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# Install Bash 4 using homebrew
brew install bash

# Or build it from source...
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2.tar.gz
tar xzf bash-4.2.tar.gz
cd bash-4.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bin && make && sudo make install

# Add the new shell to the list of legit shells

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1) Get the FileGDB API http://www.esri.com/apps/products/download/

2) Extract it somewhere on your system and remember the path :)

3) Do:
> mkdir build   #directory where we are playing around
> cd build
> git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal.git
> cd gdal
> ./configure --with-fgdb=/path/to/your/FileGDB_API

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# best practices for web scraping in R #

# function should be used with ldply
# eg: 

ldply(urls, scrape)

# add a try to ignore broken links/ unresponsive pages
# eg: