I have an assignment from school to write a shell program in linux. the idea is to exercise fork() and execv() functions.. the shell program is supposed to be the master and every command that the user prints will run in a new process. we also need to try running the command in every path from the enviroment variable PATH.
for some reason, the execv function isn't working.. any idea what i'm doing wrong?
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I'm writing a Linux binary that requires an X11 Server. It will also be released in a Shell, Win32, and Cocoa (Mac OS X).
It's a program that's a text editor and more. It not just creates TXT and RTF files, it also can save in XML, RSS, and a whole lot of other formats.
... (11 Replies)
Hey guys..
I'm trying to learn how to script in bash...
THIS IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT but my instructor says to learn you must practice
I'm trying to add to a program I'm writing that will print and save raw data...
What syntax commands would I use to write them?
And Thank you... (2 Replies)
Hello. I'm trying to write a shell script that will take files that have .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.Z, .gz, .Z and .zip file extensions and uncompress and unarchive them. The script should be able to take multiple arguments. So far I can write a script using the case command that will do this but it will... (3 Replies)
Can anyone create a program that
would test the math skills of the user. Assume that it would test integer addition, The program should ask the question,collect the integer response, evaluate and notify the user if their answer was correct or incorrect. I would assume integers in the range... (5 Replies)
Hi guys
I'm having trouble with trying to create a script which calculates the grade of a student and the marks out of 300.
The grades are:
0-49% fail
50-59% pass
60-69% credit pass
70-79% distinction
80-100% high distinction
less than 0 or greater than 100 displays error message.
My... (1 Reply)
to determine if two two doubles are equal, we check to see if
their absolute difference is very close to zero. . .if two numbers
are less than .00001 apart, theyre equal.
keep a count field in each record (as you did in p5).
once the list is complete, ask the user to see if an element
is on... (2 Replies)
I want to write a C++ program that uses a class to do some calculations.
I pass arguments to the program, some of which are used to set up class members. A class function will then perform the necessary calculations.
I am wondering how I should pass the arguments from the program to set the... (2 Replies)
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Basic Assignment
Write a program similar to the Unix "tee" command.
Program
The Unix "tee" command is used to pull out copies of a data stream. It is typically used in conjunction with pipes (analogous to a T-joint in plumbing, hence... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
lp-shell
lp-shell(1) General Commands Manual lp-shell(1)NAME
lp-shell - Open an interactive launchpadlib shell.
SYNOPSIS
lp-shell [-a] [-cPROGRAM] [--python] [--ipython] [service] [LP API version]
DESCRIPTION
lp-shell opens an interactive Python shell with a launchpadlib.Launchpad object "lp" which is ready for use.
It authenticates against Launchpad with the consumer name "udt-lp-shell". When using lp-shell with the -a option it will use the anonymous
login from launchpadlib.Launchpad.
By default lp-shell connects to the "production" Launchpad service using the "1.0" LP API version.
If you want to connect to another Launchpad service, call lp-shell with the service name as the second argument. lp-shell supports all ser-
vices known by launchpadlib Python module. Currently known are (list can be incomplete or outdated): "production", "staging", "dogfood".
A different LP API version can be selected by passing the API version to use as the third argument. Current supported are: "beta", "1.0"
and "devel".
OPTIONS -a Login anonymously into Launchpad.
-c PROGRAM
Don't enter a shell but only run the specified Python program and exit.
--ipython
Use an ipython shell if available (default).
--python
Use a regular python shell.
AUTHORS
lp-shell was written by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.
It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
lptools 27 March 2010 lp-shell(1)