Question about my boneheaded tar/gzip move.3144 (8/17/2009 6:49:15 PM) comp.unix.admin Hello. I have a huge tar file. So far, it's taken about 4 hours to
untar and it is till going.
I'll have enough space to unpack it but it will be tight.
To save some space, in another xwindow, I starte... DaLoverhino
Reading from pipe or from stdin, how?176 (5/1/2009 10:52:49 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Hello. I have a program where you specify the name of the file you want to read from command line. But, I want to modify it so that if no file is specified, it reads from stdin. so here's a code snippet: my... DaLoverhino
Question about tcsh and unmatched.460 (4/14/2009 7:07:46 PM) comp.unix.admin Hello. I have a question about tcsh. I have a script which I run: csh> ./myscript.csh Unmatched ". myscript.csh has the following first line: #!/bin/tcsh If I remove everything else from the script, and ... DaLoverhino
How do I do the following search and replace in sed or awk?125 (8/21/2008 5:03:43 PM) comp.unix.questions Hello. I have a file that I need to modify. It looks like this: [paragraph1] key = value key=value .. .. .. [paragraph2] key = value key = value .. .. .. I want to modify value to some specified setting fo... DaLoverhino
gdb question.141 (2/29/2008 4:48:46 PM) comp.unix.programmer Is there a command in gdb that you can issue interactively to save the output of gdb to a file? Something like a typescript command. Using the script command, then firing up gdb is not possible in the environ... DaLoverhino
OT: C++ from bison/flex.1332 (10/1/2007 10:56:06 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hello. I have to read about flex and bison for my co's next project. But it got me wondering: Were/are c++ compilers written using flex/ bison? Or do you need another tool? Searching for LALR and C++, it... DaLoverhino
stringstream question #3239 (9/19/2007 5:13:21 PM) comp.lang.c++ I'm trying to get use to using stringstream and I've run across a case that puzzles me. Perhaps you have some suggestion for the following: Why in the code below for case 2, intVal is always 1? // StringToIn... DaLoverhino
Simple sql question, I think.326 (7/28/2007 5:20:39 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server Is there a way to take the average of a group of averages in a sql statement? So for instance: select a, b, avg( c) from T group by a, b; -- That finds the average of each group a,b. Now how to take the ave... DaLoverhino
strcoll() function.431 (1/30/2007 5:55:13 PM) comp.lang.c Hello. strcoll() collates based on LC_COLLATE which is taken from the environment. Is there a similar function that takes collation as an argument instead of as an environment? The reason why I ask is what... DaLoverhino
Debugging a C++ program that uses C code.131 (11/30/2006 12:03:15 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hello. I think I messed up my last post. Sorry about that. I have a C++ program made up of two cpp files. I have the following makefile: stepprog: main.o parse_sql.o c++ main.o parse_sql.o -o stepprog ma... DaLoverhino
Dead pixel guarantee worth it?1319 (3/7/2006 5:33:33 AM) comp.sys.laptops I'm thinking about getting a sager notebook. They have a dead pixel guarantee. Here's the description: The Zero Dead Pixel Insurance guarantees that there will be no dead or partially-lit pixels on screen. T... DaLoveRhino(101)
C++ for windows while camping outdoors.437 (5/12/2006 6:53:32 PM) comp.lang.c++ Hello, I could just use GNU's stuff and cygwin's commandline stuff to do Windows XP development, but that would be sort of like going outdoor camping in a mobile home. I want to know how it would feel to be a ... DaLoveRhino(101)
connecting two computers together via usb1823 (5/19/2006 7:47:36 PM) comp.sys.laptops Hello. I bring my laptop to work, and sometimes I have files at work that are too big to fit on my memory stick to transfer over to my laptop. My work computer does not have a burner. I'm wondering if there ... DaLoveRhino(101)
cursors, views, and fga.233 (6/6/2006 9:49:43 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server I have a bunch of audited policies I want to turn off. I don't want to type 1000 times: execute dbms_fga.drop_policy( blah, blah, blah); So I figure I can use a cursor and the view of dba_audit_policies: d... DaLoveRhino(101)
J2EE is driving me mad.227 (6/26/2006 5:56:09 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello. j2ee is driving me mad. I'm trying to develop some new apps based on a beginner's book I've read, and I keep failing, so I keep scaling back my 'ambition', and I keep failing.... So here's what I have... DaLoveRhino(101)
Using gdb and multi threaded program.245 (11/8/2006 8:25:59 PM) comp.unix.programmer Hello. I am trying to debug a multithreaded program. I type: 0. set args blah 1. break functionName 2. gdb complains that function isn't found, but will break on all such functionNames as shared libraries ar... DaLoveRhino(101)
strcoll() function.431 (1/30/2007 5:55:13 PM) comp.lang.c Hello. strcoll() collates based on LC_COLLATE which is taken from the environment. Is there a similar function that takes collation as an argument instead of as an environment? The reason why I ask is what... DaLoveRhino(101)
stringstream question #3239 (9/19/2007 5:13:21 PM) comp.lang.c++ I'm trying to get use to using stringstream and I've run across a case that puzzles me. Perhaps you have some suggestion for the following: Why in the code below for case 2, intVal is always 1? // StringToIn... DaLoveRhino(101)
Question about tcsh and unmatched.460 (4/14/2009 7:07:46 PM) comp.unix.admin Hello. I have a question about tcsh. I have a script which I run: csh> ./myscript.csh Unmatched ". myscript.csh has the following first line: #!/bin/tcsh If I remove everything else from the script, and ... DaLoveRhino(101)