Open Source Software

MySQL Backup is written in Perl. It uses mysqlshow to grab the database names and "show tables" to grab the table names for a user's account, and then uses mysqldump to save the data in a subdirectory named in the script. It then tars and gzips the files, using the date and time for the file name. It can be run from cron on a daily basis. It now removes old files and has an option to email the gzip file to an admin, as well as ftp. more

Simple Form v3.4 will be posted soon. more

WCN:Talk is a 'threaded' discussion board, written in Perl, using MySQL for its backend database. The top page has a menu that allows sorting and filtering, with a number of defaults, such as viewing new records. more

Search and Replace (ok, it's not an original name...) replaces characters in recursive directories and files line by line, with a strong suite of options for prompted replaces. It's a medium size utility written in Perl. It's very useful for replacing things like domain names, etc. On one client's system it processed 13,029 files, with 7,487 replaces, in 11 seconds. It also writes its operation output to a log file, so you can check what it did. more

Selected backup is based on mysql_backup.cgi, but without the 'mysqldump' function. It doesn't interact with any databases - it simply tars and gzips files and directories, based on an include file and an exclude file. more