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I was recently copying some very large files from one remote machine to another. However, I had forgotten to use the nohup command and would need to leave before the transfer finished. Simple solution:
1) Suspend the process Ctrl+z
2) Background it bg
3) jobs to find the number to …
4) disown
Another problem that I ran up against [...]

I love the command line especially when working remotely. Yes, logmein, vnc, teamview, etc. are useful, but when you need quick access or powerful command-line tools, nothing beats the shell.
The problem is what to do when it fails. Diagnosing connection problems over hostile networks with firewalls, packet filtering, and more can be a pain. I [...]

I was recently watching a Goggle Tech Talk titled How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters. Joshua Block had this great summary that I wanted to share …
Characteristics of a Good API
- Easy to learn
- Easy to use even w/o docs
- Hard to misuse
- Easy to read and maintain code that uses it
- [...]

So cygwin allows you to port all the great *nix utilities to a Windows environment, and that’s useful because 1) there are some many handy tools and 2) you can write scripts or tasks once and use them everywhere (Unix, Linux, OS X, Windows).
Today, let’s discover how you can get two of the most useful [...]