Linux Shell Meets Java UID

Java Unique ID generator (java.rmi.server.UID().toString()) can come in handy when needing unique directory names. However some basic Linux shell commands like ls, cd, rm, etc. may not like the "-" part in directory names like "-2374f8d0", Either "ls ./-2374f8d0" or "rm -- -2374f8d0" can do the trick.

Ant Launcher

I don't remember (or ever know) if you can use ~ in place of /home/username/ for Java classpath settings. But I got "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tools/ant/launch/AntMain" for ant-launcher.jar. Internet says one should also check $ANT_HOME value when running into similar errors.

Change Axis2 Client Read Timeout

RPCServiceClient serviceClient = new RPCServiceClient();
Options options = serviceClient.getOptions();
options.setTimeOutInMilliSeconds(180000);

MarsEdit

Finally found this not so pita blogging tool for Mac, especially when it comes to handling image insert to Blogger. Maybe I should pick up blogging again.