Python:

Nuke: saveTorenderPath.py

This handy little python script saves a version of the nuke script into the destination folder specified in the selected write node's file path. This script can be called as part of a custom write node execute command in order to force a Nuke script to be saved with every render.
Have a look at a screen grab of the script.
Get the code for saveTorenderPath.py here
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Applescript:
Shake: cineon_seq_to_movie_half_rez

Description:
If you are running Shake 4.1 on a mac, this is a quick way of making a cineon image sequence into a half rez quicktime. The result of this Applescript is a shake script, so you could use the resultant file on a Linux system as well.
Have a look at a screen grab of the script.

download sequence_to_movie_half_rez here