Top "Gnu" questions

This tag is for programming questions related to software and tools provided by the GNU ("GNU's Not Unix") project.

Why does "find . -name *.txt | xargs du -hc" give multiple totals?

I have a large set of directories for which I'm trying to calculate the sum total size of several hundred .…

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Understanding the Location Counter of GNU Linker Scripts

I'm working on a university project where I'm writing software for an Atmel SAM7S256 microcontroller from the ground up. …

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How do I diff utf-16 files with GNU diff?

GNU diff doesn't seem to be smart enough to detect and handle UTF-16 files, which surprises me. Am I missing …

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what does the weak_alias function do and where is it defined

So I'm looking through the source of gcc compiler and I've come along this in fork.c: int __fork () { __set_…

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When are GAS ELF the directives .type, .thumb, .size and .section needed?

I'm working on an assembly program for an ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller (Thumb 2 instruction set), using GNU as. In some …

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How to build a cross-compiler for i386-apple-darwin target from x86_64-apple-darwin host?

Problem overview I am trying to learn how to build a cross-compiler, specifically a version of GNU gcc 4.7.2 on a 64…

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Can't install the caret package in R (in my Linux machine)

I am facing the following errors while trying to install the caret package in R. g++: error: /tmp/Rtmp2Tos7…

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How can I make C++0x and __STRICT_ANSI__ get along?

I need to use popen in a project, but I get: error: 'popen' was not declared in this scope It …

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How to get all fields in outer join with Unix join?

Suppose that I have two files, en.csv and sp.csv, each containing exactly two comma-separated records: en.csv: 1,dog,…

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Objective-C in web development

Is it possible/feasible to use ObjC (not necessary the Apple flavor) to develop server-side web applications? Is GNU ObjC …

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