Re: JNI link to disk space

1999-10-20 Thread Jörg Strebel
> > > > I am interesting in getting the disk space and partition > > > > in a Java program by using JNI. What is the std UNIX API > > > > call to do this? I have tried grepping the man pages > > > > and got the source to kdf program but it didn't help > > > > because it was executing `/usr/bin/df

Re: java-linux-digest Digest V99 #54

1999-10-20 Thread Ulli Kortenkamp
>> I wonder how much speedup can be achieved by using tools like >> Jopt ( http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~markusj ). Are >> there any benchmarks yet? We have a lot of experience using JAX (alphaworks), and we got a noticable speedup. Sorry, we did no benchmarks, but it seems

Re: JAVA+Enlightenment

1999-10-20 Thread Peter Graves
You might try moving the window in question to where you want it to be, then saving its position (and possibly and possibly also its size) using Enlightenment's "Remember..." function. This works for me with the current (0.16.0) version of Enlightenment, at least... -Peter http://armedbear.org

JAVA+Enlightenment

1999-10-20 Thread Renzo Pecoraro
Hi - Does anybody have a hint as to how to fix this: I am using RH6.0+Gnome+E, and whenever I startup NetBeans places itself in the top left corner, but hides its own window titlebar, so that I don't have access to the iconify buttons, etc. Very annoying! Is there a fix? BTW, Sun just acquired N

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Daniel P. Zepeda
Save your giddiness for when you actually have it running on your machine. It is a lot more satisifying that way. Thus spake Riyad Kalla on Wed, 20 Oct 1999: > I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. > > Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? > > Cynthia Jeness wrote: > > >

Release

1999-10-20 Thread Ramiro Diaz Trepat
Hello Blackdown team, I need to ask a tedious question, and I know you can't give me a precise reply, but I would appreciate very much some sort of reply even if it is very informal. About when is the next release planned to be on the street ? Thank's -- Ramiro Díaz Trepat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÿÿ

Re: Question about file names

1999-10-20 Thread Riyad Kalla
I know I've done it in the past by creating a new File object, then checking its existance vis the exists() method. I am sure there are better ways to do it, but I am not as weathered as many others on this list. If someone has a better way, I would like to hear it as well. -Riyad [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Riyad Kalla
I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? Cynthia Jeness wrote: > Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 > InfoWorld article? > > ... > Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a > J

RE: JNI link to disk space

1999-10-20 Thread Burkhart,Kelly
As soon as he said JNI he eliminated platform independence (at least in the Java sense). > -Original Message- > From: Aaron Mulder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 3:22 PM > To: Burkhart,Kelly > Cc: 'Dustin Lang'; Java Linux Mailing List > Subject: RE: JNI li

RE: JNI link to disk space

1999-10-20 Thread Aaron Mulder
Sure, but the Java white papers keep mentioning things like "platform independent"... I figure they must have *some* reason for it... Aaron On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Burkhart,Kelly wrote: > Why is it an ugly solution? Unix apps do this sort of thing frequently. It > works fine. > > >

RE: JNI link to disk space

1999-10-20 Thread Burkhart,Kelly
Why is it an ugly solution? Unix apps do this sort of thing frequently. It works fine. > -Original Message- > From: Dustin Lang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Java Linux Mailing List > Subject: Re: JNI link to disk s

Re: Question about file names

1999-10-20 Thread Michael Sinz
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:40:46 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi, All! > >I have generic question: >Is there any PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT way to test if given String defines a valid >file name without actually trying to create the file. I want to perfom such >test in the KeyEvent handler and

Re: JNI link to disk space

1999-10-20 Thread Dustin Lang
Hi, > > > I am interesting in getting the disk space and partition > > > in a Java program by using JNI. What is the std UNIX API > > > call to do this? I have tried grepping the man pages > > > and got the source to kdf program but it didn't help > > > because it was executing `/usr/bin/df -k -

Re: Can't find 'dingbat' fonts on 1.2preV2 install

1999-10-20 Thread Cynthia Jeness
Bradley, This has been discussed several times on the group, I run RedHat 6.0 and had the same problem. The following solution worked best for me: from Michael E. Shorter on September 27, 1999: >> I just installed the zapf dingbats fonts with now problems. Here's what

Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Cynthia Jeness
Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 InfoWorld article? ... Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a Java2-compliant JVM for Linux that brings the performance, functions, and Java HotSpot features of the latest Java specifications to th

Question about file names

1999-10-20 Thread andrey
Hi, All! I have generic question: Is there any PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT way to test if given String defines a valid file name without actually trying to create the file. I want to perfom such test in the KeyEvent handler and attempting to create file every time doesn't sound good to me. Thanks.

Re: JDBC newbie question

1999-10-20 Thread Cynthia Jeness
How are you getting the driver loaded? Also, the driver manager tries to discover the correct driver based on the URL you specify when you get a connection. So be sure that your URL is correct. Cynthia Jeness Jalaluddin Riaz wrote: > hi, > I am a newbie to JDBC programming and am having

CRC errors in bz2 files

1999-10-20 Thread Fathi . Djebbari
Hello, Files with .bz2 extension have always (i.e. whatever is the file or the mirror used) CRC errors when trying to decompress them. Is it a problem I am the only one to encounter or must I have a specific version of bzip2 ? thanks fathi --

Can't find 'dingbat' fonts on 1.2preV2 install

1999-10-20 Thread Bradley Rosser
Hi. I've recently installed the Blackdown 1.2 pre-v2 JDK and everything works fine except, when running a java program, a heap of "can't find font" messages popped up such as this: "Font specified in font.properties not found [--zapf dingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific