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O_DIRECT vs. O_SYNC on Linux/FreeBSD

I’m writing a program that runs on both Linux and FreeBSD, and I want to make sure that the data is actually written to the file on the physical device when each write() returns, so that my data won’t get lost by accident (eg, power lost, the process is interrupted unexpected, etc.). According to …

grep without showing path/file:line

How do you grep and only return the matching line? i.e. The path/filename is omitted from the results. In this case I want to look in all .bar files in the current directory, searching for the term FOO Answer No need to find. If you are just looking for a pattern within a specific directory, this should suffi…

Strange Output Difference Between GCC and MinGW (C++)

I’m working on a project for a computer science class. I wrote the code and tested it using MinGW, and it works fine. I then copied the code over to the university’s Linux server and tested it there, since that’s what my professor grades assignments on. The output is very different – l…

How to restart application in tomcat server

I have been looking for some solution to restart app inside tomcat server on remote linux machine but i haven’t found anything yet. Can anyone please tell me how can i restart the application in Tomcat Server after some time interval without restarting the tomcat server on remote machine? Can anyone hel…

Installing PHP in my home directory

I need to install PHP in my home directory, without polluting any directory outside my home [very important requirement!]. In the system there is already an older version of PHP running. I found instructions here: http://blog.thecybershadow.net/2013/01/25/installing-php-and-apache-module-under-home/ I am runn…

Sublime 2 Java build

Hi i am using this build system that i found here on so but for some reason it is still not working, the output i get is the javac options i have used this build system.I have used the default one with no luck had a look on-line and couldn’t find much. is there a better build system that i