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Help for UNIX/Linux runtime libraries?
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| Adam Messer 2005-06-13, 5:57 pm |
| Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone out there knows if there are help files for
the various UNIX/Linux library functions similar to MS Visual tools. I know
about man, apropos and info, but that is not too good. I am returning to
Linux programming after a long time away. I don't even know that name of man
of the functions I need.
TIA,
Adam Messer
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| David Schwartz 2005-06-13, 8:48 pm |
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"Adam Messer" <amesser39@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RGmre.56220$nG6.14948@attbi_s22...
> I was wondering if anyone out there knows if there are help files for
> the various UNIX/Linux library functions similar to MS Visual tools. I
> know about man, apropos and info, but that is not too good. I am returning
> to Linux programming after a long time away. I don't even know that name
> of man of the functions I need.
I would strongly urge you to buy a book that covers the area you are
most interested in. You can also download SuS, the Single Unix
Specification. I believe you can download it for free after you register.
http://www.unix.org/online.html
DS
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| Adam Messer 2005-06-14, 2:50 am |
| David,
Thank you very much. That was very helpful!
Adam
"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote in message
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> "Adam Messer" <amesser39@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:RGmre.56220$nG6.14948@attbi_s22...
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> I would strongly urge you to buy a book that covers the area you are
> most interested in. You can also download SuS, the Single Unix
> Specification. I believe you can download it for free after you register.
> http://www.unix.org/online.html
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> DS
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| Chuck Dillon 2005-06-14, 7:53 am |
| Adam Messer wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone out there knows if there are help files for
> the various UNIX/Linux library functions similar to MS Visual tools. I know
> about man, apropos and info, but that is not too good. I am returning to
> Linux programming after a long time away. I don't even know that name of man
> of the functions I need.
>
> TIA,
> Adam Messer
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>
Go to docs.sun.com (there are other such sites from other vendors as
well) and you can search on keywords. But then you can do that with
google as well.
Also you can look at the "Intro" manpages of sections 2 and 3 for a
summary of the APIs.
When you need an example the quickest way to them is by googling this
usenet group from groups.google.com. The advanced search there is
probably in the top 5 of my most heavily used development tools.
Lots of useful stuff at faq.org as well.
-- ced
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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
NimbleGen Systems Inc.
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