I've never done any scripting on Windows but now I need to write a batch file that downloads a file off the internet (amongst other things). If it was linux I would use wget.
Is there a builtin executable that will download a file to a given directory? This needs to run on XP.
I'm running a small home server that stores my documents. The disks in this server are in a RAID 1 configuration (using Linux md) and it's also periodically being backup up to an external hard drive to make sure I don't lose them. However, I'm always accessing the files from other computers on the home network using an SMB share, and this results in a considerable speed penalty (especially when connected over WLAN). This is quite annoying when editing large files, such as digital camera RAWs, for example.
I've been looking for a solution to this problem. It would have to offer some kind of local caching to speed up the file access. The client would preferably not keep a copy of all data on the server, as it consists of a very large collection of photographs, most of which I will not access frequently. Instead, it should only cache the accessed files and sync the changes back in the background. Ideally, it would also do some smart read-ahead (cache the files that are in the same directory as the currently opened file, for examples), but I suppose that's asking a bit much. Synchronization should be automatic (on file change). Conflicting file changes (at the same time on different clients) are unlikely to happen in my use case, but I would prefer if they are handled properly (notification to the user).
I've come across the following options, so far:
something similar to Dropbox. iFolder seems to be the only thing that comes close, but its reputation (stability) and requirements put me off.
A distributed file system such as OpenAFS. I'm not sure this will speed up file access. It is probably overkill for what I need.
Maybe NFS or even Samba offer these possibilities. I read a bit about Windows' Offline Files, but its operation seems limited (at least on Windows XP).
As this is just for personal use, I'm not willing to spend a lot of money. A free solution would be preferred. Also, the server needs to run on Linux, and I need a client for at least Windows.
Do you know of any application that could define the application for opening different file types?
For example, setting a default application that would open .reg files.
Or if there is not any then what do I do to set it?
i basically want to run:
C:\>xcopy [0-9]{13}\.(gif|jpg|png) s:\TargetFolder /s
i know xcopy doesn't support regular-express filename searches.
i can't find out how to find out if PowerShell has a Cmdlet to copy files; and if it does, how to find out if it supports regular expression filename matching.
Can anyone think of a way to perform a recursive file copy/move with regex filename matching?
I need free duplicate file finder/remover app, with ability to
find duplicate files/folders by name and/or by size and to remove one of duplicates.
Can you please recommend any? and why?
Thanks
EDIT:
Changed to CW. Please add more apps to list if you know any.
When I set a program to open a specific file type by default, it works (like Word 2013 for PDFs). However, when I change the default back to reader, I lose Word as an option that I can pick in the open with sub-menu.
How can I get it to stick?
Update: It seems that there is something special about word. Adding Notepad++ as the default and then changing it back seems to keep notepad++ on the sub-menu.
Word version is 2013
This is probably trivial, but I'm quite new to Linux and I was unable to find any info online.
In a folder, I can execute the command find . -regex '.*py' and get the following result:
./.#netMHC3.2.py
Is this a file in the current directory? What can I do to display its contents?
Thank you
I'm have trouble transfering files again from my work PC, which is a linux machine to my home windows PC.
My work has changed it so I now need to SSH twice before I can access my PC.
So I need to:
ssh [email protected]
password: xxxxx
I then need to do it again.
ssh computer_name
password: xxxxx
I've tried accessing directly via my computers IP but to of no avail.
Is there a way I can use pscp or file zilla to ssh twice so I can transfer files?
My backupexec is setup to integrate with exchange, to backup the information store, versus just backing up the data file path.
My exchange mdbdata folder is 17 gigs. But my backup exec is backing up 40 gigs worth of data. I have gone through it a million times, and it's strictly backing up exchange information store.
I deleted all my backups and started over, to clear the incremental backup old data.
Where is all this extra data coming from?
Hello
I'm looking for a program to windows 7 that will work as a printer but it will save it to a file.
Microsoft Word - Printer - Save it to "hello.pdf" on the desktop.
I working on a application that will use a printer, but i don't have any printer to test with. And save to .xps files do not work, because u need to write a filename.
Hope that you understand!
Thanks
I am using Windows 7 and my application server is Windows Xp.
When I copy files from my local to server,it takes long time.
Is there any solution for solving this ?
When I copy files from Xp to Xp, it is fast.
I found a soln in .net
http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-7/slow-network-file-copy-issues-in-windows-7-caused-by-remote-differential-compression/
I tried it ,but no change
I'm using MS Paint on WinXP at work, for capturing simple screenshots.
Problem: MS Paint always wants to save in BMP format.
How can I set PNG to be Paint's default file-saving format?
Note: Suggestions about other software are irrelevant. I know there are many other software tools available. But I'm asking specifically about MS Paint.
Hi Guys,
I'm having an issue where after the server has been up for a period of time (~week/few days) the server will start reading corrupt data. For instance when I run a sha1sum of a file after a fresh boot it remains the same. However after a while I will start to get segfaults and from then on whenever I read this file I get a different sha1sum.
I've checked S.M.A.R.T with long tests and I've run an extended memtest86+(12 passes)
My lspci is as follows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300 Graphics
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0)
03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3403
I could really use some help on this, do you have any idea what could cause this? It's really frustrating me as it seems to trigger entirely randomly and will not go away until I reboot. I'm also use KVM for virtualization as well as MD for software RAID on this server and the processor is a Phenom II X4 965. I don't believe it's the software raid however as this affects files also hosted on non-raid partitions so I don't know.
i have created an mac application which can be open my file extensions.
