Brain Goo

In Python, as with most languages, STDIN is treated like a file. You can read from it any time, but knowing what kind of file it is lets us know if someone passed us something via STDIN or if we are going to prompt them for it. import os, sys if os.isatty(file.fileno(sys.stdin)):     print “Reading list [...]

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git should use the environment variable $http_proxy so set that and you should be ok. If you don’t want to use the environment, set it statically like this: $ git config –global http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080 $ git config –get http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080

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If you want to build a PERL installation that is separate from your standard PERL, you can compile one, complete with CPAN support. Just follow these steps: mkdir /custom/perl/ cd /custom/perl/ curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.12.3.tar.gz mkdir perl-5_12_3 gunzip perl-5.12.3.tar.gz tar -xf perl-5.12.3.tar cd perl-5.12.3 ./Configure -d -Dprefix=/custom/perl/perl-5_12_3 make make test make install /custom/perl/perl-5_12_3/bin/perl -v /custom/perl/perl-5_12_3/bin/perl -e [...]

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