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(Bash) leave (set an alert) - rhockens

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:56:22 UTC

Set a reminder. Use +hhmm to set a reminder for some hh (hours) or mm (minutes) in the future; e.g., set an alarm for 45 minutes from now as: leave +0045

(Bash) port (Update outdated ports in macports) - rhockens

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:26:08 UTC

After: sudo port -v selfupdate Update outdated ports with: sudo port upgrade outdated

(Bash) port (Update outdated portfiles) - rhockens

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:23:48 UTC

After installing MacPorts, try running a selfupdate to grab all the latest MacPorts Portfiles (Portfiles contain information about how to install MacPorts software "ports"). You will need to run this command as an administrator, and it requires root access, so you'll need to "sudo": sudo port selfupdate Running MacPorts commands, you can add the -v command for more verbose ("v" for "verbose") output if you'd like more detail about what MacPorts is attempting to do: sudo port -v selfupdate If you are a developer and would like even more specific accounting of what MacPorts is doing, add the -d flag.

(Bash) nvram (Verbose Mac OS startup) - rhockens

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:37:05 UTC

[quote] Verbose booting shows you the actual process of Mac OS X's startup. You'll see drivers get loaded and services launch. This command should work on any recent (New World) Macintosh: sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v". The -v flag tells the system to boot verbosely. You can get the same result by holding Command + V at boot time, but that will only work the one time. Modifying the boot-args will cause Mac OS X to always boot verbosely from now on... To resume normal booting, use the command sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="". [/quote]

(Bash) periodic (Mac OS X Maintenance Scripts) - rhockens

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:25:40 UTC

"...UNIX systems run scheduled maintenance routines â€” known as maintenance scripts â€” to clean up a variety of System logs and temporary files. By default, these are executed between 03:15 and 05:30 hours local time, depending on the script. If your Mac is shut down or in sleep mode during these hours, the maintenance scripts will not run. This results in log files that will grow over time, consuming free space on your Mac OS X startup disk. If your Mac is shut down or left in sleep mode overnight, you need to invoke these maintenance routines manually on a regular basis. That is, unless you plan on devoting a large portion of your hard drive to the files cleaned-up by these routines!"