General Development – Page 6

Python: Send e-mail to multiple recipients using Gmail SMTP

Below is the method I used.

def SendEmail(content):

gmailUser = ‘me’

password = ‘password’

recipients = [‘you1’,

‘you2’,

‘you3’

]

msg = MIMEMultipart(‘alternative’)

msg[‘Subject’] = ‘Subject’

msg[‘From’] = gmailUser

msg[‘To’] = ‘, ‘.join(recipients)

content = MIMEText(html, ‘html’)

msg.attach(content)

mailServer = smtplib.SMTP(‘smtp.gmail.com’, 587)

mailServer.ehlo()

mailServer.starttls()

mailServer.ehlo()

mailServer.login(gmailUser, password)

mailServer.sendmail(sender, recipients, msg.as_string())

mailServer.close()

Automatically update locate DB in OS X

Pretty straightforward, simply add the following in your .bash_profile:

alias locate=’if [ $((`date +%s`-`eval $(stat -s /var/db/locate.database); echo $st_mtime`)) -gt 3600 ]; then echo “locate: db is too old!”>/dev/stderr; sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb; fi; locate -i’

Note: Run source ~/.bash_profile to reload.

Completely remove Python 2.7 on OS X Lion

Simple. Here are the steps:

1. Remove the Python 2.7 framework

sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7

2. Remove the Python 2.7 applications directory

sudo rm -rf “/Applications/Python 2.7”

3. Remove the symbolic links in /usr/local/bin

Subclipse Error in Eclipse: “Failed to load JavaHL Library”

Just in case you get the error above with Eclipse when accessing an SVN repository via Subclipse on OS X Lion, do the following:

1. Install MacPorts (make sure you have Xcode and the command line tools).

2. Run the following in terminal: sudo port install subversion-javahlbindings

Eclipse error when adding Python Lib on OS X Lion

When I tried creating my first PyDev project in Eclipse on OS X Lion, I was asked to configure my interpreter as it was not listed. And when I did the “Auto Config” option, it came be with the following error:

“Error: Python stdlib not found

It seems that the Python /Lib folder (which contains the standard library) was not found /selected during the instal process.

This folder (which contains files such as threading.py and traceback.py) is required for PyDev to function properly (and it must contain the actual source files, not only .pyc files) ….“

The fix was simply manually adding this Python path: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin and selecting “Python.” Eclipse then found the appropriate /Lib files and everything worked.