Category ‘Tools’

• TECHPULP | How to build in silent mode using GNU make
  Use the following command for absolutely silent build make -s Use the following command for absolutely silent build except printing directory before and after processing. make -s -w ...
• TECHPULP | How to merge two files using text mode in Linux
  The Linux provides a command “vimdiff” which can open two files using standard “vim” editor but in two separate logical windows. This is a text-mode based tool. This tool highlights the differences between two files so that the user can...

• TECHPULP | How to save a copy in another file in VI
  Typically “:w” is used to save the current file as no file name is given. But with a file name specified, it can be saved to another file or even append to another file. However this is like “Save a...
• TECHPULP | How to set up a CVS server in Linux
  Repository Initialization First create a directory to be used as CVS repository and initialize it as shown below. [root@techpulp ~]# mkdir /cvsroot [root@techpulp ~]# chmod 1777 /cvsroot Initialize the repository for the first time [root@techpulp ~]# cvs -d /cvsroot init...

• TECHPULP | Concurrent Version System (CVS) Quick Guide
  CVS is a heavily used source control system both in open source projects and commercial projects. This article explains frequently used commands by a developer. Set the command-line environment Firstly, before using cvs command, the CVSROOT environment variable should be...
• TECHPULP | WebDAV - Resolve - (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to PROPFIND request for ‘/svn’
  While configuring WebDAV with Apache for accessing SVN repository using web service, if there is a small misconfiguration related to “Location” directive you will see the following error: svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response...

• TECHPULP | Why GNU make compiles even if there are no modified files
  Some times GNU Make continue to compile some files even if there are no modifications. Typically it happens if you have transferred the files from some other system whose time is set to future. As while transferring files using tarball...
• TECHPULP | Why GNU Make always says `target’ is up to date
  The GNU make expects the rule target to be files by default. That’s why it first checks the presense of a file/directory with the name specified in the rule. For example GNU make attempts to find if a file with...

• TECHPULP | GNU Make - How to compile all c files in present directory
  The “shell” built-in function supported by GNU Make can be used to get the list of C source files in a directory. Then a list of corresponding object files can be created by replacing the file extension in the file...
• TECHPULP | How to see help of internal command of CVS
  The –help option followed by CVS internal commands like checkout, checkin, tag etc can be used to get the help for a specific command. The following example shows how to see help for tag command. [neo@techpulp ~]# cvs --help tag...