I wanted to move pages from an old MediaWiki install into Confluence. This can be done with the Universal Wiki Converter (UWC) tool.

Step 1: Download UWC and unzip it on the box containing MediaWiki

Step 2: Edit conf/exporter.mediawiki.properties

Change:

login=mylogin
password=mypassword

to be the mysql logon used by mediawiki. …

Remember the old adage that tools like emacs and vi expand until they can read email? It turns out they do encryption really well.

Creating an Encrypted File

In vim, if you create a file with the -x option:

$ vim -x test.txt

You'll be prompted for a passphrase. Enter …