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| | IBM has today announced the availability of an [URL="http://ibm.com/systems/p/Linux/systempave.html"]open beta version[/URL] of its virtual Linux environment to enable x86 Linux applications to run without modification on POWER processor-based IBM System p servers. Designed to reduce power, cooling and space by consolidating x86 Linux workloads on System p servers, it will … |
| | Why doesn't everyone switch to Linux? Is it because it's too difficult? Not exactly. The problem with Linux isn't because you have to run millions of commands to start it up, it's because it gives users too many options. Commercial companies like Microsoft standardize their product when they create it. …  |
 | Recently I have decided to switch from Ubuntu linux to Freebsd and here I am going to outline why. 1. [B]The Ubuntification of linux:[/B] Lately I have noticed a trend on social bookmarking sites, mainly digg, which have people posting articles with titles like "Ubuntu Tutorials" or something similar. In …  |
| | ReactOS is an open source operating system that has been in development for 10 years. The main goal of the project is to build an operating system that is completly compatible with Windows XP. It uses all free software and uses a similar directory structure and program names to Windows. … |
| | So lately the Apple Fanboys have been talking about this software called Parallels which can emulate Windows inside of Mac OS X. However is this really good or bad for Apple? In the short term I would say yes, but in terms of long term success Microsoft will be hands … |
 | I love IT wars, always have. Back in the day, I was a columnist for a couple of Amiga computer magazines and more than happy to throw my opinion around concerning just why an Atari was such rubbish by comparison. Things have moved on since then, but also stayed much … |
| | Recently I was at work and I needed to do some css stuff and I did most of it in notepad because the current machine I was on didnt have dreamweaver(and yes it isnt necessary) and so rather than wait for someone to find a copy of dreamweaver and its … |
| | As from July 11th, some 70 million users of the Windows OS will be left stranded without official support, and that includes no more security updates. By withdrawing support for its Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME platforms, Microsoft is effectively leaving around 12.5 percent of Windows users …  |
 | Operating System software is an entity that lives and breaths on it's own. It requires little tweaks and enhancements here and there to make it better, and to fix problems. Such is the case with Apple's Tiger OS X, 10.4, and the release to 10.4.3 Let's look at some of … |
| | Apple has had a busy month -- a new iPod, new iTunes, new iMac G5, and now, 3 new ultra-cool Powerbooks! Available in the standard 12, 15, and 17" models, these new laptops have new features and performance levels not seen before in Apple's line, and after taking a look … |
| | A little discussed feature of the upcoming Windows Vista is called 'Freeze Dry', and it's sure to be a blessing for all of us who leave our PCs running rather than shutting everything down when we move away from the keyboard. Have you ever come back only to find that …  |
 | My friend Darren from Google just informed me a couple of minutes ago that Google Notifier is out in beta ... for the mac! You can check it out at: [url]http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/index?promo=gdl-en[/url] Now comes the time when I thank Darren for considering the fact that I'm a mac girl and messaging … |
| | Ladies and Gentlemen, stop the presses! Well, in today's world, I should change that... Stop uploading the websites! This is BIG News. Ever since Apple came out with the Macintosh (1984), they have only shipped with one-button mice. Even mice prepared for the Apple IIe / IIc / IIgs had …  |
| | John C. Dvorak has a vision and I suspect it may be myopic. Over at Ziff-Davis’s PCMag, the renowned John C. Dvorak has witnessed Windows Vista’s arrival as an almighty dull thud, and sees recent events as a potential portent of the demise of the mighty Microsoft. [url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1840480,00.asp[/url] Windows Vista … |
 | If you ever want to get information about files stored in a particular map or directory, you can find out how it is done here. With a little modification you could turn this snippet into a DOS DIR-command or a UNIX(LINUX?) ls-command. |
 | First off, C++ does not know anything about the I/O device you are using. It can be a keyboard and monitor, or a file, or a network connection, or anything which can do I/O. What that means is that there is no standard way to do this in C++. That … |
| | First off, C does not know anything about the I/O device you are using. It can be a keyboard and monitor, or a file, or a network connection, or anything which can do I/O. What that means is that there is no standard way to do this in C. That … |
 | This simple Python code uses the Tkinter GUI toolkit and the Python Image Library (PIL) to create a program that allows you to grab an image of the display screen (or portion of it) and save it to an image file. Unfortunately, the ImageGrab.grab() method only works on a Windows … |
| | Hi *, Here is a small program I had created to search for a given .class file within given CLASSPATH. It is primarily used in our project on test machines where lotsa ppl put lotsa patches in lotsa paths/jars and finally end up wondering which class file is being used. … |
 | Question of wordcount program similar to Unix wc came up in the forum and I worked on a solution. Program shows number of lines, number of words, number of characters and text file's name. Good learning for commandline, file and string handling. |
 | This is a little code for a shell that allows for simple redirection and multiple yes! MULTIPLE piping abilities. It is slightly glitched for background processes, and this is only my second program written with C/C++ so it looks to be quite inefficient, but the piping works pretty nicely. The …  |
| | Regular expression pattern match in a string, I only checked with * as wild card, other wild card characters are easy implement but I havent done that. any problems you can email me @ [email]rramaswa@usc.edu[/email] platform - Unix/Linux, havent tested in windows, should'nt be a problem unless some standard header …  |
| | This Program gives the UserDetails of the logged in User. a) The RealName b) Login Name ( Why do we need this?) c) Home Directory d) Default Login Shell Additional Purpose of this code would be to invoke/ learn at man getpwuid and about struct passswd |
 | Similar to cat in unix textutils. You can actually edit files with these. Remember that ctrl-z sends end-of-file in windows, and ctrl-d in linux. |
