Monthly Archives: April 2014

Copy an Amazon EC2 instance to a new region

I thought this would be easier than it turned out to be. Documenting my steps here in case I need to do this again someday. I had a running Amazon EC2 instance and I want to copy it for possible … Continue reading

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argument list too long – one possible solution

Sometimes when trying to do stuff with lots of files, I see the subject error. I’ve found that you can sometimes have better results if you are in the directory so that there is no path in your argument, i.e. … Continue reading

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rtorrent stopped uploading: “Could not lock session directory”

We noticed our torrents stopped uploading. When I try to run rtorrent via /etc/init.d it just seems like it restarts, but it’s still not listening on the designated port. I enter the command manually, something like rtorrent -n -o bind=192.168.1.2,port_range=44443-44443,directory=/home/user,session=/home/user/.rtorrent-session,peer_exchange=yes,scgi_port=127.0.0.1:16789 … Continue reading

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The end of (free) Dyn

Dyn is no longer offering their free dynamic dns service, as of a few days from now! … with mixed emotions we are notifying you that in 30 days, we will be ending our free hostname program. This change in … Continue reading

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