PC Scripts Daily - 09/03/2010

Welcome to the sixth edition of PC Scripts Daily! There isn't much content today but I do have some status updates.

PC Scripts Updates

I have updated the JavaScript that runs on PC Scripts. All of the code has been extremely compressed to shorten loading times. The code is now object oriented as well. The page rendering links have been changed to buttons. I am also going to add a new slideshow to the sidebar. Please make sure you have JavaScript enabled and that PC Scripts is allowed to execute JavaScript code.

If you are interested in viewing the source code of the JavaScript on PC Scripts, do not try to go to the actual executed source files. These files are compressed. To view an uncompressed source file, change the bin/js/*name of source file*.js in the URL to bin/js/source/*name of source file*.js. I tried to document the code as well as I could.

My Computer's Status

My computer has been dead for quite a long time. I have finally been able to start rebuilding the system from scratch and I will be able to do PC Scripts Daily from there. Once I can do that, the posts will be longer because I will be able to type a bit faster than I can on my iPod Touch. Every PC Scripts Daily post out right now has been created on my iPod Touch.

Bash Tutorial - Part 4: File I/O 2

Even if you use the > to redirect output, the next time you redirect to the same file, it will overwrite the old file. Because of this, it is never a good idea to use >. You should use >>. This will create the file if it doesn't exist and add to it if it does exist. This way, you can create a log file for you scripts.

Next Edition

I know today's edition of PC Scripts Daily was short. Tomorrow, I will have part five of the Bash tutorial, an app review on the new Apps Weekly section, and some Apple news.