Node.js is an event based, asynchronous I/O framework that uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine.

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How to install multiple glibc on fedora

I have a fedora 4 installed on my computer and it has glibc version 2.5.3, but I want to install a software that needs a glibc 2.7+ . On the other hand, I have some programs that need this 2.5.3 ...
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Difference between long running process and daemon?

I'm trying to use Forever to keep my nodejs scripts up and running As per Forever's homepage it says [Long Running Process] The forever process will continue to run outputting log messages to ...
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Universal Node.js shebang?

Node.js is very popular these days and I've been writing some scripts on it. Unfortunately, compatibility is a problem. Officially, the Node.js interpreter is supposed to be called node, but Debian, ...
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How to send text to a command and THEN read from terminal

I'd like to know if it's possible to send some to a command's stdin and then keep reading from the terminal. The problem i'm trying to solve is executing some initialization code every time i open a ...
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Closing socket connection on running console application

I am testing a chat bot and want to gracefully handle for times when the chat server isn't running so it can come back up when the service is available again. I have the programming handled. My ...
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Allowing people temporary access to my server to run a command

I am going to be in the middle of nowhere for 10 days later this summer. I have a service that needs to stay running and if there is a problem when I am gone, I want to give one or two trusted people ...
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Is there an easy way to stop and reissue a command?

I am doing Node.js development in Ubuntu and I'm curious if there is a way to quickly stop and restart a node server. I run this command to start my app: $ node app.js When I make changes to ...
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Recommended location of node.js applications in linux filesystem?

Where is the conventionally accepted location of node.js/express web apps, in a linux file system? Currently I've got a subdirectory in /opt/ but I'd like to hear other people's view on this...
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What's the currently recommended way to install node.js on Debian?

I've found a few different methods on the web, but some of the articles are quite old, and I'm concerned that the methods they describe have been superceded. Can anyone tell me what the currently ...