But when i tested it, i dont get the path of the file requested to open using the application,
instead i got the "psn_0_151589".
I checked it for itunes, textedit, xcode and other applications.
Below is my app sample main code where i process path of the opened file python code import sys import os.path print("File opened with this app :: ",sys.argv[1]) if(os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]): print("valid file :: { do something...}\n") else: print("Invalid file path received :: { do nothing }\n")
OUTPUT : File opened with this app :: psn_0_151589 Invalid file path received :: { do nothing }
Hope someone knows how to get the filepath which was opened using any application.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-ramsey
Hi there,
I am trying to achieve something that you might typically use a hosts file for, but that isn't suitable here.
I want a Windows PC to refer to a local file (I can serve it from a web server at localhost if needed) when it attempts to fetch a certain remote file via HTTP. However, I need other files from that particular remote web server to be fetched as usual.
Any help appreciated.
I have an Excel spreadsheet file that has 5 or so columns and hundreds of lines. I need to convert this (export these data) to an XML file. I'm interested in three of the columns and they correspond to these XML tags, where info1 can be followed by info2, info3, etc...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<list>
<info1>
<id>111</id>
<value>222</value>
<des>333</des>
</info1>
</list>
If possible, I would like to avoid building this XML manually. It wouldn't be too much trouble to rearrange the Excel file such that the three columns I'm interested in were in their own file. But then I would need to export those data into an XML file of the above format. Any ideas?
After associating my MP3 files with MPlayer i can no longer change that association using the Choose default program... dialogue, the Always use this [...] Checkbox is always greyed out (Control Panel > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program does not let me change it either).
That also happened for MP4s but not for MKVs for example, and if i associate my MP3s with other applications like VLC it does not get blocked. I would really like to know why that is and if i can avoid this beforehand (thankfully i know ways to fix it afterwards already).
Edit: Another obervation: The blocking programs (i managed to block it with an association to Visual Studio as well) do not appear in the Recommended Programs of the open-with-dialogue (And the explorer said: "The current program is not recommended, but i won't let you change it, ha!").
Edit: A screenshot as requested:
As you can see on the top left (if you know the icon of MPlayer), the file is currently associated with MPlayer.
Edit: Ways to fix it (Note: This question is not about fixing it)
Using the Default Programs
Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Default Programs, select WMP, Choose defaults for this program, check .mp3
This should reassociate the files with WMP and you can create a new association in the explorer.
Using the registry (As always, keep your hands off it unless you know what you are doing or if you are fine with accidentally breaking your system)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > FileExts > .mp3
Here you could for example clean up the open-with-list, and the current default program seems to be saved here as well in the key UserChoice, there you can change the ProgId string to another application, you can associate it with WMP by entering WMP11.AssocFile.MP3 or just pick another application right away.
You may need to mess with permissions on the key though, if you cannot change the ProgId value.
Im trying to recursively get an html page to get everything that's there and save it to my directory. Lwp-rget from perl allows me to do this but I'm having the problem that its getting all the files and changing them from .rpm, .xml, .html, etc to .bin. I've been trying to maybe use the --keepext=application/xml or any type but it continues to save the file as .bin. Any way I can stop that auto formatting? Thanks.
In 2008 server the File resource manager can be set up to alert users when they go over their quota etc. This is all configured however the email notifications are not working.
They have been configured but the event log shows that the user does not have permission to send to the exchange server.
There isnt an option to chosse who to send the email from.
Is there a way to get this to work?
Thanks
I work in a big corporation, and the disk space my team gets in the corporate file server is so low, I am considering turning my work PC into a file server.
I ask this community for links to tutorials, software suggestions, and advice in general about how to set it up.
My machine is an Intel Core2Duo E7500 @ 3GHz, 3 GB of RAM, Running Windows XP Service Pack 3. Upgrading, formatting or installing another OS is out of the question. But I do have Administrator priviledges on the PC, and I can install programs (at least for now).
A lot of security software I don't even know about is and must remain installed. But I only need communication whithin the corporate network, which is not restricted.
People have usernames (logins) on the corporate network, and I need to use them to restrict access. Simply put, I have a list of logins of team members, and only people in the list should access the files.
I have about 150 GB of free disk space. I'm thinking of allocating 100 GB to the team's shared files.
I plan monthly backups on machines of co-workers, same configuration. But automation of backups is a nice, unnecessary feature: it's totally acceptable for me to manually copy the contents to a different machine once a month.
Uptime is important, as everyone would use these files in their daily work.
I have experience as a python and C programmer, but no experience whatsoever as a sysadmin, and almost nothing of my programming experience is network programming. I'm a complete beginner in this.
Thanks in advance for any help.
EDIT
I honestly appreciate all the warnings, I really do, but what I plan to make available is mostly stuff that now is solely on DVDs just for space reasons.
It's 'daily work' to read them, but 'daily work write' files will remain on the corporate server.
As for the importance of uptime, I think I overstated it: a few outages are OK, it's already an improvement over getting the DVDs.
As for policy, my manager is kind of on my side, I will confirm that before making my move.
As for getting more space through the proper channels, well, that was Plan A, and it's still on the table... But I don't have much hope. I'm not as "core businees" as I'd like.
Does anyone know if this utility still exists in Windows 7 and if so where I can find it? In Windows 95 there was a utility that would show an executable content including dependencies and the functions. It was similar to a file preview, it would just a brief overview of native applications without opening them.