takizo, not takezo

find out what is the capability of an network interface, e.g. :

ifconfig -m vr0

configure / set media types of a NIC, e.g :

ifconfig vr0 media 100baseTX
ifconfig vr0 media autoselect

Have you thinking of tweaking the ports for some reason, e.g. sources downloading are slow, checksum error from a site and etc. Below are the configs and directories :

ports file is store at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/

source downloaded are kept in /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/

Happy tweaking !!!

update port database with the latest list :
e.g. port -v selfupdate

search for a port :
e.g. port search apache

install a port with verbose output :
e.g. port -v install apache2

wild card search of a port :
e.g. port list apache*

list variants of a port :
e.g. port variants apache2

information of a port :
e.g. port info apache2

installed port on the system :
e.g. port installed

problem :

using backticks in bash for mysql statements. e.g. :

mysql -u username -h host -e “GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON `somedatabase`.* TO ’someuser’@’somehost’;” -p<password with no space after parameter>

would get an error :

./scriptname: line 5: somedatabase: command not found

solution :

escape (\) the backticks ” ` ” surround “somedatabase”

mysql -u username -h host -e “GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON \`somedatabase\`.* TO ’someuser’@’somehost’;” -p<password with no space after parameter>

problem :

For some reason, starting up vim pops up an error at the bottom :

E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: d^\^F
Press ENTER or type command to continue

solution :

delete the contents in ~/.viminfo

Voila !!!