This article is excerpted from Chapter 7 of my book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, published by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-142964-7). Chapters 1 through 6 cover the standard APIs for ...

The --version (-V) option goes hand-in-hand with --help because it helps you find out about the program, and it’s usually supported where --help is. Traditionally, the --version option prints the ...

There was a time when embedded system developers didn’t need to worry about graphics. When you have a PIC processor and two-line LCD, there isn’t much to learn. But if you are deploying Linux-based ...

In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo. I am going to show you ...

Open source software has many benefits, but one of the greatest is the ability to not reinvent the wheel. By sharing solutions, the open source community is able to develop great software quickly and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I repeatedly insist that Linux makes your PC feel personal again, ...

The nblock() function reports how many disk blocks the file uses. This calculation is based on the file's size as returned by stat(). The V7 block size was 512 bytes--the size of a physical disk ...