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;; structure representing homework points
;; nr: number - the number of the homework
;; points: number - the number of points reached
(define-struct homework (nr points))
;; parse-homework: (list of number pairs) -> (list of homework)
;; The procedure takes a list of number pairs and produces…
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Okay so I have started a new language in class. We are learning Scheme and i'm not sure on how to do it. When I say learning a new language, I mean thrown a homework and told to figure it out. A couple of them have got me stumped.
My first problem is:
Write a Scheme function that returns true (the…
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I'm very new to Unix, and currently taking a class learning the basics of the system and its commands.
I'm looking for a single command line to list off all of the user home directories in alphabetical order from the /etc/passwd directory. This applies only to the home directories, and not the contents…
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Consider a disk file containing 100 records
a. How many comparisons would be required on the average to find a record using sequential search, if the record is known to be in the file?
I figured out that this is 100/2 = 50.
b. If the record has a 68% probability of being in the file, how many comparisons…
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Hi,
For a school project i need to write or use a online programming editor. It is a part of a bigger project. I thought of a java application, php/html/javascript or flash.
I have a couple of things i could do:
Find a good working application and edit it so it works with the rest of the project
Find…
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When I run a program from the console, e.g.
me@box:~$ firefox
I expect the console to log error messages (I think this is std out or std err?) and other items from the program, firefox in this case.
But today I notice that bash just opens the program and goes to a new prompt, e.g.
me@box:~$…
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I was updating my .bash_profile, and unfortunetly I made a few updates and now I am getting:
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
-bash: tar: command…
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I was updating my .bash_profile, and unfortunetly I made a few updates and now I am getting:
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
env: bash: No such file or directory
-bash: tar: command…
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ps -e | grep bash
sample output from a linux machine:
1128 pts/14 00:00:00 bash
7491 pts/7 00:00:00 bash
12651 pts/14 00:00:00 bash
16145 pts/2 00:00:00 bash
sample output from a mac machine:
58352 ttys000 0:00.09 login -pfl username /bin/bash -c exec -la bash /bin/bash
58353 ttys000…
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First login process name seems to be set to "-bash", but if I subshell then it becomes "bash". for example:
root@nowere:~# echo $0
-bash
root@nowere:~# bash
root@nowere:~# echo $0
bash
-bash is causing some scripts to fail, such as . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend…
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