Archive for: September 2020

September 20, 2020

Batch script for opening an application at desired window position from command line

Filed under: Uncategorized - 20 Sep 2020

I recently had the need to launch/open multiple instances of the same windows application at different window positions. The web provided various solutions, but there wasn’t any single tidy batch script that tied everything together. My desire was

September 7, 2020

Check cygwin not in use before updating

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Sep 2020

Periodically I like to update cygwin, add a new package or update an existing package. One annoying thing about updating cygwin is that if any cygwin files are in use (such as one of its dll files) when

Symbolic Links in Windows with Unison

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Sep 2020

It is possible to use unison on windows and synchronize symbolic links with remote systems and keep these symbolic links as actual links and not “follow” or copy the files. The windows version of Unison does not