Writing software in C that is portable and reusable is quickly becoming a critical activity in the world of embedded software. But portable C Code doesn’t happen by accident; it requires intent and ...

Second question is about forks. The program will fork () four times, and all the child processes need to have root privileges as well. I would imagine that privileges are inherited so it shouldn't be ...

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Older Android devices can be had for a song, and in many cases are still packing considerable computational power. With built in networking, a battery, and a big touch screen, they could easily take ...