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Making Your Shell Scripts Run From Anywhere

By Eric Weidner • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Tips and Tricks

How many times have you had to go to a specific directory to launch an application or set several environment variables for an application to be able to find itself and run? Well, here’s a simple trick to add to your shell scripts so that they’re self-contained with no external requirements or editing.


Running Multiple Firefox Versions Side-by-Side

By Eric Weidner • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Tips and Tricks

Often developers need to test multiple browsers during development to test for browser compatibility or to use a different version of the browser because a needed plugin only works on an older version. Firefox offers some handy options to run several versions side-by-side.