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Find where a kind of file is stored
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Compare a remote file with a local file
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Start a HTTP server which serves Python docs
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Define Google Chrome urpmi media source for Mandriva/Mageia (works for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems)
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Start a quick rsync daemon for fast copying on internal secure network
"Sample output" shows a minimalistic configuration file.

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