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• curses nodelay

• I have nodelay set for my terminalbecause the program's purpose is toprovide an interactive environment.The problem comes about whenmy drawing function is calledand draws objects on the term.After drawing the object, I call refreshand then I call usleep with a value of3000000. The effect of...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:53:00 GMT | 1,443 bytes | Answers (2)

• some bash shell scripting questions...

• Okie, here they go...1) How can I perform the same action to all the files in my current directory?2) How can I ask for user input? (y/n answers)...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:00 GMT | 165 bytes | Answers (7)

• how to get updated variable value after a sleep

• Hi,Any way to modify function "n" so that the script would output:112Thanks,Howard.#!/bin/ksha=0m () {a=`expr $a + 1`}n () {sleep 5echo $amecho $a}n &mecho $a-- current output --101...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:00 GMT | 314 bytes | Answers (4)

• bash auto completion for URL's

• Hi,I was trying to get some auto completion for URL, that I could use forSVN transactions. To minimize the complexity, I was trying to achievesomething similar to this:function temp(){COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "http:google http:rediff http:guglehttp:redeef http:redbeef" ${COMP_WORDS[$COM...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:00 GMT | 958 bytes | Answers (1)

• Java Randomness

• Well...not really random. Pseudo-random. But, anyway, I'm using the java.lang.Math.random() method to generate pseudo random numbers. I know it generates between 0 and 1.0. And, I know the code to get between 0 and a number is:variable = Math.random() * 100;// Between 0 and 100.But, I&#...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:00 GMT | 490 bytes | Answers (1)

• Could not create system preferences dir. error when exec. java file - JustLinu

• Hello, and idea's would be appreciated.I've installed sun's jre1.4 on a Debian3.0 system and things seem alright, I've run a couple of test programs and the interpreter is working but...When running a simple AWT or Swing program I immediately get a warning - Could not create...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:00 GMT | 925 bytes | Answers (3)

• FTP server code in passive mode

• I have programmed a FTP server in active mode but it falls on theclient side. The error message is "Connection refused" that appearswhen server is trying to connect back to the client's specified dataport from its local data port. I have told that I need to change thecode in order to get a...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:00 GMT | 660 bytes | Answers (2)

• Need help with variables and KSH.

• Hello guys,I have a small problem, but I can not solve-it.Look the exampleA=3DCB=3DARCAR=3DMUSTANGOk. Variables are set. But Now, I need print the name "MUSTANG" usingvariable A and B. I tried several times:echo $"$A$B" result=3D CAR, not MUSTANGecho $A$B result=3D CAR, not MUSTANGecho "$"$A$B r...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:00 GMT | 531 bytes | Answers (3)

• PHP regular expression insert at beginning of line

• I am having a brain lock.. so I hope somebody can help me here. I have a string that contains alphanumeric data and new lines. $string="data\ndata\ndata" I want to insert "MAN**" at the beginning of every line so that the string will be changed to: $string="MAN**data \nMAN**data\nMan**data" I�...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:53:00 GMT | 473 bytes | Answers (5)

• 64 / 128 bit ints in gcc

• Hi,I'm looking for the correct way of defining 64 and 128 bit integers in gcc on x86 PC Linux.On my Playstation2 (Linux Kondora Red Hat 5.2 / gcc 2.95) I use:typedef int int64 __attribute__ ((mode(TI));typedef int int128 __attribute__ ((mode(DI));but that won't compile on my PC.If...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:53:00 GMT | 581 bytes | Answers (7)

• 32/64 bit computation mode

• Hi,I was reading this stuff from a website :Multiprocess operating systems (for example Linux) can switch between applicationprograms running in 32-bit computation mode using a 32-bit ABI and programs runningin 64-bit computation mode using the 64-bit ABI. In order to support both the 32-and 64-...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:00 GMT | 867 bytes

• Curl - Where does the download go?

• I am in the process of installing Apache 2 from source and I used the curl process to grab the source. I was wondering where does the sources get downloaded to?Thanks...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:00 GMT | 177 bytes | Answers (7)

• what's the return value of 'su -c command' should be ?

• Linux 2.4.21I saw some inconsistency between the return value of`bash -c command' and `su -c command'when the command is cancelled by a signal~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=AD=AD~~NS->cat a.cint main(){sleep(10);exit(35); //just a non-zero return value}NS->gcc a.c~~~~~~~~~~~...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:00 GMT | 1,253 bytes

• [BASH] shell functions don't work the same when opening sub-shells

• Hi,I've got a rather odd occurrance when I open a sub-shell for changes tomy environment. In my .bashrc file I have some shell functions thatI've written to help make life easier for me.One of these functions takes an option, -p, and then a pattern to searchfor. The pattern if found, i...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:53:00 GMT | 967 bytes | Answers (3)

• First screenshot of Qt3Clx under Linux

• The first screenshot of the Qt3Clx:http://unvclx.sourceforge.net/other/Qt3ClxLinux.pngRegards,Andreas Hausladen...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:53:00 GMT | 222 bytes | Answers (9)

• Removing EOF character after a unix command

• Can anyone please throw some light on this issue.When I give a command likels -ltcr | echo `awk '{print $9}'`i get a list of files in the directory. But there is also an EOFcharacter after the last file that is displayed in the list.Can i get the output without the EOF character.F...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:53:00 GMT | 484 bytes | Answers (5)

• Vim question

• I have a question about vim. I am doing some C++ programming and I am using vim without auto-indenting, colored syntax, etc... and it is pretty nice in that regard but one thing about it REALLY bugs me. I can't use backspace to "delete" a character like I can in almost anyother word proce...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:53:00 GMT | 623 bytes | Answers (7)

• how to replace the phone in 150 text file?

• I have to change 150 text files particularly just the phone no in all these 150 text files.can u help me with a script to replace all "1234567" with "2211-334" in of these files?TIA....
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:53:00 GMT | 197 bytes | Answers (6)

• bash/echo/sed/date question (?)

• Hi all,I'd like to use a command such as A3 or A4 (see below) to convert anepoch time stamp to a human readable date such as in B1.I'd like to do this conversion based on the A3/A4 command structure(that is, without piping the sed output to a shell) for variousreasons that are beyond t...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:53:00 GMT | 1,140 bytes | Answers (9)

• use CVS to manage the source code of a linux kernel module

• Hello, everyoneI'm developing a Linux kernel(2.6) module, and try to use CVS to controlits source code. But I get a problem.It seems CVS creates a folder named .tmp_versions in the directory ofthe source code. Unfortunately, the kernel seems to use the same name tostore its temporary files,...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:53:00 GMT | 634 bytes | Answers (6)