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How can I determine whether a specific file is open in Windows? [closed]
One of my favourite tools for linux is lsof - a real swiss army knife!
Today I found myself wondering which programs on a WinXP system had a specific file open. Is there any equivalent utility to ...
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9answers
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What is the difference between mutex and critical section?
Please explain from Linux, Windows perspectives?
I am programming in C#, would these two terms make a difference. Please post as much as you can, with examples and such....
Thanks
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Monitoring certain system calls done by a process
I would like to be able to monitor certain system calls made by a process, primarily file I/O calls. On Linux I can probably get away using strace with suitable parameters, but how can I do this on ...
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Do threads have a distinct heap?
As far as I know each thread gets a distinct stack when the thread is created by the operating system. I wonder if each thread has a heap distinct to itself also?
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Why is creating a new process more expensive on Windows than Linux?
I've heard that creating a new process on a Windows box is more expensive than on Linux. Is this true? Can somebody explain the technical reasons for why it's more expensive and provide any ...
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7answers
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Getting MAC Address
I need a cross platform method of determining the MAC address of a computer at run time. For windows the 'wmi' module can be used and the only method under Linux I could find was to run ifconfig and ...
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React on global hotkey in a Java program on Windows/Linux/Mac?
A Java6 application sits in the system tray. It needs to be activated using a hotkey (e.g. Super-G or Ctrl-Shift-L etc) and do something (e.g. showing an input box).
How do I do that on:
Windows ...
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8answers
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How do I clear the console in BOTH Windows and Linux using C++
I need a cross platform solution for clearing the console in both Linux and Windows written in C++. Are there any functions in doing this? Also make note that I don't want the end-user programmer to ...
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7answers
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Cross-platform space remaining on volume using python
I need a way to determine the space remaining on a disk volume using python on linux, Windows and OS X. I'm currently parsing the output of the various system calls (df, dir) to accomplish this - is ...
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How to find the real user home directory using python?
I see that if we change the HOME(linux) or USERPROFILE(windows) environmental variable and run a python script, it returns the new value as the user home when I tried,
os.environ['HOME']
os.exp
Is ...
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3answers
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Should I cross-compile in Linux or Windows?
To create a .exe in Linux using Qt SDK, should I cross compile my application in Linux or cross-compile my application in Windows?
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What Languages are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux written in?
I was just wondering who knows what programming languages Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made up from and what languages are used for each part of the OS (ie: Kernel, plug-in architecture, GUI ...
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Manual for Cross-Compile a c++ application from linux to windows?
Just that. I would like some information (links, reference, examples...) to guide me to do that.
I don't even know if it's possible.
My objective is to compile a program in Linux and get a .exe ...
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4answers
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Concurrency in a GIT repo on a network shared folder
I want to have a bare git repository stored on a (windows) network share. I use linux, and have the said network share mounted with CIFS. My coleague uses windows xp, and has the network share ...
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8answers
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^M at the end of every line in vim
When I am editing source files using vim and other editors sometimes at the end of the line I get these ^M characters at the end of each line. I think that it has something to do with editing a file ...
