Computer techniques

Welcome

On this website, you will find some of my texts translated from french:

several tips and scripts simplifying operations or correcting computer software problems
some thinking and strategy games
différents texts around computer science
my personal utilities as well as others that I appreciate

Eric Quillévéré

Latest utilities & scripts

Read and edit ePUB files

Various tips

An overview of some software on Windows to read and modify ePUB files.

DLNA on Nas Synology: better quality for cover image

Various tips

The 'Multimedia Server' application present on the Synology NAS allows you to send a DLNA stream to the applications, in order to quickly browse the media files of the NAS (audio, images and video). For audio and...

WinSCP: faster SSH downloads

Linux

By using WinSCP, it is possible to download files from a server to its workstation more quickly, by first compressing them directly on the server. This functionality is available through scripts integrated into the...

Number of opened/openable files on Linux

Linux

On Linux as on Windows, there are thresholds fixing the number of files open simultaneously per process and for the whole system. Here are some commands to display them.

Talend: what does "Component variable are used in the copied elements" mean?

Talend

On Talend Studio, you may get the message "Component variables are used in copied elements, do you want to rename them automatically?" when copying and pasting components. What does this message actually mean? The...