Why bother with variables?
cp mydb mydb_`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`.sql.gz;should work fine.
301 2007-03-30 01:06
Re: getting date with shellscript (5 replies, posted in Programming)
302 2007-03-29 19:28
Re: getting date with shellscript (5 replies, posted in Programming)
Under bash, I use this:
`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`303 2007-03-29 06:03
Re: EF BB BF EF BB BF in downloaded files (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Maybe you should ask the Attachment mod's author ?
304 2007-03-23 12:02
Re: Hey connorhd, I was wondering (5 replies, posted in General discussion)
Look for a hosting plan that allow Apache VHOST configuration with wildcard.
Or take a small cheap dedicated server, and do it yourself, if you know how.
305 2007-03-21 03:50
Re: Shopping cart system in the spirit of PunBB? (12 replies, posted in General discussion)
To answer the original question, as far as I know, that doesn't exist. Clean, streamlined, fast, web standard compliant, easy to tweak... nope.
306 2007-03-20 23:09
Re: PhpBB 3 shows its face (28 replies, posted in General discussion)
asleo wrote:
Jérémie wrote:Clean: /community/support-forum/how-do-i-switch-to-punbb
Nice one, but please give us _underscores_ in the clean URLs in 1.3, please, pleeeeaaaaasssssee!
You will be able to edit the URI scheme for your own twisted dark needs.
307 2007-03-20 07:01
Re: PhpBB 3 shows its face (28 replies, posted in General discussion)
AlanCollier wrote:
What's a "clean URI"?
In fact, what's a dirty URI?
Dirty: /community/viewtopic.php?f=234&t=3546543154&sid=35243513513135421
Clean: /community/support-forum/how-do-i-switch-to-punbb
Note: hypothetical url 
308 2007-03-19 13:49
Re: PhpBB 3 shows its face (28 replies, posted in General discussion)
There are some things interesting (unicode support, at last) and a few features more, but to release a new major version without clean URI, plugins, and the like... PhpBB is still behind.
309 2007-03-18 15:30
Re: PunBB 1.3.X development (17 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
fixed wrote:
an approximate timeframe (i'm not holding anybody to anything) would be appreciated!
We are all in the same boat. I have one project stalled, and I just installed two vBulletin for two clients because of the no visibility on the time frame we got on PunBB (meaning Pun 1.3 would have been better, but when someone needs something now or close to now, I can't advise them to wait in the dark).
That's how it goes, the devs can't commit to something without the resources to do it. And most PunBB user don't want to pay a grand to use it.
310 2007-03-18 13:32
Re: PunBB 1.3.X development (17 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Right now, 1.3 is in alpha. I haven't seen anyone commit not to change a critical thing in the 1.3 branch, the API, whatever.
As far as I know, of course.
311 2007-03-18 13:30
Re: [request] directory listings (7 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Esteem wrote:
i want everything within the forum. just like how you can have forums embedded in CMS's. everything under the same roof. gives the option to browse around the forums and files being able to click links, instead of your browser's back button. also so the listings are under the same skin/theme... etc.
You can do that with a standalone app. Just modify the templates to integrates the links you need.
312 2007-03-17 08:36
Re: [request] directory listings (7 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
So why not use a directory browser tool?
PunBB is a forum...
313 2007-03-17 06:52
Re: Lets Start an SEO and Web Development Forum..... (41 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Pfu, I've been dug out to the grave; and never noticed it.
I should sleep more ^^
314 2007-03-17 06:50
Re: Little job offer: Request for a very simple calendar code snippet (2 replies, posted in Programming)
There is no rush; plus it's seem it doesn't interest many people 
Mail me when you get back, maybe I'll still be looking for it.
315 2007-03-16 15:02
Re: Lets Start an SEO and Web Development Forum..... (41 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
David_1cog wrote:
OK, I didn't spot the noindex on the pages I gave as example. Still, my argument stands - 'rel="nofollow"' is a better solution and nofollow is better because the bot doesn't need to visit 'forgotten password', etc. to discover it shouldn't index it!
Doesn't work like that. Googlebot for example get and store everything. Then, somewhere during indexing or during the filtering for public access (most likely at the end, so that Google has it internally) the "nofollow" content is tagged.
The name of the attribute is a misnomer. It's not "do not follow", it's "do not use as a weight or backlink when you decide the ranking of the linked page".
Check Google's docs on that.
As for rel=nofollow vs robot meta tag, I don't have right now a strong view on this, and I'm not even sure one way is better than the other one. However, since the rel does add some weight to a page, it might be worth it to check it out thoroughly. Maybe we could do that at the beta stage, to take some of the research work off the back of the devs.
316 2007-03-16 10:45
Topic: Little job offer: Request for a very simple calendar code snippet (2 replies, posted in Programming)
I need a quite simple and specific little tool, but after several tries I can't get my close-to-non-existent PHP skills around it. So I'll need help, and I can compensate (a little, since it's a very simple, and rough, job, nothing fancy here) for it.
