Force slideshow screensaver to read new files

I want to drop a picture into the /users/me/Pictures/SS folder and have the slideshow screensaver find the new picture for its next rotation.
Currently, it seems to do this only if I connect to the machine and restart the screensaver from an interactive session.
I would like to do this via SSH.
I have found that sending signal 1 via the kill command to the /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSav erEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine process doesn't work. I have not found a way to reliably restart the screensaver if I send a 2,3,6 or 15 signal.
Any ideas or pointers?
TIA

Groan go here http://sourceforge.net/projects/ambient/, get the package... Look at SystemFiles.CoreFiles.LoadAllIOContexts line 152, you will find your answer there....

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Today I purchased a bigger a hard drive. I put it in and everything was good. When I tried to restore my system through time machine (which was from a external hard drive) it only read backup files from July 29 to July 21.
Why can't I open the last saved backup and restore it, which was yesterday 8/07/2013. I moved a lot of files and deleted stuff since 07/29 and I want that system, not the 7/29/2013 backup.
Any ideas what I need to do? What is the point of time machine if I can't restore my last system settings?
Thanks for reading.

Most likely, some folders were inadvertently excluded from your backups, and as a result you can't restore your data in Recovery, Setup Assistant, or Migration Assistant.
Starting from a fresh installation of OS X, set up a new administrator account and log in. Follow the instructions on this page to associate your existing backups with the new installation.
You should now be able to enter Time Machine and restore your user data from a snapshot.* I suggest you do this in two stages. Quit all applications except the Finder before you begin.
Restore all the visible items at the top level of your home folder.
Hold down the option key and select Go ▹ Library from the Finder menu bar. Enter Time Machine and restore all items in the Library folder. Log out and log back in as soon as the restore is complete.
Any other invisible folders or files at the top level of your home folder that you want to preserve will have to be restored separately. For most users, that isn't necessary.
You'll have to reinstall all third-party applications from scratch, or restore them from another kind of backup, if you have one.
*If you don't see any snapshots in Time Machine, exit the time-travel view and then hold down the option key while selecting
Browse Other Backup Disks...
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When I open iPhoto 9.2.1 it says that my library needs to be upgraded but when I upgrade the library I am trying to open (33 GB worth of pictures from 2006) the new application says it cannot read the files and how to find them on the system to reimport?! and then I'd like to erase the original files since the space requirement is huge!!!! Why is upgrading software iPhoto such a pain. I've gotta get a presentation done and all I get for my money is roadblock!!!

hello, it sounds like the library is damaged.
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

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So it appears you have only one library on the hard drive. Apply the two fixes below in order as needed to that library:
Fix #1
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - run Option #4 to rebuild the database.
Fix #2
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1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button and select the library you want to add in the selection window..
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.

Reading file from a folder : File dir = new File(URL+aFile_to_add);

Hi,
Trying to read files from a dir on my site using a JSP and bean. I've tried nearly every option for the filepath I can think of and it doesn't seem to be finding the file...
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String URL = "images\\wedding_photos\\";
File dir = new File(URL+aFile_to_add); ok, ok, I'll answer...
1) What gives you the impression that the relative directory "images\\..." exists (or, in other words, what makes you think your current directory is the parent of "images"?

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k

"That's default posix behaviour no matter what access permissions you set on the sharepoint."
I'm afraid this is dead wrong. What matters most is how you set permissions on the share, not if you've chosen to inherit vs. using POSIX. POSIX is still used in inherit functions, though you can use ACL's to override them. In this case, ACL's are not being used on those shares (though we tried it).
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Like I said before, I have several other installations which are identically setup that have no such issues.
As for Windows, it is also not set to inherit permissions; we're setting those explicitly. And they work fine.
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k

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How to make BPEL File Adapter read only new files?

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Reading text file, Replace string, Write to new file....

I'm kind a lost of on this problem. Using the BufferedReader class and BufferedWriter class, develop an application that reads lines of text from a file. Replace any occurrence of the word *?the?* with *?JAVAJAVA?* and change all characters to upper case before writing each line to a different text file named outfile.txt. Finally, have your application use the appropriate method on the File class to return the absolute path of the outfile.txt file and output the path to the screen.
* Created December 10, 2008
* @author Fausto Rivera
* Colorado Technical University - Online Campus
* IT271-0804B-02 Intermediate Object Oriented Programming II
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nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%nJAVA.IO.BUFFEREDWRITER@19821F%
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
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Hello all,
a very simple thing that I just don't seem to be able to figure out. I have a file containing 1024bytes of unsigned 16bit words. I can read it successfully with the right value being displayed. But then I try to write these values to a new file, I can no longer read the same value (in fact it's all grayed out 0) from the newly written file. The newly written file has the right size 1024 bytes, but I don't seem to obtain the right information. I made sure the endian are the same, little-endian.
Attached is my basic VI, and the .dat file is the file containing the binary information.
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Solved!
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