unix - Bash: Difference between > and >> operator? - Server Fault
I don't know much about bash. My instructor asked me to make a cat script and to observe the output and then tell what is the operator > and what is the difference between the operators > &a...
What is the difference between Unix sockets and TCP/IP sockets?
A UNIX socket, AKA Unix Domain Socket, is an inter-process communication mechanism that allows bidirectional data exchange between processes running on the same machine. IP sockets (especially …
linux - Unix socket vs TCP/IP host:port - Server Fault
Could someone please describe to me the pros and cons of using a Unix socket file vs a tcp/ip localhost:port when setting up services on a server (Ubuntu, FWIW)? In this particular instance it's f...
Linux/Windows/Unix/... file names: Which characters are allowed?
Which characters are allowed and which of them must be escaped on the command line in different operating systems?
Meaning of directories on Unix and Unix like systems
Jun 12, 2009 · I've been using Linux for a couple of years now but I still haven't figured out what the origin or meaning of some the directory names are on Unix and Unix like systems. E.g. what does …
unix - solaris vs linux for production servers (many servers like tens ...
Jul 16, 2012 · The key advantage of Solaris is mature support for ZFS storage, which, among other things, can increase your IOPS dramatically by providing a means to cache reads (L2ARC) and …
Is PostgreSQL suited to one OS? Is it better on Linux than Windows?
62 PostgreSQL will definitely run faster on Linux than on Windows (and I say this as one of the guys who wrote the windows port of it..) It is designed for a Unix style architecture, and implements this …
unix - What are the best practices of the usr, var, and etc folders ...
Closed 13 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Meaning of directories on Unix and Unix like systems I'm confused about the different uses for 3 of the standard "root-level" folders: /var /etc /usr What are the …
How to tell if a Linux system is big endian or little endian?
Jul 23, 2010 · I know that certain processors are Big Endian and others are Little Endian. But is there a command, bash script, python script or series of commands that can be used at the command line to …
linux - What does Virtual memory size in top mean? - Server Fault
0 Linux supports virtual memory, that is, using a disk as an extension of RAM so that the effective size of usable memory grows correspondingly. The kernel will write the contents of a currently unused block …