I'm creating a bash script to create new EC2 instances and then upload a file once the instance is created. I'm using scp to upload the file, however, since this is the first time I'm connecting to the instance the script is prompted with "Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?" since the authenticity of the host is not k...
I am trying to use aliases in a non-interactive bash shell. I have defined my aliases in ~/.bashrc and I have set the variable BASH_ENV=~/startUpFile . The contents of the startUpFile are source ~/.bashrc I can see that my aliases are recognized, when I execute the "alias" command. However, if I try to use an alias defined in ~/.bash...
One of my Python scripts runs in interactive mode but fails when run from the command line. The difference is that when run from the command line, it imports modules from a bad .egg file, and when run interactively it uses my fixed (unzipped) version in the current directory. My question is two-fold: a) why does Python load modules diff...
I have a component, which silently retrieves some data from web using .NET WebBrowser component. It is written so that it will not show any dialog boxes, or any other interactive UI components, but since it is a form component, I need to create a form and STA thread to host it. I'm then starting it using Form.ShowDialog() This works per...
I have a page that is just a non interactive display for a shop window. Obviously, I don't link to it, and I'd also like to avoid people stumbling across it (by Google etc). It will always be powered by Chrome. I have thought of... Checking User Agent for Chrome Ensuring resolution is 1920 x 1080 (not that useful as it is a client s...
OK, I know this questions sounds weird at first, as GALLERY is designed to be user interactive, but, I like the Gallery functionality, as it suits a lot of my needs. i.e. I can give it a number of pictures, move the whole of them from right to left, or left to right and get them an animate (in my case, zoom) when one of them is selected....
I want to write a function that will call a list of functions in emacs (specifically, kill-buffer-query-functions), but if any of them require user interaction, I want to have them simply return nil instead, so that the whole thing will run non-interactively. I am thinking of using defadvice to modify every function that would normally p...