Top "Gnu" questions

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

Move only files recursively from multiple directories into one directory with mv

I currently have ~40k RAW images that are in a nested directory structure. (Some folders have as many as 100 subfolders …

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Autotools library and object file output control

My goal is to have all object files built in a .objs directory instead of the root of the Makefile, …

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How to config gnu emacs on Mac OS X

I use gnu emacs on Mac OS X, but I can't find the .emacs. And I create ~\.emacs, but it …

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Storage size of timespec isn't known

I have seen this solution but I am getting the same errors. For a class, we had to switch to …

c linux gnu c99 timespec
Conditional subdir-objects

I have option subdir-objects set in configure.ac: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects]) Is there any possibility to conditionally disable it …

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Is there a symbol that represents the current address in GNU GAS assembly?

I am curious to know is there any special GAS syntax to achieve the same like in NASM example: SECTION .…

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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE software as part of commercial product

I am developing a CRM system for small/medium companies, and i want to integrate a GPL software as a …

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Are gnu syslog(), openlog() and closelog() thread-safe?

I have been searching for some time and haven't found a definitive answer yet. The only link I found till …

c linux gnu syslog
How do I link against the GNU readline library rather than libedit in macosx?

Attempting to build Term-Readline-Gnu on macosx, fails complaining about libedit and recommending to use gnu readline. How do I do …

macos perl gnu readline libreadline
Library for parsing arguments GNU-style?

I've noticed the basic 'style' of most GNU core applications whereby arguments are: --longoption --longoption=value or --longoption value -abcdefg (…

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