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1 * Baltakatei Executables Development
2 #+TITLE: Baltakatei Executables Development
3 #+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
4 #+DATE:2021-03-04
5 #+EMAIL:baltakatei@gmail.com
6 #+LANGUAGE: en
7 #+OPTIONS: toc:nil
8
9 ** Summary
10 This repository contains publicly-sharable executables used by Steven
11 Baltakatei Sandoval. produced by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval.
12
13 ** Directory Structure
14 *** ~archive~
15 This directory contains files not actively used but useful for
16 understanding long-term history of this project.
17
18 *** ~doc~
19 This directory contains documentation about files in this project.
20
21 *** ~sysutils~
22 This directory contains executable utilities meant to change operating
23 system settings.
24
25 An example executable to be stored here may include:
26
27 - A bash script that runs ~apt~ to configure a Debian GNU/Linux
28 machine to compile executable binaries from source.
29
30 *** ~unitproc~
31 This directory contains executables meant to process data produced by
32 other executables for processing by other executables. It does NOT
33 contain executables meant to change operating system settings.
34
35 Example executables to be stored here may include:
36
37 - A file that belongs here is a python script containing a generally
38 useful function definition meant to be inserted into various larger
39 python scripts.
40 - A bash script meant to be regularly run by ~cron~ to perform an
41 ~rsync~ backup of the user's home directory, using option arguments
42 to specify a custom output directory to hold the backup files.
43 - A bash script that uses ~inotifywait~ to hash files immediately
44 after they are modified and log the hashes to an option-specified
45 path on disk.
46
47 *** ~user~
48 This directory contains executables meant to be regularly called
49 directly by the user to perform one-off tasks.
50
51 Examples may include:
52
53 - A bash script that appends the last modification date to a file name
54 would go here.
55 - A bash script that compresses a file with custom compression
56 settings.
57 - A bash script that generates a random passphrase with a custom
58 alphabet and adjustable entropy.
59 - A bash script that initializes a multiwindow terminal emulator
60 (i.e. ~tilix~) with custom initial working directories.