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This is Greg's (also known as GreyCat's) wiki. It has some pages which may be of interest for people doing Unix shell scripting or system administration. Its official front page URL is http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ . The 'official' channel FAQ for [[http://freenode.net/|freenode]]'s [[irc://chat.freenode.net/#bash|#bash]] IRC channel is [[BashFAQ]]. For common mistakes made by Bash programmers, see BashPitfalls. For learning Bash, try the BashGuide. For a quick reference, use BashSheet. For general Unix issues, try some of the pages in CategoryUnix. [[http://www.qmail.org/|qmail]] users, see CategoryQmail. [[http://www.openssh.org/|ssh]] users, try CategorySsh. The [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC|Debian wiki]] has some more resources that may be useful. Miscellaneous pages: NetEtiquette, XyProblem. There are also some [[CategoryRant|rants]]. This wiki uses [[HelpOnSpam|text captchas]] on page edits. [[TrustedEditorGroup|Trusted editors]] will not see them.
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This is Greg's (also known as ["GreyCat"]'s) wiki. It is not very big yet, but it has got a few pages which may be of interest for people doing Unix shell scripting. ----
This is a [[http://moinmo.in/|MoinMoin]] wiki. Language packages have been installed for English, French, German and Spanish, but virtually all the content is in English.
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The 'official' channel FAQ for freenode's {{{#bash}}} channel is BashFaq. For common mistakes made by Bash programmers, see BashPitfalls. For general Unix issues, see DotFiles, ["Permissions"], or ProcessManagement. As of April 2014, this wiki runs on a Debian virtual private server with [[http://nginx.org/|nginx]] and [[http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/|uWSGI]]. In December 2012, this wiki was moved to the same Debian virtual private server with Apache2 and mod_wsgi. Prior to that, it ran on an OpenBSD box with a very slow Internet connection, using [[http://moinmo.in/HowTo/ApacheWithCherryPy|CherryPy]] with Apache rewriting magic to help out. Prior to ''that'', it ran on the same box using the "twisted" package (instructions for that no longer exist!), with a simpler Apache reverse proxy pointing to it.
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Qmail users, see QmailPath and QmailRelay. They're a bit rough right now.

Miscellaneous pages: FtpMustDie, XyProblem.

Tarzeau has a [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC Debian wiki] with more resources that may be useful.

To the idiot at 219.88.*.* who kept porn-spamming this page: congratulations. Because of you, I have blocked the entire /16 netblock (apparently a huge chunk of New Zealand). '''Why''' do we let idiots have dynamic IP addresses??

Generic wiki stuff:
== Generic wiki stuff ==
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 * CategoryCategory: pages organized by topics
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 * SyntaxReference: quick access to wiki syntax
 * SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains

== How to use this site ==
 * HelpOnEditing, HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax: quick access to wiki syntax
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 * Edit any page by pressing '''[[GetText(Edit)]]''' at the top or the bottom of the page
 * Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with {{{["quoted words in brackets"]}}}

 * Edit any page by clicking `Edit(Text)` at the top or the bottom of the page
 * Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with {{{[[words in double square brackets]]}}}
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To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq.

This wiki is powered by MoinMoin.
To  learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about  MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the  MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq. This wiki is powered by MoinMoin.

Greg's Wiki

This is Greg's (also known as GreyCat's) wiki. It has some pages which may be of interest for people doing Unix shell scripting or system administration. Its official front page URL is http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ . The 'official' channel FAQ for freenode's #bash IRC channel is BashFAQ. For common mistakes made by Bash programmers, see BashPitfalls. For learning Bash, try the BashGuide. For a quick reference, use BashSheet. For general Unix issues, try some of the pages in CategoryUnix. qmail users, see CategoryQmail. ssh users, try CategorySsh. The Debian wiki has some more resources that may be useful. Miscellaneous pages: NetEtiquette, XyProblem. There are also some rants. This wiki uses text captchas on page edits. Trusted editors will not see them.


This is a MoinMoin wiki. Language packages have been installed for English, French, German and Spanish, but virtually all the content is in English.

As of April 2014, this wiki runs on a Debian virtual private server with nginx and uWSGI. In December 2012, this wiki was moved to the same Debian virtual private server with Apache2 and mod_wsgi. Prior to that, it ran on an OpenBSD box with a very slow Internet connection, using CherryPy with Apache rewriting magic to help out. Prior to that, it ran on the same box using the "twisted" package (instructions for that no longer exist!), with a simpler Apache reverse proxy pointing to it.

Generic wiki stuff

A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share:

  • Edit any page by clicking Edit(Text) at the top or the bottom of the page

  • Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with [[words in double square brackets]]

  • Search for page titles or text within pages using the search box at the top of any page
  • See HelpForBeginners to get you going, HelpContents for all help pages.

To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about WhyWikiWorks and the WikiNature. Also, consult the WikiWikiWebFaq. This wiki is powered by MoinMoin.

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