data/backups/archives.md

@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ tags: [ "tar", "backups", ".tgz", "tar.gz" ]
 
 Combine many files and directories into a single t-archive file.
 
-```sh
+```bash
 tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar $DIR
 ```
 You can remember this with the mnemonic '*C*reate *F*ile'.
 
-Unfortunately, this stores the full file path, so making a tar archive of `/etc/nginx/` will store `etc/nginx` (without the leading `/`).
+Unfortunately, this stores the full file path, so making a tar archive of `/etc/nginx/` will store `etc/nginx` (without the leading `/`.
+
 It's often better to tell tar which path to start from using the `-C` flag.
 
-```sh
+```bash
 tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/ nginx
 ```
 
 Check the contents of your archive with:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 tar tf "$ARCHIVE".tar
 ```
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ If you want to store 'everything in a directory', then using `*` will not work,
 
 Instead, you can store the target in a variable:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 files=$(ls /etc/nginx)
 tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/nginx/ $file
 ```
@@ -39,9 +40,7 @@ tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/nginx/ $file
 
 Extract the tar archive with
 
-```sh
+> tar xf "$ARCHIVE".tar
-tar xf "$ARCHIVE".tar
-```
 
 You can remember this with the mnemonic 'e*X*tract *F*ile'.
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ You can remember this with the mnemonic 'e*X*tract *F*ile'.
 
 Create a zip-compressed archive with the `z` flag.
 
-```sh
+```bash
 tar czf "$ARCHIVE".tgz -C /etc/nginx/ $file
 ```
 
@@ -61,16 +60,18 @@ You can use any file ending you want, but sane people like to use '.tgz' or '.ta
 
 Make archive:
 
-```sh
+```bash
-7za a -tzip -p "$PASSWORD" -mem=AES256 $ARCHIVE.zip $FILE_1 $FILE_2
+PASSWORD=my_password
+```
+```bash
+7za a -tzip -p$PASSWORD -mem=AES256 $ARCHIVE.zip $FILE_1 $FILE_2
 ```
-
 Note that people can still see every filename in your archive, and can change those files.
 They just can't read the contents.
 
 Unzip:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 7za x archive.zip
 ```
 

data/backups/unison.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ tags: [ "backups", "synch" ]
 
 Install unison on both machines, and make sure both have the same version of unison, with the same version of the ocaml compiler (the smallest difference will cause problems).
 
-```sh
+```bash
 unison -version
 ```
 
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ Create the `~/.unison` directory on both machines.
 
 Make a job called `backup`:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 JOB=backup
 ```
 
 Here is an example job, which synchronizes the `~/music` directory with a remote machine which has the same username.
 
 
-```sh
+```bash
 echo "
 auto = true
 root=$HOME
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The last command means it will ignore any file with a name ending in `.flac`.
 The first command means this will run but also confirm which files will be deleted, and which will be transferred, us `batch = true` instead.
 Or you can deleted that line in the `.prf` file and run it with a flag:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 unison -batch *backup*.prf
 ```
 

data/base_16.md

@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@ title: "Base 16"
 tags: [ "data" ]
 ---
 
-Base 16 numbers often use `0x` at the start, so '10' just means '10', but `0x10` means '10 in base 16' which means '16'.
+```bash
-
-For small numbers, use `printf`.
-
-```sh
 printf "%x" $NUMBER
 ```
-
-For any number, use `bc`.
-
-
-```sh
-fortune | md5sum  | cut -d' ' -f1 | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] | bc
-```
-
-- Inputting base 16 uses `ibase=16`.
-- Outputting base 10 uses `ibase=10`
-
-```sh
-echo 'ibase=16;' $(echo cbb478ac825f0dce7671254be035d0bc | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]) | bc
-```

data/radicale.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "radicale and nginx"
 tags: [ "data", "calendar" ]
-requires: [ "nginx", "certbot" ]
+required: [ "nginx", "certbot" ]
 ---
 
 Check before you start:

data/sc-im.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "sc-im"
 tags: [ "TUI", "data", "spreadsheet", ".csv" ]
-requires: [ "vim basics" ]
+required: [ "vim basics" ]
 ---
 
 - [Sample file](sc-im/sample.sc)

data/soft-serve/maintenance.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Soft Serve Maintenance"
 tags: [ "data", "git server", "maintenance" ]
-requires: [ "git", "nginx" ]
+required: [ "git", "nginx" ]
 ---
 
 Over time git repositories become bloated with old data, but never get cleaned.

data/soft-serve/soft_https.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Soft Serve through https"
 tags: [ "data", "git server", "lfs" ]
-requires: [ "git", "nginx" ]
+required: [ "git", "nginx" ]
 ---
 
 ## `http` Setup

data/soft.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Soft-Serve"
 tags: [ "data", "git server", "lfs", "TUI" ]
-requires: [ "git", "nginx" ]
+required: [ "git", "nginx" ]
 ---
 
 - [Soft-Serve with https](soft-serve/soft_https.md)

hardware/keyboard.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Select a keymap, and create a new custom map.
 
