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rickcnagy / gitmaster.sh

Last active December 19, 2015 10:39

Git reset to match master

git stash && git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/master

rickcnagy / croncd.py

Last active December 19, 2015 10:39

chdir to script's actual path in Python 2.7 - necessary when firing scripts from cron

	#cd to the script's directory in case it is not the current working directory
	os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

rickcnagy / setup.py

Last active December 19, 2015 13:29

Create password file on disk to access web services from

	# ADD PASSWORDS.P TO .gitignore IF USING GITHUB!!

	import cPickle

	def main():
	all_info = {'USERNAME': raw_input("username: "),
	'PASSWORD': raw_input("password: ")}

	cPickle.dump(all_info, open("passwords.p", "w"))

rickcnagy / read_passwords.py

Last active December 19, 2015 13:29

Read the passwords saved to disk in setup.py

	class Passwords(object):
	def __init__(self):
	try:
	passwords = cPickle.load(open("passwords.p"))
	except (EOFError, IOError):
	sys.exit("No password file (./passwords.p) found. Please run 'setup.py'.")

	self.USERNAME = passwords['USERNAME']
	self.PASSWORD = passwords['PASSWORD']

rickcnagy / randomBool.c

Created July 22, 2013 12:46

inline random boolean generator

	if (arc4random() % 2) {
	// do something
	}

rickcnagy / ViewControllerInit.c

Created July 28, 2013 00:29

Methods to initiate view controller somehow *before* viewDidLoad - not usually necessary. From lecture 5 (47:00) of Standard CS193P Winter/Spring 2013

	- (void) setup
	{
	// init that can't wait for viewDidLoad
	}

	- (void) awakeFromNib
	{
	[self setup];
	}

rickcnagy / missing_copyfiles.py

Last active December 20, 2015 11:49

Quick command line Python script to check which files/folders are missing from a copied directory

	import os

	original_path = raw_input("Full path of original folder: ")
	duplicate_path = raw_input("Full path of folder that files were copied to: ")

	for _, __, file in os.walk(original_path):
	original = file

	for _, __, file in os.walk(duplicate_path):
	duplicate = file

rickcnagy / arrayReverse.c

Created August 1, 2013 20:23

Simple code to reverse an array, just like reverse() in Python. From http://simplyhacking.com/reverse-array-in-objc.html

NSArray *reversedArray = [[array reverseObjectEnumerator] allObjects];

rickcnagy / QuizInterfaceSubclass.js

Created November 9, 2013 21:59

Subclass for QuizInterface outline for qs-quizzes

	function QuizEditor(sender, quiz)
	{
	this.sender = sender;
	this.quiz = quiz;

	ClassUtil.inherit(QuizEditor, this, QuizInterface)

	this.initialize();
	}

rickcnagy / PDFEMailBodyUpload.js

Last active December 28, 2015 12:49

Short Google Apps Script to email all files marked as notUploaded to an email address, such as a Box.com email upload address

	// for Google Apps Script

	function gmailPDFUpload ()
	{
	var uploadedLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName('uploaded');
	var notUploadedLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName('notUploaded');

	var notUploadedThreads = notUploadedLabel.getThreads();

	for (index in notUploadedThreads) {

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