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Is there any provision in C that generated binary can't be run after a fixed number of times.

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Suppose a programmer wants that generated binary of C program should not work after a fixed number of times(like 5 times).

posted Sep 18, 2013 by Neeraj Mishra

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There are many ways to achieve this, simplest way could be -
1. Lets say your program is dependent on a file.
2. Everytime program runs it first read the value of the file (if file is not there then create the file and write the content as "1"), if it is less then 5 (say n) then increase the value by 1 and rewrite this in the file.
3. If it is more then 5 (say n) then exit.

There can be other ways also on the similar lines, or there can be a wrapper script also.

answer Sep 18, 2013 by Salil Agrawal
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