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1. how to find a loop in the file system?    stackoverflow.com

how to find a loop in the file system in Linux? i am indexing all files for making search fast(O(1))... i am using c programming language to implement by using the ...

2. Linux: How do I find out if a file has been updated by another process?    stackoverflow.com

I am currently watching an XML file from log4j output. I have a custom viewer that displays the log-output in GUI. I need to watch this file as to when it ...

3. How does a C compiler find that -lm is pointing to the file libm.a?    stackoverflow.com

What's .a files in C programming in linux ? Is it library file ?

To merge with the math library libm.a you would type

 cc -o program_name prog.c -lm

when you compile the ...

4. How Linux C code find conf file(usually in /etc)    stackoverflow.com

I know when I install a Linux app from source ,I execute ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc, then this app's conf file(such as httpd.conf) will goto /etc. But from the view of source code, how ...

5. Finding open file descriptors for a process linux ( C code )?    stackoverflow.com

I wanted to find all fds opened for a process in linux. Can I do it with glib library functions ?

6. How to find out original extension of a file in linux    daniweb.com