Upload a file directly to Google Drive from a server
I had a huge directory that was to be shared with my client and I was having a limited internet access. I came across this interesting project. I downloaded the required version on the server, chmod +x
ed it and ran gdrive about
. It asked me to get a token from the web by pasting a generated URL. I ran gdrive list
and voila, I could see all my Drive files listed in the terminal.
Running a background process in upstart mode in Ubuntu
You dont have to put the &
symbol to put the process in background. It will work without that. Sample configuration:
Calling a binary of a specific version of a gem
I never knew this exisited. It seems it is not documented anywhere and I have no idea how it works, but yes: