I have been trying to figure out how, while using OptionParser to be able to check for files being input on the command line and if they don’t exist, check other input streams (like Bash). This initially wasn’t very easy since input streams are blocking. So with a little help from friends (thanks roberto), I was able to use his method of non-blocking IO and wrap it in a begin/rescue block. I also took a little advice given in this Stack Overflow question called Best Practices with STDIN in Ruby.
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Multiple Input Locations From Bash Into Ruby
13 May 2010 — ericNagios notify-by-campfire Plugin
6 May 2010 — ericSince one of the core communication methods for my company amongst engineers is 37Signals Campfire and Nagios is one of our main monitoring tools for all of our applications and services, I thought it would be a good idea to combine the two. So with a few simple additions to the Nagios configuration and a Ruby Campfire script, you can get this up and running.
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Creating Dummy Packages On Debian
4 May 2010 — ericOne of my favorite things about Debian is its awesome package management system. Apt is one of the reasons I have used Debian for servers for so many years and eased my initial transition to Ubuntu (which as most people know was initially a Debian fork). Apt is a great tool as long as you aren’t building packages from source (and not making debs out of them). I have packaged a whole bunch of debs, but sometimes it just isn’t necessary. So if you haven’t used equivs, then you need to check it out.
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