Unix Programming

Will not access function via pthread_create
Hi, I'm real new at this but I can't seem to find a workaround. I have simple code just to try to get something working, not sure the behaviour why it will not work correctly. I'm trying to create a separate thread for a generator function via pthread_create, but it will not access the function. I'll leave o... 16 Dec 2006 09:24

Simple Question about argv to Int
Hi I new to Unix programming and was wondering if anyone could help me. I wish to put the argv[1] into a intger intNumbersTest but when I use the code below I get a funny number like -33333382. What am I doing wrong. I also wish to put the 4th argument into a char but thats not working also. int main(int... 12 Dec 2006 09:04

find in current directory - SUN OS
Hello, How can I find files in current directory only (not recursively) using the UNIX 'find' command? thanks! ... 14 Dec 2006 10:18

IPC::Open2 and sort
I'm sort of drawing a blank on the following statement found in the in the documentation for IPC::Open2 "Programs like sort that read their entire input stream first, however, are quite apt to cause deadlock." The only think I can possibly think of is that sort is using the standard I/O default buffering as op... 15 Dec 2006 15:27

How to list objects files in an executable
Hello All, I have an executable file that was generated by make. How can I see what all object files have been linked into this executable? I'm using Solaris 5.8. Thanks, Sashi ... 14 Dec 2006 11:24

How to truncate log file without affecting the file handler
All, I want to be able to truncate mod_jk.log file while apache is running without HUP'ing or restarting yapache - so that I can compress the earlier file either after a time/size limits are met. apache process is writing to mod_jk.log file. When I remove the log file mod_jk.log, it stops writing to this file (n... 7 Dec 2006 14:29

Storage problem in Unix
Hi, Recently i downloaded a file of nearly 33 MB into my Unix server. Because of that i am getting some message like msgcnt 62 vxfs: mesg 001: vx_nospace - /dev/vg00/lv_home file system full (1 ck extent) Due to this i am unable to run any commands. I have to delete that. I tried to remove the directory usin... 1 Dec 2006 04:24

core file - gdb query ?
Hi, I am developing some c-applications, (compiled with -g ...) after developing application i am running the application on different host, (may be same OS or different OS ) Its like i am working on two host one is development (here i can devlop,debug etc.) and one on which I will run/test my application (Bu... 30 Nov 2006 05:55

System resource information on HP-UX
Hi, i'm new to HP-UX, but i have to write a library, from which i will get info such as: cpu kernel time cpu user time cpu idle time (average to all processors) free ram used ram total ram to pass it to java application trough JNI. I already wrote such library for windows, but now i need one for HP-UX (... 17 Nov 2006 08:29

Shell
Hi, I am implementing an UNIX shell. When there are pipe of commands e.g. ls | sort | grep Multiple pipes are created to tie output of a command to input of next one. Then all of them are forked and executed using execvp. The parent waits for all of them to complete, then displays the prompt. My doubt is how ... 14 Nov 2006 11:41