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nss-myhostname is a GNU libc NSS module that statically translates the local host name to the IP address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the loopback device) and vice versa. This is useful to make sure that the local host name is always resolvable. Some programs (such as sudo) require this... Platforms: *nix

Class::Declare is a Perl module created to declare classes with public, private and protected attributes and methods. SYNOPSIS package My::Class; use strict; use warnings; use base qw( Class::Declare ); __PACKAGE__->declare( public => { public_attr => 42 } , private => { private_attr... Platforms: *nix

sinntp is a tiny NNTP client. sinntp virtually lacks any user interface: news messages are downloaded from a remote server and put into a local mailbox file. About NNTP: The Network News Transfer Protocol or NNTP is an Internet application protocol used primarily for reading and posting... Platforms: *nix

Scalar::Properties is a Perl module package that contains run-time properties on scalar variables. SYNOPSIS use Scalar::Properties; my $val = 0->true; if ($val && $val == 0) { print "yup, its true alright...n"; } my @text = ( hello world->greeting(1), forget it, hi... Platforms: *nix

Coda is an advanced networked filesystem. The project has been developed at CMU since 1987 by the systems group of M. Satyanarayanan. in the SCS department. Coda is a distributed filesystem with its origin in AFS2. It has many features that are very desirable for network filesystems. Currently,... Platforms: *nix

pam_dotfileis a PAM module which allows users to have more than one password for a single account, each for a different service. This is desirable because many users have objections to using the same password for (as an example) an IMAP4 mailbox and SSH access. The IMAP4 password should be... Platforms: *nix

The GTK Ogg Vorbis Tag Editor allows you to edit the tag information in ogg vorbis files. The following basic libraries are necessary for assembly of the program: GTK 1.2.5 or is higher (http://www.gtk.org) Ogg Vorbis the library of the version 1.0beta3 or above (is desirable from CVS)... Platforms: *nix

IFF Format Library provides header structures and utility functions for reading and writing data files in the Interchange Files. The Interchange File Format is a simple structured binary file format consisting of sized and typed chunks of data, selectively readable without having to know the... Platforms: *nix

Fast Secure File System exports existing directories securely over the network, letting users store and retrieve encrypted data in a scalable and transparent way. FSFS is written in C and works on GNU/Linux systems on x86 and PPC architectures, with help from FUSE and OpenSSL. File systems are... Platforms: *nix

OpenChronicle is a real world blogging application with basic functionality similar to websites such as Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal and MySpace. OpenChronicles purpose is to demonstrate how to use individual subsystems available as part of OpenSubsystems project when developing Java... Platforms: *nix

PAPI aims to provide the tool designer and application engineer with a consistent interface and methodology for use of the performance counter hardware found in most major microprocessors. PAPI enables software engineers to see, in near real time, the relation between software performance and... Platforms: *nix

Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Asia is Perl module to fetch quotes from Yahoo Asia. SYNOPSIS use Finance::Quote; $q = Finance::Quote->new; %info = $q->fetch("asia","CREA.SI"); # Failover to other methods ok. %info = $q->fetch("yahoo_asia","CREA.SI"); # Use this module only. This module fetches... Platforms: *nix

Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe is a Perl module that fetch quotes from Yahoo Europe. SYNOPSIS use Finance::Quote; $q = Finance::Quote->new; %info = $q->fetch("europe","12150.PA"); # Failover to other methods ok. %info = $q->fetch("yahoo_europe","12150.PA"); # Use this module only. This... Platforms: *nix

qSiloGroup is a product which makes it possible to generate navigation menu titles, hide or make them visible. Navigation of the site can be organized in different ways. In most cases navigation menu is generated on the basis of folder and page titles. qSiloGroup makes it possible to generate... Platforms: *nix

The devfsd program is a daemon, run by the system boot, which can provide for intelligent management of device entries in the Device Filesystem (devfs). It is desirable to start the daemon at the beginning of the boot scripts, in particular before filesystem checks. Devfsd provides... Platforms: *nix

CGI++ is a C++ macro pre-processor that facilitates development of CGI/Database applications in C++. It will also process your HTML and generate form parsing classes with appropriate constructors. Many desirable features are yet to be implemented, but you can use what is already available to... Platforms: *nix

BuddySpace is an instant messenger with four novel twists: (1) it allows optional maps for geographical & office-plan visualizations in addition to standard buddy lists; (2) it is built on open source Jabber, which makes it interoperable with ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and others; (3) it is implemented in... Platforms: *nix

Tk::callbacks allows specifying code for Tk to call. SYNOPSIS One can specify a callback in one of the following ways: Without arguments: ... => ⊂name, ... ... => sub { ... }, ... ... => methodname, ... or with arguments: ... => [ ⊂name ?, args ...? ], ... ... => [ sub { ... }... Platforms: *nix

FBUI is a small, in-kernel graphical user interface for Linux. It permits you to put windows in each framebuffer-based virtual console, to read keyboard input, track a mouse pointer, and respond to typical GUI events. Each process may have more than one window. - FBUI exists to reduce the... Platforms: *nix

QuickName is a program that is meant to be used to change the naming conventions of files. It is able to rename several thousand files in a few seconds. The main purpose of the program is to take a common letter or punctuation out of filename and change it something else more desirable. Files can... Platforms: Mac