Category: How-to
Update rsync on OS X 10.9.3
Just in case you’d like to update rsync on your Mac — for example, to do iPhoto incremental back ups — you can do the following: Download the latest and greatest from http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/ Run the following command in a terminal window: ./configure && make && sudo make install That’s it! Hope this helps.
Apple Extreme 802.11ac: Allow DHCP renewal packets
I recently purchased an Apple Extreme 802.11ac router, as my trusty, old WRT54G running dd-wrt has finally died. I’m not too happy that this router doesn’t support stateful packet inspection — I need to know what my kids are viewing. Other than that, it’s been super easy to setup. Anyway, my AT&T 3600HGV modem is…
Install wget on OS X Mountain Lion
From the terminal, do the following: curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.13.tar.gz tar -xzvf wget-1.13.tar.gz cd wget-1.13 ./configure –with-ssl=openssl make sudo make install
How to install No-IP Linux Dynamic Update Client (DUC) on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Archiving from here. You will be able to install No-IP.com’s DUC in just a few minutes with terminal. Once you have opened up your terminal window you will need to login as the “root” user. You can become the root user from the command line by entering “sudo -s” followed by the root password on…
soapUI: Dynamic timestamp
Add a property, e.g. currentTimestamp, then add the following: ${=new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss”).format(new Date())} It will create the date in this format: 2013-03-12T11:03:05 Happy SOAP’ing!
SVN Fix: Could not use external editor to fetch log message
In case you encounter the following error using SVN — on my Mac, for me: svn: E205007: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the –message (-m) or –file (-F) optionssvn: E205007: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no…