rustymyers

# Check for active connection
while [ "$NETACTIVE" == 'FALSE' ]; do
	# If block to test internet availability
	if ping -nc 3 8.8.8.8 | grep '100.0%' >/dev/null 2>&1;then
		/bin/echo $(date) "failed to connect to server"
		exit 1
	else
		/bin/echo $(date) "Success connecting to server"
		# Do stuff here
		NETACTIVE=TRUE

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Disabled</key>
  <false/>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.foo.displaymirroring</string>
  <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
  <array>

rustymyers

#!/usr/local/bin/python
 
import os
# import subprocess
# import re

ProfileInstalled = False
getprofile='/usr/bin/profiles -C'
print("GetProfile: "+getprofile)
profileDump = os.popen("/usr/bin/profiles -C")

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1">
  <dict>
    <key>PayloadUUID</key>
    <string>35956225-3AA0-4735-BA3B-68224F26381E</string>
    <key>PayloadType</key>
    <string>Configuration</string>
    <key>PayloadOrganization</key>
    <string></string>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>edu.psu.clc.idlelogout</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>open</string>
		<string>/Library/CLMshared/Startup Items/Idle Logout.app</string>

rustymyers

$ cat preferences.js 
pref("app.update.url", "http://url.com/update.xml");
pref("app.update.url.manual", "http://url.com/manual");
$ perl -i~ -pe 's{pref("app.update.url", "http://url.com/update.xml");}{pref("app.update.url", "http://custom.edu/update.xml");}g' preferences.js 
$ cat preferences.js*
pref("app.update.url", "http://url.com/update.xml");
pref("app.update.url.manual", "http://url.com/manual");
pref("app.update.url", "http://url.com/update.xml");
pref("app.update.url.manual", "http://url.com/manual");

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#!/bin/sh

# Script credit: Jeremy Reichman <jjracc@rit.edu>
# VolumeCheck Exit Statuses are calculated by subtracting 32
# E.G. exit 48 matches 16, exit 50 matches 18 in the VolumeCheck.strings file
# Check for minimum Mac OS X major version on the volume

SCRIPT_PATH="$0"
VOLUME_PATH="$1"

rustymyers

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Foundation;
my $NSASCIIStringEncoding = 1;
my $dscl = "/usr/bin/dscl";

sub getGeneratedUID(){
  $name = shift;
  my $command = "$dscl -plist . -read /Users/$name GeneratedUID";
  print "$command\n";
  my $output = `$command`;

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#!/usr/bin/env sh

##
# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
#   https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# install it:
#   curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | sh
#

rustymyers

When you need to run a script against a volume that has not been restored first, you can set the $DS_LAST_RESTORED_VOLUME to the internal drive of the Mac. This allows a script to work with or without restoring in a workflow.

DS_LAST_RESTORED_VOLUME=`system_profiler SPSerialATADataType | awk -F': ' '/Mount Point/ { print $2}'|head -n1`