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How to use atomic variables in C?

I need to use an atomic variable in C as this variable is accessed across different threads. Don’t want a race condition. My code is running on CentOS. What are my options? Answer If you are using GCC on your CentOS platform, then you can use the __atomic built-in functions. Of particular interest might…

System commands in c#

Does C# have an equivalent to the system command in C? for example, how would I do this in c#?. I’m using Mono on Linux. Answer No problem I got it. Tested and working on Ubuntu 13.10

Variable reset after scanf

I wrote the below function : I print the currentPlayer on any level to see what’s going on -> here what I get: Why the current player is 0 after scanf? I didn’t touch it. Answer The buffer location has only room for 2 characters and scanf puts an extra NUL character at end. Therefore you have a…

Completely remove Qt environment?

How to completely remove Qt environment? I installed Qt Creator Integrated Development from the Ubuntu Software Center,then I compiled and installed Qt 4.8.6 .There were few errors when I try to compile an Application. I Uninstalled / Removed via the Ubuntu Software Center. But when I tried to install QT 5.3 …

SSH – Entering a Passphrase Only Once

On $ ssh localhost, I was being asked to provide password. It was tedious and kind of annoying to provide password for every login. So, I have created ssh keys with passphrase.. I have copied the content of the ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Now, on $ ssh localhost I was being asked to provide pa…