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Sometimes you may want to get the current executable file path of your C# program. The working folder is needed to access settings, database, images, or resource files residing in the same directory as the currently running C# executable file of your program. 

There are several options to find the current executable path in C#. But we have found the one that is working both for C# .NET Console Applications and for C# Windows Forms Applications:

Sometimes you need to download an enire website via FTP to your harddrive. This is needed if you want to make a backup or to move your site from one hosting provider to another. Of course you could use some GUI client like FileZilla, Midnight Commander or Gnome Commander. But what if you want to wrap the download process into shell script or maybe conduct the download as backgroud task to download one server's contents from another?

When downloading files from the Internet you will often get an archive. The purpose of an archive among many is to reduce download size, reduce the number of files being downloaded to just one, provide a basic integrity check on the subject files, and sometimes provide additional security with the use of passwords. There are many archive types most commonly used of them are .zip, .rar. .7z, .tar.gz. Today we are going to speak about .zip archives. On Windows, there exist GUI archivers like WinZip, 7zip, or WinRAR, which are able to deal with most of the common archive types. Ubuntu Linux has a built-in Archive Manager that can be invoked by double-clicking on the .zip file in a GUI. 

But what can you do when you downloaded a zip file on Ubuntu Linux and have just a bare console? This can happen when you have installed Ubuntu Server or working from a Terminal program.

A State of California has fast growing online business market. If you are interested on starting an online e-commerce business in California, you may wish to consider a few things that you may need to review from a practical and legal perspective.

Vibrant Market

Do you want to know whether e-commerce is a good niche to drive business? Absolutely. The whole world is constantly converting to buying goods and services online. Lately we used to spend hours of browsing in bookstores. Now many people buy e-books online and haven’t been to a bookstore for many years! Since it is so easy to place order online, the future for online ecommerce sites seems to be brilliant.

But the described supposingly bright future of e-commerce doesn’t mean you can just start with simple site selling anything. Let's admit it, not everything is successfully selling online. As you would do traditional way, it's worth to take the time to develop a business plan.