$ mkdir aaa
$ cd aaa
$ vi .gitignore
# Ignore everything in this directory * # Except this file !.gitignore
References :
How do I add an empty directory to a Git repository? - Stack Overflow
$ mkdir aaa
$ cd aaa
$ vi .gitignore
# Ignore everything in this directory * # Except this file !.gitignore
$ wget -O ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ddclient/ddclient/ddclient-3.8.2/ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fddclient%2F&ts=1404268199&use_mirror=ncu
$ tar jxf ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2
$ cd ddclient-3.8.2
# cp ddclient /usr/sbin/
# apt-get install libdigest-sha-perl
# mkdir /var/cache/ddclient/
# vi /etc/ddclient/ddclient.confuse=if, if=ppp0
server=freedns.afraid.org
protocol=freedns
login=login_name
password=the_password
somedomain.mooo.com
# vi /etc/rc.local/usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon=1 -syslog -quiet -force