Category Archives: Shell Scripting

How to kill windows taskbar using VB.net

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Scott O'Connor

If you are looking to kill the taskbar in windows, or explorer.exe, the snippet of code below, when compiled, will kill the Windows explorer.exe process. This willremove your TaskBar. You can set this compiled exe file up in the windows … Continue reading →

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Bash Shell Scripting Guide

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Scott O'Connor

Common environment variables PATH – Sets the search path for any executable command. Similar to the PATH variable in MSDOS. HOME – Home directory of the user. MAIL – Contains the path to the location where mail addressed to the … Continue reading →

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CRON jobs, and the automation of processes

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Scott O'Connor

CRON is just the name of a program which allows users of UNIX environments to execute single commands, or multiple commands within scripts. This can be done automatically at specific times and dates. The commands executed can vary from system … Continue reading →

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