...etent group The reason is that on networked systems, groups may not only read from /etc/group file, but also obtained through LDAP or Yellow Pages (the list of known groups comes from the local group file plus groups received via LDAP or YP in these cases). If you want just the group names you ca...

...arked. Still, I like .Trim() as being the quickest to write and easiest to read. – user4023224 Aug 15 '16 at 9:43 Mayb...

...les by excluding some of the less frequently used APIs". Somewhere else I read that it speeds up the build process. 2 Answ...

...VAR%\NUL ECHO It's a directory Replace %VAR% with your directory. Please read the original answer because includes details about handling white spaces in the folder name. As foxidrive said, this might not be reliable on NT class windows. It works for me, but I know it has some limitations (which ...

...l automatically close the file after the nested block of code. (Continue reading to see exactly how the close occurs.) The advantage of using a with statement is that it is guaranteed to close the file no matter how the nested block exits. If an exception occurs before the end of the block, ...

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...and the number of upvotes on your comment show this is wise advice for all readers of such questions. Some more wise advice is "read what others wrote before answering or commenting." For example in this case it doesn't even require ANY thought since the OP clearly stated that he did just that in th...

...t supported, or if the search fails, the directive is reprocessed as if it read # include <h-char-sequence> new-line with the identical contained sequence (including > characters, if any) from the original directive. So on most compilers, using the "" first checks your loca...

...t edit this because the change is tiny, leaving comment instead. It should read Use > for >, <for < – Jose_GD Jun 4 '18 at 20:28 add a comment ...

..., and thus not trivial compared to pure CPU code. Note: for more details, read the TR18015 report, chapter 5.4 Exception Handling (pdf) So, yes, exceptions are slow on the exceptional path, but they are otherwise quicker than explicit checks (if strategy) in general. Note: Andrei Alexandrescu see...