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Fix *standard_init_linux.go:XXX: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"* Error

Fix standard_init_linux.go:XXX: exec user process caused "no such file or directory" Error

TL;DR: Use dos2unix While switching from Ubuntu to Alpine images, I've encountered the fillowing error: standard_init_linux.go:195: exec user process caused "no such file or directory" Quite unfortunate, because the script stayed in the same spot and only the image changed. After

Redis on Windows - Save RDB but Not Able to Persist

TL;DR: My windows service wasn't installed properly. Change the config file to point the DB to an accessible directory and reinstall the service. When trying to build a perioduc Celery task, I got the following error with Redis on Windows (running as a windows service): redis.exceptions.

Run Celery 4.1.0 on Windows 10

Run Celery 4.1.0 on Windows 10

TL;DR: Use set FORKED_BY_MULTIPROCESSING=1 on the worker script/shell When running Celery on Windows 10, I got the following error: ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 3, got 0) This is quite unfortunate as Windows is supported on "best effort". A pull request

Use Docker Behind Proxy on Windows 8

Use Docker Behind Proxy on Windows 8

The other day I had to install Docker at work, aka behind a corporate proxy (on Windows 8). While the docker installer is stand-alone and all is good, dealing with the VM is a different matter... The problem popped up when I tried to create a Django image and pip

Check Computer Started without Admin Provileges

Check Computer Started without Admin Provileges

TL;DR: open the Event viewer, select the Windows Logs > System and Filter Current Log to the desired interval. Or you can scroll to the earliest entry of the day you need (more irritating because the event window doesn't refresh when scrolling). The other day I needed

Convert m4a to mp3 Using Ffmpeg on Windows (and Git Bash)

Convert m4a to mp3 Using Ffmpeg on Windows (and Git Bash)

Here's a simple command line to convert m4a files to MP3 on windows: for i in *.m4a; do ./ffmpeg.exe -i "$i" "${i%.m4a}".mp3; done HTH,

Copy File from Local Desktop to Remote Resktop Connection

Copy File from Local Desktop to Remote Resktop Connection

TL;DR: Drag-and-drop doesn't work. Copy&paste does! Before yesterday, my way of moving files between my local desktop and a remote one using MS Remote Desktop Connection involved a 3rd party service like Dropbox or email. Then, a kind soul took pity on me and showed

Use Git Bash as Integrated Terminal in VS Code

Use Git Bash as Integrated Terminal in VS Code

TL;DR:: Install windows git to get bash and add "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe" to "terminal.integrated.shell.windows" in VS Code's user settings. As I'm trying my hand at developing a node application today, I'm getting

Migrate Chromium and Keep all Settings

Migrate Chromium and Keep all Settings

TL;DR: Backup App Data\Local\Chromium on your old machine, copy it to your new one and uncompress (in the same place), install Chromium, profit. With the migration to a new computer, I've managed to keep all my Chromium settings. The steps I did are the following:

Avoid Typing Password on Git Every Time on Windows

Avoid Typing Password on Git Every Time on Windows

Today I've updated Android Studio and, when I wanted to fetch stuff from git, it failed (connection issues). Initially, I thought it was because I'm behind a proxy, but all proxy settings were working OK (unchanged, also command line worked just fine). Apparently, the git plugin

Find Where Your Network Drives Map to

Find Where Your Network Drives Map to

The other day I was at home in a somewhat odd situation; I had a VPN connection but I could not, for the life of me, remember the mappings of the network drives from the other side. Also, of course there was no documentation how to do it. A kind

BAT Files: Execute Multiple Commands in a Loop

BAT Files: Execute Multiple Commands in a Loop

One of the tasks the other day was to load a large DB organised by year. The most efficient way was to loop through a sequence of years and execute the loader for each one. The first iteration I ended with was: FOR /L %%Y IN (1996,1,2008) DO

Search exact string in a file on Windows

Search exact string in a file on Windows

The other day I found a file with a peculiar format and I needed to find it again. There are two problems I've encountered: 1. Size: It's one of 20,000,000 XML files 2. Search: I need to find a file containing a string "

Install NumPy in a Virtual Environment on Windows

Install NumPy in a Virtual Environment on Windows

Someone told me they use a custom python install named Anaconda on windows because it contains a set of math packages which are difficult to install. In fairness, they're right because any python module with native dependencies is a mess to install from sources (e.g. because you

Install lxml on windows (on a virtualenv)

Install lxml on windows (on a virtualenv)

Lxml is a nice python library for XML processing. ETree is really quick, which makes things interesting if you have a large amount of XML files (or a bigger one) to process. Installation on linux/mac is painless (OK, you need homebrew on mac to make int painless, but you

Install Pillow from PyCharm

Install Pillow from PyCharm

My environment on windows has a lot of restrictions, including one to prohibit execution of files placed anywhere else except C:\Windows, C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). Therefore, the virtual environments resides in something like C:\Program Files\Python\virtualenvs. I've set up a virtualenv