It is so good when you get a Linux program to compile on a Macintosh.
How to get a parameter passed to a C program and actually use it.
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A nice program to display RAM and swap usage on Linux.
A simple C program to print RAM and Swap usage information on Linux.
Read MoreA simple netcat program in C to receive data and then acknowledge this with a message.
A very nice C program to open a listening port on Linux and respond to a message.
Read MoreHow to test if a C program on Linux is running from a TTY or not.
This simple C program will test whether it is running from a TTY or not. This is a simple test, but it could be quite useful. #include <stdio.h> #include <poll.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char* argv[]){ struct pollfd fds[1] = {{.fd = STDIN_FILENO, .events = POLLIN}}; …
Read MoreA nice example of C programming. Getting a random number in milliseconds.
This is an interesting version of my random monster program. I added a simple function to get a random number in milliseconds. randommonster.c1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28…
Read MoreWindows XP Program Manager source code.
Here is the source code to the Windows Program Manager, this is the main interface in Windows 3.1 and 3.11. This used program groups to organize various applications like Microsoft Office and accessories. As well as the ability to create your own program groups to organize your favorite applications. Download…
Read MoreVery useful C program. Print a random fortune.
Here is one of my programs. I wrote this ages ago and it uses the standard ASCII character set. This will print a random fortune by running the fortune app to get a fortune and this selects a category to print from. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> #include <unistd.h>…
Read MoreMy system information program I coded for Linux a while ago. This works very well.
https://github.com/john302/sysinfo. This is my system information program I coded for Linux. This gives a bit of information about your Linux system. Just check out the source and type make to compile. Here is some sample output. 13:21:02 ~/Downloads/sysinfo.kdevelop-1.0 homer@neo $ ./sysinfo 1 –System name – Linux –Nodename – neo.deusexmachina –Release…
Read MoreHere is a good little program I wrote in C. Just for fun.
Not a bad little program, and I got the code to work first time, not bad. Writing code in standard C is better than C++ or C#, the old C language is still the best. The whole Linux kernel is written in C and if it is good enough for…
Read MoreC program to write a string to a file.
I think I may have posted this before, but this is a little program I am working on that writes a text string to a file. I have got it to work perfectly and it compiles without errors using gcc -Wall. /* * This program is free software; you can…
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