Category Archives: Code

Code snips, and programming examples.

Kill all processes not root or daemon

for p in $(ps -ef|tail +2|grep -v root|grep -v daemon|awk '{print $2}'); do
  kill -1 ${p}
done

Drop in a KSH script and run anytime you want to send a kill -1 to all processes that are not owned by root or running under daemon.

Close Application VB6 Module

Simple module for your VB6 projects. This will gracefully close any application you specify.

Close Application VB6 Module

Kill Process VB6 Module

Simple module that adds function: killprocess(“name.exe”)

KillProc VB6 Module

Find the CRC of OBDII Packet VB6

Function FindCRC(Value)
   Dim val(5) As Byte
   value1 = Left(Value, 2)
   value2 = Mid(Value, 4, 2)
   value3 = Mid(Value, 7, 2)
   value4 = Mid(Value, 10, 2)
   value5 = Right(Value, 2)
   val(1) = "&H" & value1
   val(2) = "&H" & value2
   val(3) = "&H" & value3
   val(4) = "&H" & value4
   val(5) = "&H" & value5
   FindCRC = Hex(CalcCRC(val))
End Function

Function for VB6, (place it in a module) to find the CRC of incoming data on the BR-3 OBDII module.

Calculate the OBD CRC Packet VB6

Function CalcCRC(s() As Byte) As Byte
   checksum = 0
   crcreg = 255
   length = UBound(s) - LBound(s)
   For i = 1 To length
       bitpoint = 128
       x = s(i)
       For k = 0 To 7
           If bitpoint And x Then
               If crcreg And 128 Then
                   poly = 1
               Else
                   poly = 28
               End If
               crcreg = (((crcreg * 2) Or 1) Xor poly) And 255
           Else
               If crcreg And 128 Then
                   poly = 29
               Else
                   poly = 0
               End If
               crcreg = ((crcreg * 2) Xor poly) And 255
           End If
           bitpoint = bitpoint \ 2
       Next k
   Next
   CalcCRC = (Not crcreg) And 255
End Function

VB6 function, (place it in a module) that will calculate the crc hex packet to use with the BR-3 OBDII unit.