SIMPL Tutorial Source Installation Instructions

An assumption is made that you have already downloaded and installed the latest SIMPL code.

An assumption is made that you have some grasp of the C programming language and/or have a
good C reference book handy. This tutorial series is not intended to teach the basics of C programming
but rather to supliment and enhance this effort. It is also intended to guide the developer up the SIMPL
learning curve.

Step 1: Download the source tar.gz file to your system if you have not already done so (~6k)

Step 2:To undo the gzip'd tar file simply perform the following steps:

cd $SIMPL_HOME
cd .. (yes that's up one level from $SIMPL_HOME)
<place the lesson.tar.gz here>
tar -zxvf lesson.tar.gz

This will create an $SIMPL_HOME/tutorials tree and place all of the source for the lessons in there.

Each lesson is intended to be a self contained effort. Each is contained within a separate subdirectory
below tutorials. eg. $SIMPL_HOME/tutorials/lesson1

At the lessonx directory level there will be a readme describing the lesson in detail.

As a rule the lessons go from very basic to more and more complex as the lesson numbers increase.

While these lessons represent a "work in progress" we felt that they were worth sharing at this stage.

If you have any problems, comments or suggestions for improvement don't hesitate to contact the mailing list.

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