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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a C++ program, running on Fedora Linux, which has to be able to update itself to a new version, which it can obtain from a server. The way I do this is to have it create a shell script which kills it (the parent process), uninstalls it, downloads the new version (actually it does this... (1 Reply)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
red hat 5 update 4 64bit. linux newby. on an interactive boot i can ping -t my vm linux server from my physical MS XP workstation and a vm W2000 64 bit server until xend is started, after that i get destination unreachable. if i choose not to start xend on the interactive boot i retain... (1 Reply)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to write a script, i would like to say the child kills the parent,
how would i do that? (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
When I run the following script I get the following error message whcih I would like to suppress when the kill is issued:
./kill.sh: line 13: 31854 Killed nc -l -p 12345
Script:
#!/bin/bash
echo running nc in the background
nc -l -p 12345 &
PID=$!
echo nc pid: $PID
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I run a binary application with GUI accessibility. To launch and close the application i follow the following steps:
1.Log into a console session. Export display to the local workstation.
2.Launch X windows app ( eXceed )
3.From terminal session go to the my application directory and... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I start my application from a shell command-line.
When I exit my application, it kills the shell that its returning too.
Worse yet, since I have init respawning the shell all those subsequent
shells get killed automatically...so I get output like the following
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7. SuSE
Hey all,
I've tired installing Suse 9.2 (DVD) on my computer, dual boot. But everytime I do it Linux seems to kill my Windows install.
This is my setup, a 120GB HDD and for 30GB for Windows 60GB for Data and 30 GB for Linux.
Windows works fine, then install SuSe and that works fine. ... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
So I'm making a page for one of my web sites that scans the visitors ports (just a few specific ones, not ALL) and tells them if they have any open. Now I made up the code and it worked great. Now instead of having the same chunk of code all over my script, I tried to make my own subroutine so I... (10 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
A user accidentally unplugged her server from the wall. She has rebooted twice, but the system does not recognize the default printer device, which previously was lp02.
There is a file which reads /dev/lp0 and then garble.
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I'm using a bourne shell to kick off a 3rd Pty app. This app uses Orbix. When I exit from the telnet session which started the app or hit CTRL-C at the command line, the orbix process dies, yet all other process remain.
I've tried starting the app as a background process, but it still... (1 Reply)
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