Tuesday, June 29, 2010

scp with spaces in a remote directory path and a wildcard

It's not as simple as you might think:
scp -r username@hostname:"'/some/annoying/directory path/'*" /destination/

There are other forms of this command on the web, but this is the one that worked for me on FC12, connecting to an SME 7.4 server.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Cheap spaceships!

If you've not tried it, here's your chance:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/

If you've never heard of it, Eve Online is one of the deepest, most complete MMO's out there. It's true sandbox game; the PVE content isn't all that good, however the PVP is amazing. That's not just fighting other players in fleets (which can be hugely entertaining), it's the other things that drive Eve - market trading, manufacturing, drug production, etc. and all of their supported trades. Now add in player politics, large alliances vying for space, using all sorts of underhand tricks both in-game and out of game, and it makes for something really amazing.

Anyway, it's an epic game - try it. There is nothing like it out there, and I doubt there ever will be.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

GoogleCL is pretty cool

It is. Check it out. Posting from a terminal while I'm waiting for a server to update..