README File for Datasizes v1.0 by CampbellWare
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1.0 Introduction
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Thank you for downloading Datasizes v1.0 for Linux! 

Datasizes's  main function is to report the number of bytes required for
each  of  a number of main C data types. The types reported on are char,
short, int, long, unsigned and generic pointer. 

2.0 Datasizes Installation
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Datasizes  is  extremely  simple  to  "install"  on x86 based computers.
Simply  unpack  the  tarball  (which  you  have  done if you are reading
this!),  cd into the datasizes-1.0-release directory that is created and
copy  the file "datasizes" to any convenient location on your executable
search  path.  Thats  it  -  you are ready to use Datasizes! Simply type
"datasizes" and you are off and running. 

3.0 Datasizes Technical Information
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Datasizes  is  a  very  simple  utility.  It  declares  variables of the
supported  types,  and  uses the "sizeof" operation to get their size in
bytes. This result is printed out to the xterm/console. 

The  types  reported on are char, short, int, long, unsigned and generic
pointer. 

4.0 Building Datasizes from Source
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The  source  for  Datasizes  v1.0  is  included.  It may be found in the
datasizes-1.0-src  folder  hierarchy  created  as  part of unpacking the
tarball. A makefile is provided to build datasizes. 

5.0 Datasizes Has Been Verified On...
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Datasizes  has  been  tested on a number of x86 Linux distros, including
SuSE  Linux  9.0,  Mandrake  10.1,  Debian  3.1, Knoppix 3.4, Damn Small
Linux 0.8 and Yoper 2.1. 

6.0 Getting Support for Datasizes
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Enjoy  Datasizes!  If  you have ANY issues with it, please send an email
to  support@campbellware.com.  We  will  make every effort to respond to
and resolve issues raised. 

