1. Programming

How do we pronounciate bdevsw and cdevsw Kernel resources ? I presume it as block or charcter device software table. Am I Correct in my assumption ? Thanks in advance. (9 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, What are routine task being a solaris administrator ? Thanks, Far (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

in windows machine... C:\2\test>perl -version This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) ------------------------------------------ what is the difference b\w subroutine calls: sub_routine_name("-----"); and ... (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

hi all, I wanted to know how we can copy files to dirs, through a routine and when the file and the dir are specified as parameters for that routine and explicitly called? Eg: suppose i want to copy file1 to /tmp then myproc() { . . } myproc /path/file1 /tmp/ These parameters when... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all, I wanted to know how we can copy files to dirs, through a routine and when the file and the dir are specified as parameters for that routine and explicitly called? Eg: suppose i want to copy file1 to /tmp then myproc() { . . } myproc /path/file1 /tmp/ These parameters when... (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello experts, I need some help here.. I've written the following routine to check for existence of files. The routine does the following. It will look for a compressed ( .Z ) file and if it exists, then it will uncompress it, if it is already uncompressed, then it will just diplay a message... (9 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all I have written a simple perl script that has different options i.e. myscript -l -p etc i have it so when it runs without any switches it runs a subroutine called nvrm_norm i want to be able to do a -p option and run pall -w -f and then called the subruotine pall is... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Please help me here while passing the paramert to fuction i am facing problem. i tryied passing 7 PARAMeter in side single quote,double quate even tried tild sign not working. how can assign it properly . usage () { typeset -i NumPARAMs=$1 typeset -i PARAM1=$2 typeset PARAM2=$3... (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am an occasional PERL user. I am trying to call a sub routine (passing parameters) in perl module from a driver .pl file. I have been "tinkering" for a while now and have confused myself. Could someone please look at the code below and spot where I am going wrong. testPerl.pl ... (0 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am am one of these people that it isn't good enough just to say, "Here, try this...". it is important for me to understand how and why something works (or doesn't work.) All that being said, I am trying to parse out a command that we use that was handed down to me by someone I can no longer... (3 Replies)