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hi,
I'm doing to some simple socket programming.
I have a client that connects to the server and request stuff.
For example, if the client type in "ls", that command will be sent to the server and...

what is the system call for moving directory?
i tried
main(int argc, char * argv[]){
if(link(argv[1], destinationDir)==-1){
perror("link failed");
//argv[1] is the name of...

int ftw(const char *path, int(*func)(), int depth);

what does the third parameter(depth) mean?
the book said that the larger the value of depth, the fewer directories have to be reopened,...

in this unix book that i have, it says:
the statement:

filedes = open(pathname, O_CREAT, mode);

is actually

filedes = open(pathname, O_CREAT, (~mask)&mode); /* ~ is the...

can somebody explain about the ANSI C vs POSIX. say i was using open and fopen, i know that open is POSIX, and fopen is ANSI C. i read that that POSIX is a system call and ANSI C is like a standard...

i'm using linux to compile my c program right now. are there any free c compiler with all the standard header file, such as <stdio.h>, <unistd.h>..., i can download and use?
can Microsoft Visual...

sorry. everytime i run this code, enter an option, the menu of options always display twice before i could choose the option again. for some reason, the first time through it doesn't let me enter an...

why does this code present me the menu twice everytime i chose an option? i think it has something to do with the while loop.

#include <stdio.h>
void main(){
char choice;
int enter =1;
...

winx is working. thanks everybody.

sorry for replying so late. i have other stuff to do lately.

anyway, i tried to "vi /etc/XF86Config" and it didn't give me any information...just a blank page.
i did a man on XF86Config and it...

this is a unix for dummies section, and i am a total dummy at unix. with that being said, how do i access my xf86config?
oh, by the way, i installed linux in my compaq laptop.
thanks

any body familiar with using gimp in batch mode?
if so, please help.
i want to utilize the Script-Fu. instead of user interaction, i want to run it in batch mode.

gimp -n -b (command goes here)...

hey...that was totally cool. thanks alot

actually, i downloaded linux 7.2 from redhat.com. actually, it was a mirror site.

the message was actually.

fatal server error.
no screen found.

any idea?
thanks

hey yeah...it did bring vim editor back out. but how do i switch back to the command prompt? what i'm really interest in is the ability to switch back and forth between vim editor and command...

but that will still leave in the edit mode. what if i want to keep the shell prompt open so i can compile and edit (switching back and forth between windows). i think it has something to do with...

in vim editor, if i want to save that file, i have to save and exit (ZZ). i want to be able to save the file without exiting. that way, i can compile the code and if i need to change some coding, i...

it says something like:
fatal error
no screen found.

i'm running the red hat linux 8.0

when i installed it, i didn't get any error pertaining to the installion. i just picked the options...

a ha...i found the problem. instead of "myecho" i typed it as "myecho.c".
hey thanks alot for taking the time to answer.
by the way, i didn't run it as ./ i jut runned it regularly and it...

i'm using gcc.
compiling on a remote computer using ssh.
the first main program i saved it as myecho.c
the second main program(the bottom portion) i called it caller.c
when i gcc caller.c then...

what's the difference between *(pointer) and &(reference)? sometime i see code use * and sometime it uses &, i'm comfuse as when to use which.
thanks.

i found this code in the book but was unable to execute it.
/*myecho -- echo command line arguments */

main(int argc, char **argv)
{
while(--argc > 0)
printf("%s ", *++argv);
...

i recently install redhat linux as a dual boot with win2000. after i log in my unix account. i tried to get window unix by typing startx or xinit. both gave me error. display message among other...

thank you.
so wget is a program that i need to activate to get the URL.

hey, i just found this forum...how cool.
question:
does anybody know code or know where i can get the code to get a certain image URL from user? say user input URL from shell prompt when run the...