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Page Curl for Mac OS X v.2.0 AV Bros. Page Curl 2.0 is a high quality, powerful and easy-to-use Photoshop plugin (Photoshop plugin means the filter plugin (8bf) for Adobe Photoshop and compatible hosts.) for creating the very realistic turning and folding page effects.; Curl Web Services Development Kit v.2.1 Curl Web Services Development Kit - a Curl Open Source project The WSDK. Use CURL to Download File The most common task is downloading files. Download the file is very simple. T o do this, simply transfer the file name or the html page to the utility in the parameters. Make sure the letter O is capitalized. After you type curl -O, just paste the URL of the file you want to download. Don’t include the “” either, that’s just an insertion point. Your download will.
What is cURL?
cURL is a command-line tool that lets you transfer data to/from a server using various protocols. In this case, the curl command will establish a communication to POST or GET data to/from Ubidots Server over HTTP and HTTPS.
Below you will find the step-by-step to installing cURL in Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
Step-by-Step
- Windows installation
- MacOSX installation
- Linux installation
1. Windows Installation
1. Enter and access the URL https://curl.haxx.se/ to download the curl executable wizard.
2. Select 'curl executable' as Type of Package.
3. Then, on the 'Select Operating System' section, select Windows. Then, continue selecting the parameters required based on your version of Windows.
4. Once you've finished the on-screen steps, download the zip file generated. To download it, simply press 'Download'.
5. Next, open the .zip file and enter to the folder called 'src*'. Inside the src folder you will find the curl executable file. At this point, you need to copy the executable file and paste it inside a local folder on your PC to be able to run the curl.
NOTE: To get a better understanding of the following steps, let's assume the executable file is located inside a folder named 'programs'.
6. From the Command Prompt, enter to the location where the executable file was pasted. To enter to the folder you need to use the cd command following the location of the folder which contains the executable file as you can see below.
Expected location to be shown
7. To verify if you are able to run curl commands with the command prompt, test functionality by executing the command below:
At this point, you should receive the all the help info related to the curl command.
[Troubleshooting] If you experience errors in the downloading process, please refer to this video for additional troubleshooting.
Now you are able to use cURL from your Windows pc!
Now you are able to use cURL from your Windows pc!
2. MacOSX Installation
1. Enter to the computer's terminal.
2. Run the command below in the terminal:
3. If a password is required after running the command, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. Then, wait until the installation finish.
4. Run the command below in the terminal:
Now you are able to use cURL from your Mac pc!
3. Linux installation
1. Enter to the computer's terminal.
2. Run the command below in the terminal:
3. If a password is required after ran the command, please enter your computers' user password to continue. Then, wait until the installation finishes.
Now you are able to use cURL from your Linux pc!
Mac OS X doesn’t have an obvious way to view the exact text based path to a folder (otherwise known as a directory) in the finder window. You can have it show a graphical path, but getting just the text based path to a directory (for use in the Terminal for example) requires a couple of extra steps.
Yosemite users special note
Apple removed the ability to easily copy the file path in OS X Yosemite. Yosemite users must now follow a complicated procedure of creating a Service to do this simple task or take the path directly from the command line.
El Capitan - Built in file path copy function
If you are a El Capitan user you are in luck, Apple has now created a specific command to capture the file path. Instructions on how to use this can be found here.
Mavericks and below - How to find the Absolute Path to a folder on Mac OS X
Curl Download To Application Folder Mac Os X 10.8
Here are the instructions for finding the file path on Mavericks and below...
The first thing to do is identify the folder you need to know the full path for. In this example it’s the “month 1″ folder of my Insanity Workout folder (and yes, I did buy Insanity, directly from Amazon actually and these are my back-ups. It’s not pirated like so much Beachbody stuff unfortunately is!):
Now we can simply press the “cmd+i” keys together to open up the “Get Info” window. This displays various bits of info about the folder as you can see below:
You can see that the Get Info window contains the line “Where:” followed by the text folder path. This is the path to the folder we have been looking for. The path to the folder is highlighted and made clearer in the screenshot below:
You can now copy this text based absolute folder path and paste it into your Terminal window. NOTE – If the directory path contains spaces, as the example i have used in this post does, you MUST use ” quotation ” marks around the path when typing it into the Terminal. The screenshot below demonstrates this:
Why might I need to know how to find the path to a folder on Mac?
Knowing the text based absolute path to a folder can be useful for a number of reasons. Being able to locate the precise path allows you to unlock the full power of the Terminal, which can often be faster and more efficient that using the Graphical User Interface.
Mac OS X doesn’t have an obvious way to view the exact text based path to a folder (otherwise known as a directory) in the finder window. You can have it show a graphical path, but getting just the text based path to a directory (for use in the Terminal for example) requires a couple of extra steps.
Yosemite users - special note
Apple removed the ability to easily copy the file path in OS X Yosemite. Yosemite users must now follow a complicated procedure of creating a Service to do this simple task or take the path directly from the command line.
El Capitan - Built in file path copy function
If you are a El Capitan user you are in luck, Apple has now created a specific command to capture the file path. Instructions on how to use this can be found at teh link below:
Mavericks and below - How to find the Absolute Path to a folder on Mac OS X
Here are the instructions for finding the file path on Mavericks and below...
The first thing to do is identify the folder you need to know the full path for. In this example it’s the “month 1″ folder of my Insanity Workout folder (and yes, I did buy Insanity, directly from Amazon actually and these are my back-ups. It’s not pirated like so much Beachbody stuff unfortunately is!):
Curl Download To Application Folder Mac Os X 10.6
Now we can simply press the “cmd+i” keys together to open up the “Get Info” window. This displays various bits of info about the folder as you can see below:
You can see that the Get Info window contains the line “Where:” followed by the text folder path. This is the path to the folder we have been looking for. The path to the folder is highlighted and made clearer in the screenshot below:
You can now copy this text based absolute folder path and paste it into your Terminal window. NOTE – If the directory path contains spaces, as the example i have used in this post does, you MUST use ” quotation ” marks around the path when typing it into the Terminal. The screenshot below demonstrates this:
Why might I need to know how to find the path to a folder on Mac?
Knowing the text based absolute path to a folder can be useful for a number of reasons. Being able to locate the precise path allows you to unlock the full power of the Terminal, which can often be faster and more efficient that using the Graphical User Interface.