1. Programming

Hi friends my C code is int main() { system("cp <source> <destination>"); } my question is how to set variables for <source> and <destination> how can we pass it to system() call. can you suggest me thankyou kingskar (6 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, Ho do I differentiate system call from library call? for example if I am using chmod , how do I find out if it is a system call or library call? Thanks Muru (2 Replies)

3. Infrastructure Monitoring

Hello, I have a problem with package and name space. require "/Mehran/DSGateEngineLib/general.pl"; use strict; sub System_Status_Main_Service_Status_Intrusion_Prevention { my %idpstatus; my @result; &General_ReadHash("/var/dsg/idp/settings",\%idpstatus); #print... (4 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Why do I need to call make if I call gcc ? I thought gcc already compiles the sources. thanks (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I was wondering if it were possible to call arguments passed to a script using a variable. For example: sh script.sh yes no good bad x=$# while do echo (last argument, then second last etc until first argument) let x=($x-1) done should print out bad good no (4 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I'm trying to understand the arguments from this system call, can someone help me figure it out? write(1, "/home/nick/11sp/fred\n", 27/home/nick/11sp/fred) = 27 for argument 1, i know it is a file descriptor which specifies standard output. Argument 2, i believe is "what is to be... (4 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, is it possible to give grep two documents to surche for? like grep "test" /home/one.txt AND /home/two.txt ? thanks (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to call a function within a code with $database and $ service as the arguments How do I proceed ? and how would a function be defined and these two arguments would be used inside the function? calc_pref_avail $database $service Best regards, Vishal (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear All, I want to know how can i call oracle function from shell script code . My oracle function have around 5 input parameters and one return value. for name in *.csv; do echo "connecting to DB and start processing '$name' file at " echo "csv file name=$x" sqlplus -s scoot/tiger <!... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script that uses 2 arguments. I want to call the function part within this script using these same arguments. Below is what I came up with below script so far, any guidance would be helpful. Thank you! cat backup.sh #!/bin/bash function usage { echo "USAGE: $(basename $0)... (6 Replies)