Learn C The Hard Way [PDF]

Eclipse · 06-28-2015, 09:21 PM

Recently, with the help of @phyrrus9, I managed to finally give some old hardware some life by installing Arch. Since I can't really be asked finding and installing the right GPU driver from the AUR, I've kept it as-is: without a GUI. Now, I wanted to use it to learn C and brush up on some other shit, and as CLI browsers aren't the best, I took some time to compile this amazing book into a printable PDF file. I'll append code snippets etc at the end.

Download Link: http://bit.ly/learncthehardway
(I used bitly simply for analytical purposes.)

Spoiler: How It Was DoneCode:
links = []

import pprint

for x in range(53):
    link = 'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex' + str(x) + '.html'
    links.append(link.strip())

pprint.pprint(links)

Code:
import pdfcrowd

pages = ['http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/preface.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/introduction.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex0.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex1.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex2.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex3.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex4.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex5.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex6.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex7.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex8.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex9.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex10.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex11.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex12.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex13.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex14.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex15.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex16.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex17.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex18.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex19.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex20.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex21.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex22.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex23.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex24.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex25.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex26.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex27.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex28.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex29.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex30.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex31.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex32.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex33.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex34.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex35.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex36.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex37.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex38.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex39.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex40.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex41.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex42.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex43.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex44.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex45.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex46.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex47.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex48.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex49.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex50.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex51.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex52.html',
         'http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/krcritique.html']

try:
    #get login by registering here: https://pdfcrowd.com/
    #yeah there's probs a better way of doing it but meh
    client = pdfcrowd.Client("username", "apikey")

    for page in pages:
        title = page.split('/book/')[1].split('.')[0]
        client.convertURI(page, open(title + '.pdf', 'wb'))

except pdfcrowd.Error, why:
    print 'Failed:', why


And then I compiled the resulting files into one using Adobe Acrobat.

Dyme · 06-28-2015, 10:37 PM

welcome to arch enjoy your stay!

Also good luck learning C. It's pretty easy until it gets hard and you will know when it gets hard.

Eclipse · 06-29-2015, 01:40 AM

(06-28-2015, 10:37 PM)Dyme Wrote: welcome to arch enjoy your stay!

Also good luck learning C. It's pretty easy until it gets hard and you will know when it gets hard.

Arch is fucking amazing. I used to be a Debian fanboy but it's won me over.

roger_smith · 06-29-2015, 02:33 AM

Arch build is definitely on my to-do list. My biggest issue honestly is time. I don't have a spare machine to do the build on and I can't afford the downtime to build it on a production machine. I'll eventually get to it though.

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