1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am creating a small bash file that will take one argument and compile it: #!/bin/bash OUT=${$1%.cpp} # C++ source files always end in .cpp g++ -Wall $1 -o $OUT chmod 777 $OUT The error message says 'bad substitution', namely where OUT is defined. How to fix this? (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Good morning! I met a problem on a FS with AIX 5.3 It's not possible to mount the FS because of a dirty superblock. I tried few things without success. I need your help to solve my problem guys. Do you have any idea please? Thanks a lot drp01,/home/root # mount /GSPRES/data Replaying... (9 Replies)

3. What is on Your Mind?

Hi All, How worried is everyone about the Dirty Cow Linux exploit? Has anybody experienced attacks yet? From the research I've done it seems that the exploit is "reliable" (that is it works nearly every time on vulverable systems) which is not good news. We all believe that Unix/Linux... (3 Replies)