How do I convert a string to an int in c++?
The simplest way is to use the function int std::atoi(const char*) declared in cstdlib. For example, std::atoi(“42″) returns 42. Alternatively, you can use std::strtol() or std::strtoul(). These functions provide more functionality such as the ability to convert hexadecimal or octal number strings, and are also [...]

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I had to go back and do a minor upgrade to a VB6 Print Monitor application I created a few years ago. The application is part of a Conference Registration and Check In system.
The checkin application is web based and runs against the server. When an attendee checks in the web server puts a file [...]

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The ISO to CD approach for my Indy was flat wrong. I was unable to actually boot from CD’s. So I setup a TFTP server and DHCP server on one of my Ultra 5 workstations and booted the Indy using bootp to start from the network.
I was able to get a debian linux [...]

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Well as I have been spending more and more time on linux, I decided it was time to break out some of the old hardware. I have an SGI Indy, and several Sun Ultra 5 machines, that still have their native OS’s installed. It’s time to move them to Linux, I’ve decided to use debian [...]

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In C++, you�can measure time with the following:�
#include
clock_t start,finish;
double time;
start = clock();
// The Code you want to clock goes here.
finish = clock();
time = (double(finish)-double(start))/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

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The following information was handy since I have not done much in the way of shell scripting in a very long time.
Borrowed this information from:
http://research.imb.uq.edu.au/~ksteube/Bshell/
Update: (10/7/2008) The above link is no longer valid, and since I didn’t reference enough of it to be useful, this post is now pointless.

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We have been working on getting the results from our c++ library out to the perl programs in our system. Using SWIG (http://www.swig.org). Hit some snags with passing arrays of strings. So we changed to using vector’s, and things are work smoothly now.
On to createing the class that will represent the Database(s) in the [...]

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Having started developing in c++ again, I found my self writing a simple test harness as a console application, haven’t moved up to cppunit yet.
It dawned on me that it would be nice to clear the screen at the begining of the test execution. How to do this?
I found lots of references to using
system(“cls”);
but didn’t [...]

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I spent last night working on a client’s Conference System Software.  This is an annual ritual that usually involves one or two nights work this time of year.
I wrote the print system for a web based conference registration system about four years ago for them.  Each year they tend to redesign the database, and alter [...]

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I’ve played around with various forms of blogging since 1995.  The last four or five years, I have more or less left the topic alone.  I’ve done some work with Wiki’s and other forms of collaborative documentation, but had not found a tool that I liked enough to bother blogging on a regular basis.
After some [...]

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