 ```sh
 su root
-ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/
 
 basemap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/pl1.map.gz
 newmap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/custom.map.gz

system/Makefiles.md

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ Using four spaces will not work!
 
 ## Dependency Files
 
-Now we've made a `README.md` file, we can show how a makefile looks in the README file.
+Now we've made a `README.md` file, we can show how a makefile looks in the README:
-Add these lines to the `Makefile`:
 
 ```make
 README.md: Makefile
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ Note the order:
 
 Notice that the file above can print into the README by using `echo "" >> $@`.
 The `$@` stands for 'the file which we want', and `$<` stands for 'the first dependency file'.
-The `make` program starts by replacing those variables, so when you run `make`, the program looks like this:
+The `make` program starts by replacing those variables, and the result it:
 
 ```make
 README.md: Makefile
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ README.md: Makefile
 	cat Makefile >> README.md
 	echo '```' >> README.md
 
+
 ```
 
 |  Sigil  | Meaning                                |
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ README.md: Makefile
 
 You can assign a variable normally, but must refer to it in brackets.
 
+
 ```make
 storage_directory = backups
 
@@ -181,3 +182,4 @@ In this case, the makefile can see that `backup` depends on the current backup f
 - [File patterns](Makefiles/patterns.md)
 - [Makefile graphs](Makefiles/graph-easy.md)
 - [In-build help](Makefiles/help.md)
+- [Makefile graphs](Makefiles/graph-easy.md)

system/managing_groups.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-title: "Managing Groups"
-tags: [ "system" ]
----
-
-Check which groups you are in, and which are available:
-
-```sh
-cat /etc/group
-groups
-cat /etc/group | grep $USER
-```
-
-Remove yourself from all groups, and add yourself back to only `wheel`, `audio`, and your own group:
-
-```sh
-sudo usermod --groups wheel,audio,$USER
-```
-
-Add yourself to the `wheel` group:
-
-```sh
-su root -c "usermod --append --groups wheel $USER"
-```
-Add yourself to the `network` group:
-
-```sh
-sudo usermod -aG network $USER
-```
-
-The changes will not take effect until you log in again, so reboot or log into `localhost` with [ssh](../networking/ssh.md).
-

virtualization/virtualbox.md

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 ---
 title: "virtualbox"
 tags: [ "system" ]
-requires: [ "Managing Groups" ]
 ---
 # Setup
 
-Load the modules (or just reboot):
+## Arch Linux
 
 ```sh
-su root
+sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox-guest-iso
-modprobe vboxdrv
+```
-vboxreload
+
+```sh
+sudo modprobe vboxdrv
+```
+
+```sh
+# vboxreload
 ```
 
 Make dd image into vdi
@@ -25,13 +30,7 @@ If this doesn't work, try to make a new bite size with just
 sudo dd if=image.dd of=image2.dd bs=512 conv=sync
 ```
 
-## Arch Linux
+## CLI Management
-
-```sh
-pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox-guest-iso
-```
-
-# CLI Management
 
 List boxes:
 
@@ -51,19 +50,22 @@ To pause the machine:
 VBoxManage controlvm "rata" pause --type headless
 ```
 
-You can do a number of things to the 'virtual boxes' this way:
+You can do a number of things to virtualboxes this way:
 
-- `startvm`
+- startvm
-- `pause`
+
-- `resume`
+- pause
-- `poweroff`
+
+- resume
+
+- poweroff
 
 ## Creating Disks
 
 Creating a VM requires registering it:
 
 ```sh
-VBoxManage createvm --name Ubuntu19.04 --register --ostype Ubuntu
+VBoxManage createvm --name Ubuntu19.04 --register  --ostype Ubuntu
 ```
 
 ```sh
@@ -76,7 +78,6 @@ VBoxManage storagectl Ubuntu19.04 -name IDE --add ide --controller PIIX4  --boot
 
 Create just a disk with:
 
-```sh
+VBoxManageg createhd --filename Ubuntu16.04 --size 5120
-VBoxManage createhd --filename "$diskname" --size 5120
+
-```