Summary: what I need is to be able to give a year (between 1980 and 2100, and more if possible) and to get in return a clean XHTML (semantic and valid XHTML 1.0 strict) calendar of that year (just a simple xhtml display, no action besides that, I told you it was simple). The day with Full Moon and New Moon needs to be mentioned in the relevant days.
Refinement 1: if a Time Zone is given with the year, each day in the calendar has the sunrise and sunset local hours mentioned (in hh:mm 24h format).
Refinement 2: if a UseDST parameter is set, the local time is adjusted simplistically: from UTC to UTC+2, DST is applied at 2am from the last March Sunday to the last October Sunday; and from UTC-5 to UTC-10, DST is applied at 2am from April first Sunday to October last Sunday. If outside that range, the UTC/UTC+2 setting is applied if UseDST is selected.
Note: if someone has a "real" DST library he can use, that would be fine by me, if it doesn't increase the cost.
License: can be release as any license wanted (I just need to be able to do whatever I want with it once I have it). I doubt it interest anybody else, but if the coder wants to release it as CC or GPL or whatever (for example because he needs to borrow code from somewhere else, under that license), not a problem for me.
How to give parameters: from the URL. If /calendar/ is the base URL, /calendar/yyyy/ give the calendar for that year. /calendar/yyyy/+xx/ or /calendar/yyyy/-xx/ give the time zone. /calendar/yyyy/+xx/ete/ add the UseDST parameter.
Environment: Textpattern 4.0.4 and later (optional, see above), Apache 1.3 and later with rewrite rules, PHP 5.1.2 and later (I can provide a phpinfo()); if needed (I don't see why, but...) MySQL 5.0 and later.
I will do all the XHTML part needed (provide with bits of html code, edit the PHP source to add whatever semantic, id, class, etc. I'll need), CSS, localization (in French, but I can edit the PHP source for that if needed). I don't need something fancy, pluggable in another API or anything like that, just something that get the works done.
Note: it can be done as a Textpattern plugin, but also as a standalone php file, outside of Textpattern. Both are fine by me, so the simplest (hence the cheapest) is the best.
If you are interested (need a little pocket money, want to publish a first time simple plugin, etc.), please send me a mail with a quote and details.
317 2007-03-16 09:07
Re: Multiple groups membership (9 replies, posted in Feature requests)
It's a more "international" adaptation, to get it understood by our British friend over there
The exact say, in French, is: The spit of the toad doesn't get to the white dove. However, here, the translation doesn't alter it, but it's an aphorism so...
318 2007-03-16 05:55
Re: Multiple groups membership (9 replies, posted in Feature requests)
The spit of the red cow does not get to the blue, delicate, angel like frog.
319 2007-03-15 11:39
Re: Multiple groups membership (9 replies, posted in Feature requests)
This is doable as an extension?
Gosh...
I will kiss the ground where this plugin's author has walk... I may even send him a bottle of French wine if is not too far away...
320 2007-03-15 09:36
Re: Multiple groups membership (9 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Well, it took some time, but PunBB is moving toward unicode and hack free. Multigroup is the next one on that list... come back in a couple of years 
321 2007-03-14 11:22
Re: punBB acessibility (18 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Yup, PunBB is one of the most, if not the most, accessible. He might not be perfect (no software or website is), but knowing your userbase impairments you could easily adjust it for them. Its base is very neat and clean.
322 2007-03-13 19:23
Re: Hooks have been added to 1.3 (38 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I have to say, my first impression was in spytrdr's line. I use the sulfur theme on every default PunBB I read, and I think it's more modern than the alpha 1.3 one in several aspect. The first I saw the 1.3 one, my thought was: "this look like smf/phorum/x/y/z, in a nutshell every other small forum software out there".
But to be honest I'm not a big fan of blue, and the 1.3 light blue on top of the page makes me want to puke; so it may be just me.
323 2007-03-13 19:20
Re: Is it just me, or does punbb miss daylight saving time support? (27 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Well, an auto-DST would be quite nice. If one is registered and contributing to, say, 10 forums, having to change a setting twice a year on 10 websites in sequence is a pain in the lower parts.
On the other hand, the worldwide DST system is a huge mess. Without a clean GPL library, maybe more fitted for an extension at first?
324 2007-03-12 02:46
Re: "Unfortunately no one can be told..." (24 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Yup, but it's a insider tagline. From the outside, you'll take it on the first degree.
325 2007-03-10 03:09
Topic: PunBB one clic install at OVH (4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
OVH is one of the largest European web hosting company (about 1 million websites hosted), and for his shared server plans offer a free one-clic install of PunBB since a couple of days.
Nice to see it taking up momentum