Updates...
-------------------------
Thu 27th Dec 2018 /cpj
Well, it's been a while since my last confession... er, update.
Work was pretty intense until just before the holidays began; got everything
done that I had needed to accomplish (I mean *really*, as in the essential).
Was able to leave a couple of days early, which was a pleasant experience.
In my spare time I've been doing a number of reno-type projects around the
house, mostly replacing out-of-code electrical stuff and troubleshooting
HVAC issues now that winter has fully arrived. I have one uncooperative
duct, that I think was blocked by the duct cleaning company we hired when we
first moved in in May. I have a remote scope on the way from Amazon, so
hopefully it will do the trick. The basement is fully finished, so not
really looking forward to ripping down drywall to source issues.
And since my holidays, I've finished off the latest iteration of my code
self-documenting tool.
As I mentioned previously, I use the whatis database to store short
descriptions of local scripts and code. 'mkhelp' pulls the description from
my code, and verifies if a whatis entry exists. If it doesn't, it can create
it. 'does' pulls descriptions of aliases and functions from all of my bash
dotfiles, combines them in an array with the contents of my personal whatis
database, and prints, with optional progressive grepping. I'm happy with it;
I'll put copies in my code directory. Feel free to comment, or e/m to
[email protected].
I've also decided to answer the call of a number of you and set up a
micro-pubnix (mostly nix, for now, as I don't have any users). You can see
what I've got set up so far at: gopher.kaun.ca. Right now I'm fiddling with
auto-backups. Funnily enough, keeping the gopher files on my production
machine and sending *to* the server seems the easiest and most secure (i.e.
without storing passwords on the server), but I'm sure there's a more
complicated way.
