Free virtbench 0.1 software for linux

run adds a service menu for all file types. This service menu will just call the file in the command line using the active folder as work folder.

Makes running some scripts and applications much easier (Some require work folder to be the same where they are located so double-clicking does not work).

Maybe a good fix would be to make it available only for files that have the executable permission

Minidock is a 4 buttons application launcher for the Window Maker dock. The config file allow to put custom commands and icons.

The default package provides two versions of the config file (common apps and Openoffice).

winCloser project can close all windows on current workspace with one click.

winCloser is a simple GNOME panel applet that will close all windows on current desktop. Additionally you can kill the windows or close all windows on all workspaces.

gremind project is a simple reminder manager for GNOME.

The project allows you to set reminders (by time and description) so, when the time expires, notifies you with a discrete popup on the system tray and, optionally, plays a custom sound.

IBMDoK is a small KDE kicker applet for the IBM themal sensors. Its just my small hack for the T60 sensors.

IBMDoK can work for other ThinkPads, mut maybe you have to adapt it.

BinaryKlock project is a binary clock kicker applet.

The special thing about this clock is that it displays the time in binary instead of using the decimal system.

Binary is pretty easy to read and many people will nonetheless stare at your desktop, not believing how you can read the time from that.

This is my first KDE application, let me know if you like it ;)

Building:

This is my first KDevelop project as well, and Im not yet extremely familiar with it. It generated the usual autoconf files and you should be able to build it like this:

./configure
make
make install

ZDB (Zazzybob.com DataBase) can be used to maintain simple lists and databases (such as telephone directories, address lists, etc). The project implements mechanisms for basic queries and reporting, and also allows us to join two tables by a primary key, and display query results based thereon.

ZDB is not a relational database. If you want a relational DB then use a proper DBMS!

ZDB is, however, highly useful for small, non-critical database needs, especially where "flat-files" are all thats really required, but where maintaining a long list of data manually would be too labour intensive.

ZDB requires the "usual-suspects" with regards to tool dependencies. All of the required tools will be present in any modern UNIX/Linux system. The scripts are implemented as bash scripts, but if you change the shebang line to match the path to your shell, and as long as your shell supports the ((...)) arithmetic construct, youll be okay! There arent any bash-specifics in the scripts.

Some of the scripts (especially query scripts) may run fairly slowly depending on your system. There is a lot of data processing going on in the background (involving many invocations of awk!). On a P4 2.66GHz the results will be instantaneous, whereas on a PII 233MHz you might not be so lucky.

Package Contents

The ZDB package consists of the following scripts:
zdb_constants

Contains constants needed by all scripts

zdb_create_table
Creates a new table
zdb_insert_values
Insert values into a table
zdb_join_tables
Query two tables using a join
zdb_remove_table
Drop a table
zdb_remove_values
Remove values from a table
zdb_select_all
Display an entire table
zdb_select_rows
Query a table by row
zdb_select_values
Query a table by column name
zdb_get_by_key
Get a single row by its key value

Also included in the download is zdb_test which is an example showing how each of the commands is used, creating tables, inserting values, querying the tables, and finally deleting the tables.

As you can see, I havent implemented a "change row" script. I dont see the point, as it would just duplicate the functionality of a call to zdb_remove_values followed by a call to zdb_insert_values. I have shown an example of this in the zdb_test script, included with the download.

Overview of Data Structure

Each table is made of two parts. A .def (Definition) file, and a .dat (Data) file. The .def file is created when the table is first created, and contains a list of all the column names in that table, and thus, provides that tables definition. The .dat file is created when the first row of values is inserted (and is deleted when the last row of data is removed). This is a flat file using ":" as a column delimeter. Therefore, do NOT use ":" in any of your data!

The idea of the .def file is to provide column name to field position translation, so that we can query in the form column_name=value (kind of like a WHERE clause in SQL). They are saved as table_name.{dat,def} in the directory specified by the ZDB_DIR constant (see below).

The first (left-most) column in each table is considered to be its key and must be unique for each row in the table.

Syntax

The syntax of each command is discussed below.

zdb_constants

Syntax

N/A

In the current implementation, this script contains only one constant, ZDB_DIR, which is the full path to the directory containing your database (.dat/.def) files. It is important that the directory exists, and that this constant is set correctly to reference the directories path, otherwise nothing will work!

Example

ZDB_DIR=/home/kevin/databases/db_one
zdb_create_table
Syntax
zdb_create_table table_name col_1 [ col_2 ... col_n ]

Create a table within ZDB_DIR named table_name as specified by the first argument to the command. The column names are specified by subsequent arguments to the command. At least one column must be specified. This command creates a file in ZDB_DIR named table_name.def.

Example

zdb_create_table my_table id f_name s_name t_name
zdb_insert_values
Syntax
zdb_insert_values table_name val_1 [ val_2 ... val_n ]

Insert values specified by val_1, etc, into table_name. This has various error checking mechanisms implemented, and will check for the correct number of values (i.e. the same number of values as there are columns in the table). val_1 in the left-most column is considered to be a primary key for that row of data, and must be unique within that table. Values are added sequentially, and are thus "appended" to the table in the order that they are added. No sorting takes place. If any single value contains spaces, it must be quoted, e.g. "example value with spaces".

Example

zdb_insert_values my_table 1 Kevin Waldron 0208-111-1111
zdb_join_tables
Syntax
zdb_join_tables table_one table_two [ searchterm | col=searchterm ]

Join two tables by their key field, and print fields from both tables where the row key matches. Other rows are not printed. An optional searchterm can be specified. This searchterm MUST be a single word, and can be of the form "searchterm" where all fields are searched, or "col=searchterm" whereby only the specified column name "col" is searched.

Example

Suppose we have two tables populated with data, the following session depicts command usage and possible output
$ zdb_join_tables my_info my_table name=Kevin

id name number data_1 data_2
1 Kevin Smith 02081111234 zdb_data more_data
2 Kevin Jones 02078392111 data_value more_data
68 Mr Kevin 9230192912 0291 19192

zdb_remove_table
Syntax
zdb_remove_table table_name

If table_name exists, both its .def and .dat files will be deleted.

Example

zdb_remove_table my_table
zdb_remove_values
Syntax
zdb_remove_values table_name key

Removes the row from table_name specified by key, where key is the unique identifier for that row (the entry in the first column of the table for that row).

Example

To remove the row with key "4" from my_table

zdb_remove_values my_table 4
zdb_select_all
Syntax
zdb_select_all table_name

Displays all data from table_name preceeded by a header row detailing the column names

Example

zdb_select_all my_table
zdb_select_rows
Syntax
zdb_select_rows table_name searchterm|col=searchterm

Shows all rows from table_name where searchterm can be found. Accepts both forms of searchterm specification, as discussed in the zdb_join_tables section above.

Example

zdb_select_rows my_table Kevin
zdb_select_values
Syntax
zdb_select_values table_name col_1 [ col_2 ... col_n ]

Selects and displays all data from the specified columns in table_name
Example
Yes, multiple instances of the same column can be specified, to repeat their output

zdb_select_values my_table f_name f_name s_name
zdb_get_by_key
Syntax
zdb_get_by_key table_name key

Select only the single row from table_name that has the unique key key.

Example

zdb_get_by_key my_table 1