carlosmcevilly

- (BOOL) addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:(NSURL *)URL
{
    const char* filePath = [[URL path] fileSystemRepresentation];
        
    const char* attrName = "com.apple.MobileBackup";
    u_int8_t attrValue = 1;
        
    int result = setxattr(filePath, attrName, &attrValue, sizeof(attrValue), 0, 0);
    return result == 0;
}

carlosmcevilly

ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
iwconfig eth0 essid networkname key [hex key, all caps]
ifconfig

# so if your network name is 'startrekenterprise' and your key is 'ABCDEFGHI' the command is
# iwconfig eth0 essid startrekenterprise ABCDEFGHI

carlosmcevilly

#!/usr/bin/perl

use LWP::Simple;

use strict;
use warnings;

my $content = get("feed://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/atom/hourly");
die "Could not retrieve feed" unless defined ($content);

carlosmcevilly

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BusinessCard>
  <firstName>Joe</firstName>
  <lastName>Smith</lastName>
  <phone class="work">408-555-5555</phone>
  <phone class="home">408-555-8888</phone>
  <phone class="cell">408-555-2222</phone>
  <phone class="fax">408-555-1111</phone>
</BusinessCard>

carlosmcevilly

#!/usr/bin/perl

use XML::XPath;

use strict;
use warnings;

my $file = shift;
my $path = shift;
unless (defined($path) && -e $file) {

carlosmcevilly

My notes on using watir. This is from 2007 so it's a bit out of date.
The part starting with "Cheat Sheet" is cribbed from some long-forgotten web site.
Watir can be used with other browsers but this is Firefox-specific.

1. install Firefox 1.5 or higher

2. install jssh extension

3. close firefox

carlosmcevilly

# throttle bandwidth
sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 15KByte/s
sudo ipfw add 1 pipe 1 src-port 80

# restore
sudo ipfw delete 1

carlosmcevilly

# add 'source .gitprompt' to .bashrc to use this

function parse_git_branch {
 git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}

function proml {
 local        BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
 local         RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
 local   LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"

carlosmcevilly

# put in .bashrc

pman () {
    if [ "${2}" == '' ]; then
	man -t "${1}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app
    else
        man -t "${1}" "${2}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app
    fi
}

carlosmcevilly

# Navigate top-level work/year project organization directories
#
# Setup:
# Put or source function in .bashrc
# Also set WORK_ROOT to point to a container directory such as ~/work
# Make a directory under that for at least the current year, e.g. ~/work/2020
#
# Usage examples:
# $ work         # cd to the current year
# $ work --      # cd two years back. Or --- for three years, etc.