From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 05:51:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B9516A41F for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:51:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BE8D43D45 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:51:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jA15pL5b015562; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:51:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jA15p4Jx015561; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:51:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:51:04 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20051101055104.GA15533@thought.org> References: <20051031212138.4456283C0D@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <200510312218.13261.freebsd01@dgmm.net> <20051101011146.GA14135@thought.org> <20051101013050.GA10120@flame.pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051101013050.GA10120@flame.pc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , dgmm , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The best scripts ever (trick or treat) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:51:39 -0000 On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 03:30:50AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-10-31 17:11, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:18:12PM +0000, dgmm wrote: > > > On Monday 31 October 2005 21:21, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > > > > POST YOUR COOLEST SCRIPTS! <3 (trick or treat) > > > > > > Unless it's FreeBSD specific scripts you are talking about would > > > news://comp.unix.shell not be better for this? > > > > Yeah, but reached netnews may be more trouble for lots of us. > > I say, "Come on down!" > > Nah! Too much traffic for little gain, I think. > > A web page with shell script collections and a link posted to the > list would be *much* more preferable, if you ask me. A web page > is easier to extend later on, reorganize, categorize, present in > multiple ways, etc. without increasing the traffic of the list > immensely. > I'd be willing to host a scripts website here; I already have a slew of hits of my ThinkPad and CTWM pages. But the scripts would have to be drop-in-able. Otherwise, would freebsd.org be willing to donate a few pages? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix