Shell Development

This section contains mostly scripts that I wrote to perform various tedious tasks. Most scripts are written for Linux and developed in Perl.

Scripts

Script Name: backup_file Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: backup one or more files, always creating a unique name

Script Name: chkconfig Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: Maintain runlevel information for Linux system services

Script Name: generate-autohome.pl Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: Use LDAP groups to regularly create an auto.home file for autofs using cron.

Script Name: group-utils Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: utility to manage LDAP groups

Script Name: mail-deny Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: block email from specific email-addresses or servers.

Script Name: mail-logs.pl Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: Use cron to send a daily set of email messages containing the logs for the previous day.

Script Name: mailman-qmail.pl Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: qmail alias manager for mailman.

Script Name: qmail vacation Environment: Perl v5.8.0 for Linux Description: Reply to mail automatically. This version is written to work with qmail.