix rmdir command (remove – delete)

February 16th, 2009

 
Source: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/urmdir.htm
 
About rmdir
Deletes a directory.
Syntax
rmdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…
–ignore-fail-on-non-empty ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty.
-p, –parents Remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c’ is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a’.
-v, –verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed.
–version output version information and [...]

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Linux / Unix rm command (remove – delete)

February 16th, 2009

 
Source: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/urm.htm
 
About rm
Deletes a file without confirmation (by default).
Syntax
rm [-f] [-i] [-R] [-r] [filenames | directory]
-f Remove all files (whether write-protected or not) in a directory without prompting the user. In a write-protected directory, however, files are never removed (whatever their permissions are), but no messages are displayed. If the removal of [...]

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Linux / Unix shred command

February 16th, 2009

 
Source: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/shred.htm
 
About shred
Delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide its contents.
Syntax
shred [OPTIONS] FILE [...]
-f, –force Change permissions to allow writing if necessary.
-n, –iterations=N Overwrite N times instead of the default (25)
-s, –size=N shred this many bytes (suffixes like K, M, G accepted)
-u, –remove truncate and [...]

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How to Make Your Own Network Cables – Network Cable Color Code Standards

February 15th, 2009

Network Cable Color Code Standards
 
COLOR-CODE STANDARDS Last updated: 8/9/2004
 
Again, please bear with me…  Let’s start with simple pin-out diagrams of the two types of UTP Ethernet cables and watch how committees can make a can of worms out of them.  Here are the diagrams:
 

 
Note that the TX (transmitter) pins are [...]

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