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Identify text/ascii files in Linux/Solaris
I have a little project to build bash script that search in the OS ( Linux/Solaris ) the current IP address from files and replace them with other IP address.
The problem is that IP address could be ...
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'tie' [nonexisting] files to programs
Recently, I just had an idea which turned out to be pretty useful under certain circumstances. But first some simple explanation:
In Perl, you have the option to tie variables to some functions ...
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How race conditions affect reads and writes (that happen at the same time)
Let's say I open a file a for reading. What if an application, let's call it aWriter writes to this file in random intervals. Are there any possibilities of me receiving improper file contents if I ...
