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require 'net/ldap'

# how to "bind" to your ldap/ad server...
LDAP_HOST = 'server'
LDAP_PORT = 389
LDAP_USERNAME = 'cn=Username;cn=Users;dc=domain;dc=com'
LDAP_PASSWORD = 'your user password'
LDAP_BASE = 'dc=domain;dc=com'

# replace "domain" and "com" above with your AD domain

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require 'test/unit'
require 'date'

class BirthdayCalculationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

  def test_calculation
    bday  = Birthday.new(1981, 12, 4)
    today = Date.new(2008, 11, 4)
    assert_equal 30, bday.days_from(today)
  end

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#!/bin/sh
# rotating snapshotted backup

src=/my/stuff
dest=/var/backup
today=`date +%a`
yesterday=`date -d yesterday +%a`

mkdir -p $dest/$yesterday # in case it doesn't exist yet
rm -rf $dest/$today # I think this might be necessary -- not sure

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# I am learning VIM - here is what I've learned.
# A great reference is here: http://www.cs.runet.edu/~mhtay/CPSC120/VIM_Editor_Commands.htm
# (but I didn't just copy from there -- I tried each one first, and saved the ones my brain might remember here)

# basics
i                          # insert (edit) mode
o                          # "open" new line and insert (edit) mode there
ESC                        # command mode
:help                      # get help in a split window (:q to close)
:help topic                # get help on a topic

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# Basically, this bit of code adds a before_filter that checks
# the last modified time of the cache entry, and expires it
# if it is older than the specified time period.

module ActionController
  module Caching
    module Fragments
      # expire a cache key only if the block returns true or
      # if the age of the fragment is more than the specified age argument.
      def expire_fragment_by_mtime(key, age=nil, &block)

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rem This took me way too long to figure out - hope it helps someone.
rem ghostscript required

c:\path\to\gs\bin\gswin32c.exe -sDEVICE=mswinpr2 -dNoCancel -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile="%printer%DYMO LabelWriter 450 Turbo" -q "\path\to\file.ps" -c quit

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# I'm a noob
# Instructions for verifying tarsnap download
gpg --import tarsnap-signing-key.asc
# ^ only needed once I think
gpg --decrypt tarsnap-sigs-1.0.25
# should say good sig, cperciva, etc.
# and digest of tgz download, compare with:
openssl dgst -sha256 tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.25.tgz 
# hashes should match

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* * * * * /path/to/onebody/script/inbox -e production_lite "localhost" "POP-ACCOUNT-USERNAME" "POP-ACCOUNT-PASSWORD"

49 2 * * * /path/to/onebody/script/runner -e production_lite "ActionController::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.delete_all(['updated_at < ?', 1.day.ago.utc])"

19 * * * * /path/to/onebody/script/runner -e production_lite "Site.each { Group.update_memberships; NewsItem.update_from_feed; LogItem.flag_suspicious_activity }"

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
# multithreaded script that probes a subnet for used/unused ip addresses
# command line usage:
#
# ./probe_ips.rb [options] [subnet]
#
# subnet defaults to 192.168.1
# -u lists used ips rather than unused
#

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

data = File.read(ARGV.first)

reqs = data.scan(/Completed in (\d+)ms/).map { |r| r.first.to_i }
total_ms = reqs.inject(0) { |s, i| s += i }
avg_ms_per_req = total_ms / reqs.length
reqs_over_500ms = reqs.select { |r| r > 500 }

puts "#{reqs.length} total requests"