In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating computer graphics. Even if you're not a system ...

Security and the Linux process In his latest entry, Dana asks whether the Linux process is insecure, because it's not possible to warn the "vendor" before warning the general public about security ...

Coraid’s lightweight, low-budget storage technology is establishing itself at innovative IT shops, thanks to the company’s participation in the Linux driver process. Ed Cashin, the developer behind ...

Daniel Colascione submitted some code to support processes knowing when others have terminated. Normally a process can tell when its own child processes have ended, but not unrelated processes, or at ...

You have probably used lsof from time to time, probably when tracking down some sort of problem. But maybe you haven’t tried all of its permutations or looked at it just to get a deeper understanding ...

Creating a lock file (say, in /tmp) is a common approach. On launch, check to see if the file already exists. If it does, exit. Otherwise, create it and continue. This can lead to problems if your app ...