Re: How to search several directories for duplicate files?

Allan Adler wrote:
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Andy Axnot <andy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I never learned C. Maybe soon, as I bought a book, "C Programming for
Microcontrollers", and a kit of parts for doing hobbyist projects with the
AVR Butterfly microcontroller. OTOH, the book has been on my desk for a
month and I haven't even started looking for my soldering iron. This
wouldn't make me a C guru in any case.

According to Andy Axnot, in a subsequent posting, he is planning to do this
on a PC running Windows. Does anyone happen to know whether this book and
kit can be used under Linux instead?

Since nobody else has responded yet (at least not that I've seen), I'll wager an opinion:

Most of the concepts in the book should be about the AVR microcontroller
and so should apply no matter where you're developing software for it.
The Windows-specific bits should pertain only to the compiler, linker,
and whatever other software their development kit contains. If you're
comfortable building, installing, and using your own version of GCC
(which needs to be configured as a cross-compiler for the AVR
microcontroller) you should be just fine. Note also that you'll need
some way of getting the compiled binary onto the target board. That may
be the biggest challenge without their Windows-based development kit.

IOW, it all depends on what you're looking for from the book. If you
want a complete start-to-finish tutorial on developing for AVR
microcontrollers then the book won't be suitable. If you're looking
solely for AVR-specific information in order to build on existing experience using Linux as a host for developing for other microcontrollers, then the book might be a good starting point.

Note that I haven't read that particular book, but I do have a similar
books about other microcontrollers. They all seem to follow the same pattern.
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