I don't know much about bash. My instructor asked me to make a cat script and to observe the output and then tell what is the operator > and what is the difference between the operators > &a...

A UNIX socket, AKA Unix Domain Socket, is an inter-process communication mechanism that allows bidirectional data exchange between processes running on the same machine. IP sockets (especially …

Jul 23, 2010 · I know that certain processors are Big Endian and others are Little Endian. But is there a command, bash script, python script or series of commands that can be used at the command line to …

Could someone please describe to me the pros and cons of using a Unix socket file vs a tcp/ip localhost:port when setting up services on a server (Ubuntu, FWIW)? In this particular instance it's f...

In practical terms, the answer is that you almost always want to use a symbolic link. My understanding is that hard links are mostly for preserving space, especially in things like snapshots and incremental …

May 11, 2011 · I never know when's the best time to use nohup and the & at the end of the command.

Jun 12, 2009 · I've been using Linux for a couple of years now but I still haven't figured out what the origin or meaning of some the directory names are on Unix and Unix like systems. E.g. what does …

The reason writing buffer overflows on windows is harder, is because in later versions of windows so many applications bufferoveran that rather than release tools free of charge to find the overruns like …

Jul 16, 2012 · The key advantage of Solaris is mature support for ZFS storage, which, among other things, can increase your IOPS dramatically by providing a means to cache reads (L2ARC) and …

Closed 13 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Meaning of directories on Unix and Unix like systems I'm confused about the different uses for 3 of the standard "root-level" folders: /var /etc /usr What are the …