Re: [tlug] Regaining System Sanity

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Keith Bawden writes:

 > One last point. I also keep a junk directory where I keep snippets of
 > scripts and the like, and notes. These snippets come in handy when
 > working on something down the track. The snippets can refresh your
 > memory on how you did something before, and allow you to reuse them
 > where you can...
 > 
 > For example:    mkdir -pv ./junk/{bash,ruby,perl,notes}

history > ~/junk/notes/how-i-installed-xyz-including-all-mistakes

has saved me a lot of time on several occasions (including advising
others how to do the same thing and asking for advice myself).