| | I am attempting to familiarize myself with BASH so i can work in a Unix environment. I want to export a shell variable to a simple C program but seem to be unable to do so. Here is the C program: (i am also very unfamiliar with C but this … |
| | This is a noobie question due to my lack of windows programming so pls excuse me in advance if this question doesn't make sense at first. I'm working on a visual c++ project and I would like to use some routines that I have in some c files. Although the … |
| | Hi, I am new to Unix and SFTP. My requirement is to transfer files to host server using SFTP command. I know that ther is nothing wrong with my script as I used it before successfully. Yesterday when I tried to run the same script I get the error "Couldn't … |
| | Is it possible to compile a single .cpp (not a project) in visual studio 2008? Also will using visual studio cause problems executing code on a unix system? I am making my first c++ "hello world" program and I am attempting to use visual studios. Am I going to have …  |
| | Hi, I'm looking for a plotting library for c that works under windows and unix. And the library must contain only one file(which is the header), so i can move it with my source code. It is required for a chem engineering project for school, i need to plot the … |
 | Hello, I'm beginning in the OS development(In Assembly, Nasm as Assembler) and i need to implement a command-line on it, but i don't know how to do this, but what i want to say as command-line is like MS-DOS or UNIX: [CODE]> ver BerlOS v.0.0.1 > _[/CODE] But i don't … |
| | I'm using XP and Front Page 2002: I probably edited my website a month ago - no problem. Today I'm trying, I go to where I normally open up my website and I get this error message: "The server could not complete your request. Contact your ISP or web server … |
| | hi, i just got myself a mac book and don't know much about its unix. first of all, i would really like to know if there is a repository like redhat so i can do "yum" to search and install the repository packages. when i do "uname" it is Darwins … |
| | Thanks in advance for any one who helps me. Code is in C using unix system calls. I am writing a code that forks a process and that forked process gets worked on by a function, in my case its called processone. I had a similar program, in which i …  |
| | Hi all, I'm writing this piece of code out in unix. What I want to do is pass an integer argument through the command line and then manipulate it from there. I've done char strings before but cannot seem to get it to work with int's. Once I have this … |
| | I am writing a code in c++ unix environment using gmp for impelementing quadratic sieve I have many global variables i.e the number to be factorised and some arrays, sievelength,factorbase siz etc. During the first part of the program, the program simply calculates the factor base implemented through a fucntion … |
| | Hi all, Iam new to unix. I want to know the series of events that takes place when creating a directory. I mean If I type a command like [CODE] mkdir mydir [/CODE] what is the exact thing that takes place within the *nix operating system?  |
| | Hello, I would like to download a compiler that works with max os x MacBook Pro that when doing my Unix homework I can compile and then know it works before I go to the University's website to log in and run the program. Or do I have to use … |
| | Hello everyone! My name is Sonya and my user name is "pixie" because I have short spiky hair and "wolfe" because my husky loves to howl. I am brand new to the field and 6 classes away from getting my computer information systems degree. BUT right now I am struggling … |
| | Hi, I am a student presently studying bachelor in ICT with a major in network engineering. I luv to surf the net, experiment with softwares, fiddling with unix systems, play games and listen to head-banging heavy metal music.... cheers. blueheart |
 | This book is excellent: [b]Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)[/b] [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323583/qid=1034404576/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-8089820-6681729[/url] It received good reviews. Here's my personal review from Amazon.com: This is probably one of the best books by Sams that I've read. If you want to start shell programming, you've picked up the perfect … |
| | Ok, so this may be an odd question but I am just not sure about this. I have a customer who has multiple sites with the same content on some pages. We are trying to figure out if there is a way using some type of include file if we … |
| | Hi! Larry Irwin here... I've been writing medical practice management and medical records software since 1984. - Altos Xenix, IRIS, SCO Xenix, SCO Unix, SCO OS5, AIX, Caldera, RedHat and Debian... (lots of Windows along the way as well... but it breaks more when updates are applied... so I try … |
| | hai dani, pls anyone help me how to add data into filename actually i tried like this: $str|cat >> EmpFile for the above statement im not able to do coz even $str is also considere as command. how to insert the value? |
| | Hello, I am learning C, POSIX, and Unix. I am trying to write a code that wait until the child process is done then terminate, however, I do not know what to put in the while loop. [CODE] Parent function: signal(SIGCHLD, handler) while(child process is running) print the number of … |
 | Hey guy's. I've never really cared for game dev befor, but it sounds kinda fun. I'm expecting a spair class next year and need to have something to do in my spair time. I'm thinking of making a clone of rogue (the 80's unix rpg). I'm wondering what the best … |
| | Hi Guys, is there any other way to use shared library in unix and linux platform apart from dlopen() and dlsym(). Thanks. |
 | Hello everyone! I'm having a bad time trying to find a solution to my problem: I'm developping a client-server application. On the server side, I am calling a method, Recoit (receive), that calls internally msgrcv(), a UNIX system call for message-passing purposes. The problem is that I always receive a … |
| | Name: Dmitry Nickname: yrat Height: vary from breakfast to dinner Weight: 88.88 Kg Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Location: St.Petersburg (Russia) Age: 38 Hobbies: I'm a karate guy Fav Music: Roxette, Dire Straits,Metallica and "damn, a lot of stuff..." Education: Biology Science Work: Unix guru. Favorite Food: Steak Favorite Movies: Kwai … |
| | Hello I was wondering if there is a way to read a unix profile'd variable while inside my PERL code? I'm trying to do something like this. system( " execute some code >> $UNIXVAR\log"); also tried system( " execute some code >> '$UNIXVAR\log'"); I think though that the way I'm … |
| | Hello, I am facing the a probelm, I wanted to read a unix PATH variable into perl script. But its not working. $path_var=`$PATH`; Can u help me in doing this. Thanks in advance, Subii |
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