Winexe can be used to invoke remote Windows commands from Unix based system like Linux. Follow the steps below to build and install Winexe… installation Steps Download winexe from sourceforge Copy source code to the linux machine for example: scp winexe-1.00.tar.gz user@linuxhost:/path/to/winexe ssh to the linux machine and extract the package you just uploaded in
I wanted to generate unicode character images with certain size, font and color. I ended up writing the code below. I thought of sharing the code as it might be useful for some people. Image Font Generator Code
Problem I have an application on Windows running as a daemon. I want this app to keep running all the time. If the application is closed by mistake or crashes for some reason then I need a way to automatically restart the application and send a notification about the event. Solution I prefer simple tools
Problem We have a cluster of servers all running the same software. Upgrading a node is as simple as extracting a zip file and overwriting the existing installation. This sounds a simple task but at some point the number of nodes might become large enough to make the upgrade a tedious process. Upgrading our cluster
The rsync command can be used to sync files between Unix machines or between a Unix machine and Mac computer. Here is the syntax What if you want to copy files from a Unix machine to a local Windows machine. Here is how: Install http://sourceforge.net/projects/grsync-win on the windows Machine then launch it and fill as
I wanted to monitor the log files of 8 server nodes in a cluster installation. I used notepad at the beginning and it was a painful experience. I tried nodepad++ and the tail command for windows but it was not that better. I did a quick research and found an amazing free and easy to
I wanted a proxy server installation with basic authentication. Squid proxy server is a well known open source proxy server but it is mainly for Unix. If you want to try Squid for Windows follow the steps below: Downlaod squid for windows: http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/download/squid-3.0.STABLE23-BZR-bin.zip Extract to C:\\squid Go to c:\\squid\\etc Rename squid.conf.default to squid.conf Rename mime.conf.default
Introduction This is going to be a very quick tutorial to demonstrate that Robotframewok can be used to automate Android based smart phone applications. In this tutorial we are going to use Robotframework Android library which sits on top of Calabash Android framework. I tried it myself and was able to make it run however
Introduction Computer operating systems have been around for more than half a century so there is not much to add to the definition. Whether you are in the software industry or the academia, I assume you know what an operating system means but in few words an OS is the piece of software that sits
Suppose that you have a remote Windows machine for example a virtual Windows machine in a test automation farm. You can use Windows remote desktop client to connect to that machine and monitor test automation progress. There should be no problem if you close the remote session if you are testing a background process however
