A filename with a slash absolutely not allowed, even using the open() system call a file cannot be created. I remember while at uni I tried to create a file with a slash in it's name using fsdb and it ruined the filesystem.
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I have a basic knowledge of the various structures like file, dentry, inode, superblocks of linux virtual file systems.
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i installed nagios in my linux srvr . check_ftp file is in format of system format .
i wants to see the syntax for that script
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I am to start working on two project on Linux Device Drivers and other on File System.
So I got the book "Understanding Linux Kernel" by Daniel and Marco.
But I am confused as how to proce
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I have a following requirement in production
system 1 : LINUX
User: abcd
system 2: AIX (it is hosting a production DB)
Requirement
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We would be migrating UNIX file system to Linux file system.
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My root file system is of type LVM. i wanna shrink it but unable to do so.
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What is the qualification required by Linux/Solaris System Administrator to become a Linux/Solaris System Programmer as to gain complete knowledge on computers.
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extract_font_range
extract_font_range(3alleg4) Allegro manual extract_font_range(3alleg4)NAME
extract_font_range - Extracts a range of characters from a font. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h>
FONT *extract_font_range(FONT *f, int begin, int end)
DESCRIPTION
This function extracts a character range from a font and returns a new font that contains only the range of characters selected by this
function. You can pass -1 for either the lower or upper bound if you want to select all characters from the start or to the end of the
font. Example:
FONT *myfont;
FONT *capitals;
FONT *fontcopy;
...
/* Create a font of only capital letters */
capitals = extract_font_range(myfont, 'A', 'Z');
/* Create a copy of the font */
fontcopy = extract_font_range(myfont, -1, -1);
...
destroy_font(capitals);
destroy_font(fontcopy);
RETURN VALUE
Returns a pointer to the new font or NULL on error. Remember that you are responsible for destroying the font when you are finished with it
to avoid memory leaks.
SEE ALSO get_font_range_begin(3alleg4), get_font_range_end(3alleg4), merge_fonts(3alleg4), transpose_font(3alleg4), exfont(3alleg4)Allegro version 4.4.2 extract_font_range(3alleg4)