Monthly Archives: July 2009

Using Mac OS X 10.5′s keychain for ssh

Posted on July 26, 2009 by matthew

The version of ssh that comes with Mac OS X 10.5.6 has a -K option that stores your passphrases in your system’s keychain. Run this: ssh-add -K [path to private keyfile] Provide your passphrase once when asked, and keychain will … Continue reading →

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How to add a version number to your hudson-built maven jar

Posted on July 24, 2009 by matthew

Maven’s jar plugin will automatically add a “pom.properties” in your jar’s META-INF/maven/$groupId/$artifactId directory. If you build with hudson, there are a number of other values that you might want to include automatically, though, like the SVN revision number that the … Continue reading →

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Simple PHP image rotation script

Posted on July 24, 2009 by matthew

This blog has a rotating header — if you visit /header/ and bounce on reload, you’ll see a series of random images. Here’s how it works: The header is added to a div with the following CSS: #headerimage{ background: url("/header/") … Continue reading →

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How to add a version number to your maven webapp

Posted on July 17, 2009 by matthew

I couldn’t find a simple recipe to add a version number to a maven-built webapp. The maven-war-plugin talks about how to filter, but no simple example is given.

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Create new junit tests in Eclipse with a keystroke

Posted on July 13, 2009 by matthew

The Galileo version of Eclipse doesn’t ship with a default keybinding for creating a unit test for the current class, but you can add one easily enough. Navigate to Preferences > General > Keys, and search for “junit test case”: … Continue reading →

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WordPress upgrade with svn sw

Posted on July 9, 2009 by matthew

Most likely, it’s time to upgrade your instance of wordpress (given their releases are every couple weeks). Backup the db and code: mkdir -p ~/.archive mysqldump blog | gzip > ~/.archive/blog-$(date '+%Y%m%d').sql.gz cd ~/public_html ; tar czf ~/.archive/blog-$(date '+%Y%m%d').tgz blog … Continue reading →

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