Bash

After my post Easy bash script locking with mkdir [http://tobrunet.ch/2013/01/easy-bash-script-locking-with-mkdir/] I got a lot of feedback and I've learned a lot about locking (Credits to my co-worker @nine_ch [http://twitter.com/nine_ch]). One thing I've learned: Linux has flock.

It's very easy to implement locking in a bash script using mkdir. While there are other methods like: * Touch a file and check its availability * Use special tools like lockfile-progs in Debian or lockfile in other distributions * Find the running process with pgrep I prefer mkdir for simple

Some time ago I had troubles with the backspace key while configuring a Brocade device. It did not do anything. The problem is, that my terminal (Konsole) does not send "Ctrl-H", but the Brocade terminal expects it to delete a character before the cursor. To solve this problem,