I have a normal Linux process named 'myApp' running. I want myApp to check to see if another instance of myApp already running and immediately exit if one is indeed detected. Creating a lock file (say ...

Franklin has been covering tech and cybersecurity for over 5 years. His work has appeared on TechRepublic, The Register, TechInformed, Computing, ServerWatch, and Moonlock, among others. Linux is an ...

There was a time when trying to learn to write low-level driver or kernel code was hard. You really needed two machines: one to work with, and one to screw up over and over again until you got it ...

I assuming there are at least some differences between C++ on Windows and C++ on Linux, possibly between the Standard Template Libraries or other aspects. I was wondering if there was somewhere on the ...

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In this TechRepublic How to Make Tech Work video, Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo. I am going to show you ...

If you are a Pythonista or a data scientist, you’ve probably used Jupyter. If you haven’t, it is an interesting way to work with Python by placing it in a Markdown document in a web browser. Part ...