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remote function with pthread

Hi all, I wrote some code in c, using pthread (I configured the linker and compiler in eclipse IDE first). #include <pthread.h> #include "starter.h" #include "UI.h" Page* MM; Page* Disk; PCB* all_pcb_array; void* display_prompt(void *id){ printf("Hello111\n"); return NULL; } int main(int argc, char** argv) { printf("H...

Ellipse object in GDK

In GDK there's an object called GdkRectangle that is used to draw rectangles. Is there a similar object for ellipses? ...

C Array of string

HI. This is maybe simple question but I want to create two dimensional array and add it string like in java string str = "text" ; string [][] array = new [][] string ; array[i][j] = str ; But in C there is no string .I tried like this but here strcpy() gives error.It returns to assembly code. I am trying to read line by li...

Is recursion possible in a static function?

Is it possible to write a recursive static function in the C language? ...

Compiling netcat on AIX

I have been trying to compile netcat.c on AIX for some time (using the command make aix), but the compiler gives me some weird feedback such as : "netcat.c", line 117.12: 1506-275 (S) Unexpected text 'int' encountered. when checked the file netcat.c at line 117, I would find the line (second line in code below): #ifdef HAVE_BIND exter...

from C to assembly

can somebody please explain, I have a program on C, can I convert it to assembly? if yes, how? ...

unix DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD (var) var prototype?

hello i want to work with 2 queue in the module where i change my pointer to them therefore i need to use : //declartion wait_queue_head_t **currentQ; DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD (readWaitQ1); DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD (readWaitQ2); if(condition){ currentQ = &readWaitQ1; }else{ currentQ = &readWaitQ2; } but i get incorrect type f...

Rendering sub tools on vertical toolbar

I was wondering how ex Photoshop and Expression Design render sub tools. These show up when for example you hold your mouse down on the fill tool, a sub menu comes up to your right with the fill and gradient tools. I'm just not sure how to go about this because this sub menu would essentially have to be an extension of my toolbar, but th...

Need help with threads in a client/server

For college, I am developing a local relay chat. I have to program a chat server and client that will only work on sending messages on different terminal windows on the same computer with threads and fifos. The fifos part I am having no trouble, the threads part is the one that is giving me some headaches. The server has one thread for...

Is O_LARGEFILE needed just to write a large file?

Is the O_LARGEFILE flag needed if all that I want to do is write a large file (O_WRONLY) or append to a large file (O_APPEND | O_WRONLY)? From a thread that I read titled "Cannot write >2gb index file" on the CLucene-dev mailing list, it appears that O_LARGEFILE might be needed to write large files, but participants in that discussion a...

what does this attempted trojan horse code do?

It looks like this just sends a ping, but whats the point of that when you can just use ping? /* WARNING: this is someone's attempt at writing a malware trojan. Do not compile and *definitely* don't install. I added an exit as the first line to avoid mishaps - msw */ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { exit(1); unsigned in...

How to add music file to C program in linux? do I have to download any extra codec? or Gstreamer is enough?

I want to add music file to my C program, how do I do it? ...

can you declare data in a char** using hex?

lets say I have this char *something[] = { "/bi", "-c", "5", NULL, NULL }; but I want to declare it in hex, how would I do this; compiler keeps erroring out on me: char *something[] = { {0x2f,0x62,0x69}, {0x2d,0x63}, {0x35}, {0x00}, {0x00} }; to add something else to this, is 0x00 ALW...

In Xlib, How can I animate until an event occurs?

Hi, I've been trying to animate in a C program using Xlib and I wanna do something when an event occurs, otherwise I wanna keep animating. Here's an example code snippet of what I am doing currently: while( 1 ) { // If an event occurs, stop and do whatever is needed. // If no event occurs, skip this if statement. if ( XEventsQ...

Using gdb with GMP variables

I am debugging some C code with gdb. My program has a variable of type mpz_t * retval. If I run the command print *retval I get the output $23 = {{ _mp_alloc = 6, _mp_size = 5, _mp_d = 0x1001008d0 }} Is there anything else I can do to get more information about the value stored in retval? ...

Pointers to structures

typedef struct queue { int q[max]; int qhead; int qrear; } queue; void init_queue(queue *QUEUE) { QUEUE.qhead = 0; QUEUE.qrear = -1; } void enqueue(queue *QUEUE,int data) { QUEUE.qrear++; QUEUE.q[QUEUE.qrear] = data; } int process_queue(queue *QUEUE) { if(QUEUE.qhead > QUEUE.qrear) return -1; else return Q...

invalid conversion from 'char' to 'int* in C

Hi, I have the following arrays: int A[] = {0,1,1,1,1, 1,0,1,0,0, 0,1,1,1,1}; int B[] = {1,1,1,1,1, 1,0,1,0,1, 0,1,0,1,0}; int C[] = {0,1,1,1,0, 1,0,0,0,1, 1,0,0,0,1}; //etc... for all letters of the alphabet And a function that prints the letters on a 5x3 LED matrix: void printLetter(int letter[]) I have a string of letters: c...

from C to assembly

how can I get assembly code from C program I used this recommendation and I use something like this -c -fmessage-length=0 -O2 -S in Eclipse, but I've got an error, thanks in advance for any help now I have this error atam.c:11: error: conflicting types for 'select' /usr/include/sys/select.h:112: error: previous declaration of 'selec...

C: performance of assignments, binary operations, et cetera...

I've heard many things about performance in C; casting is slow compared to normal assignments, functional call is slow, binary operation are much faster than normal operations, et cetera... I'm sure some of those things are specific to the architecture, and compiler optimization might make a huge difference, but I would like to see a ch...

Is O_NONBLOCK being set a property of the file descriptor or underlying file?

From what I have been reading on The Open Group website on fcntl, open, read, and write, I get the impression that whether O_NONBLOCK is set on a file descriptor, and hence whether non-blocking I/O is used with the descriptor, should be a property of that file descriptor rather than the underlying file. Being a property of the file descr...