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zcommands: Read gzip compressed text files on fly

by on August 31, 2007 · 8 comments

Both Linux and Unix like oses comes with z commands. It allows you to read gzip compressed text files using zless, zcat and zmore etc. gzip reduces the size of the files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension .gz, while keeping the same ownership modes, access [...]

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How a Web server actually works ~ with C source code

by on September 25, 2006 · 27 comments

Do you wonder how to write a program that accepts incoming messages with a network socket? Have you ever just wanted your own Web server to experiment and learn with? Have you ever wondered how a Web server actually works? Experiment with nweb — a simple Web server with only 200 lines of C source [...]

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