file-systems.md

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A hard link is essentially a label or name assigned to a file. Conventionally, we think of a file as consisting of a set of information that has a single name. However, it is possible to create a numb...

tags: unix, file-systems

What is the best way to upload and store pictures on the site?

^{https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8922056/what-is-the-best-way-to-upload-and-store-pictures-on-the...}

All big websites don't save pictures to the database they store them in the disk. They save a reference to the picture's position in a table. And then link from there.

Why? Performance.

Pulling heav...

:calendar: published on: 2012-01-19
tags: php, file-upload, persistence, webdesign, architecture, database, file-systems

Guard

^{https://github.com/guard/guard}

A command line tool to easily handle events on file system modifications.

tags: ruby, file-systems
:octocat: source code

Guard::LiveReload

^{https://github.com/guard/guard-livereload}

Automatically reload your browser when 'view' files are modified.

tags: ruby, file-systems
:octocat: source code

Listen

^{https://github.com/guard/listen}

The Listen gem listens to file modifications and notifies you about the changes.

tags: ruby, file-systems
:octocat: source code

Rerun

^{https://github.com/alexch/rerun}

Restarts an app when the filesystem changes. Uses growl and FSEventStream if on OS X.

tags: ruby, file-systems
:octocat: source code