Run only one instance of a program at a time
Lockfiles can provide race condition-free solutions
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Create professional slideshows in seconds with App::revealup
App::revealup converts markdown to slick HTML slide shows
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Secure your passwords with KeePass and Perl
File::KeePass makes it easy to work with KeePass database files
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Is PearlBee Perl's next great blogging platform?
We review the new open source blogging platform
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The easy way to build stand-alone Perl apps
Making dependency-free Perl applications is simple with App::FatPacker
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Schedule jobs like a boss with every
Introducing every, the cron scheduling app written in Perl
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How to schedule Perl scripts using cron
Cron is a job scheduling program available on UNIX-like platforms. Most system commands can be scheduled including the execution of Perl programs. Once a job is setup, cron will run it as scheduled even if the user is not logged in, which can be a great way to automate sysadmin tasks or repetitive jobs. This article describes how to run Perl scripts with cron.
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Request Tracker
If you’ve ever had to do user support, then you’ll be familiar with the following scenario: A question comes in from a user, and you write an e-mail reply. However, by the time you’ve hit “send,” another member of…
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A Simple Gnome Panel Applet
Table of Contents Program overview Initialization The callbacks Conclusion Gnome is the desktop environment of choice on my home Linux system because it is feature-packed and user friendly. Gnome is also flexible, and thanks to the Gtk-Perl module and…
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Programming GNOME Applications with Perl - Part 2
Programming GNOME Applications with Perl, Part Two -> Table of Contents The Cookbook Application The Main Screen Columned Lists Displaying Recipes Where We Are, And Where We’re Going Notes on the Last Article Last month’s article examined how to create…
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Programming GNOME Applications with Perl
-> Table of Contents Architecture Introduction Hello, World Adding a Menu Bar Adding an About Box Adding More Chrome Final Program GNOME is the Unix desktop. It’s a framework for writing graphical applications with Unix, providing drag-and-drop, interapplication communication,…
