The GNU C Library Reference Manual

Sandra Loosemore with Richard M. Stallman, Roland McGrath, Andrew Oram, and Ulrich Drepper. Edition 0.09 Draft, last updated 28 August 1999, for Version 2.2 Beta. 1080 pages, 31 chapters and 6 appendices (2 volume set). ISBN: 1-882114-54-X. (The table of contents and index are printed in full in each volume, so the actual page count is over 1100 pages.)

The GNU C library, described in this manual, defines all of the library functions that are specified by the ANSI C Standard, as well as additional features specific to POSIX and other derivatives of the Unix operating system, and extensions specific to the GNU system.

This manual tells you how to use the facilities of the GNU library, including both what Unix refers to as "library functions" and "system calls".

Chapters

1. Introduction
2. Error Reporting
3. Memory Allocation
4. Character Handling
5. String and Array Utilities
6. Character Set Handling
7. Locales and Internationalization
8. Message Translation
9. Searching and Sorting
10. Pattern Matching
11. Input/Output Overview
12. Input/Output on Streams
13. Low-Level Input/Output
14. File System Interface
15. Pipes and FIFOs
16. Sockets
17. Low-level Terminal Interface
18. Mathematics
19. Arithmetic Functions
20. Date and Time
21. Non-Local Exits
22. Signal Handling
23. Process Startup & Termination
24. Processes
25. Job Control
26. System Databases and Name Service Switch
27. Users and Groups
28. System Information
29. System Configuration Parameters
30. DES Encryption and Password Handling
31. POSIX Threads

Appendixes

A. C Language Facilities in the Library
B. Summary of Library Facilities
C. Installing the GNU C Library
D. Library Maintenance
E. Contributors to the GNU C Library
F. GNU Library General Public License

Indexes

1. Concept Index
2. Type Index
3. Function and Macro Index
4. Variable and Constant Macro Index
5. Program and File Index

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