Why Linux has file permissions? In short – for security reasons. Linux by design is a multi-user operating system. But if any user could access and modify all files, including those belonging to other users or system files, this would…
With class abstraction It is a follow up for my previous post on monitoring the file system for changes using Python and cross-platform library watchdog. In the post, I mentioned that it would be nice to abstract the code into…
step-by-step guide with pictures Save a new document in nano 1. to save press Cntr O 2. enter file name at the bottom of the editor 3. press Enter (you should see the prompt with total number of lines being…
Updated for 2021! Including low-budget options There are several options for hosting your Python app, including Flask and Django web apps, microservices and telegram bots. In this post, I will give a short overview of available options to deploy and…
Monitoring the filesystem for changes using Python and watchdog. Watchdog cross platform library allows to detect changes made to files in the directory. There are options to specify patterns for files (think extensions) and set recursive flag for tracking changes…
Let’s find the longest substring in alphabetical order using Python! Problem. Given s is a string of letters containing no whitespaces, numbers or special characters, we need to write a program that prints the longest substring of s in which…