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| 5 | |
| 6 | @c safe-ctype.c:24 |
| 7 | @defvr Extension HOST_CHARSET |
| 8 | This macro indicates the basic character set and encoding used by the |
| 9 | host: more precisely, the encoding used for character constants in |
| 10 | preprocessor @samp{#if} statements (the C "execution character set"). |
| 11 | It is defined by @file{safe-ctype.h}, and will be an integer constant |
| 12 | with one of the following values: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | @ftable @code |
| 15 | @item HOST_CHARSET_UNKNOWN |
| 16 | The host character set is unknown - that is, not one of the next two |
| 17 | possibilities. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | @item HOST_CHARSET_ASCII |
| 20 | The host character set is ASCII. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | @item HOST_CHARSET_EBCDIC |
| 23 | The host character set is some variant of EBCDIC. (Only one of the |
| 24 | nineteen EBCDIC varying characters is tested; exercise caution.) |
| 25 | @end ftable |
| 26 | @end defvr |
| 27 | |
| 28 | @c alloca.c:26 |
| 29 | @deftypefn Replacement void* alloca (size_t @var{size}) |
| 30 | |
| 31 | This function allocates memory which will be automatically reclaimed |
| 32 | after the procedure exits. The @libib{} implementation does not free |
| 33 | the memory immediately but will do so eventually during subsequent |
| 34 | calls to this function. Memory is allocated using @code{xmalloc} under |
| 35 | normal circumstances. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | The header file @file{alloca-conf.h} can be used in conjunction with the |
| 38 | GNU Autoconf test @code{AC_FUNC_ALLOCA} to test for and properly make |
| 39 | available this function. The @code{AC_FUNC_ALLOCA} test requires that |
| 40 | client code use a block of preprocessor code to be safe (see the Autoconf |
| 41 | manual for more); this header incorporates that logic and more, including |
| 42 | the possibility of a GCC built-in function. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | @end deftypefn |
| 45 | |
| 46 | @c asprintf.c:33 |
| 47 | @deftypefn Extension int asprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, ...) |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Like @code{sprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer, you |
| 50 | pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size of |
| 51 | the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a |
| 52 | pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}. The value |
| 53 | returned is the same as @code{sprintf} would return. If memory could |
| 54 | not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in |
| 55 | @code{*@var{resptr}}. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | @end deftypefn |
| 58 | |
| 59 | @c atexit.c:6 |
| 60 | @deftypefn Supplemental int atexit (void (*@var{f})()) |
| 61 | |
| 62 | Causes function @var{f} to be called at exit. Returns 0. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | @end deftypefn |
| 65 | |
| 66 | @c basename.c:6 |
| 67 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* basename (const char *@var{name}) |
| 68 | |
| 69 | Returns a pointer to the last component of pathname @var{name}. |
| 70 | Behavior is undefined if the pathname ends in a directory separator. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | @end deftypefn |
| 73 | |
| 74 | @c bcmp.c:6 |
| 75 | @deftypefn Supplemental int bcmp (char *@var{x}, char *@var{y}, int @var{count}) |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Compares the first @var{count} bytes of two areas of memory. Returns |
| 78 | zero if they are the same, nonzero otherwise. Returns zero if |
| 79 | @var{count} is zero. A nonzero result only indicates a difference, |
| 80 | it does not indicate any sorting order (say, by having a positive |
| 81 | result mean @var{x} sorts before @var{y}). |
| 82 | |
| 83 | @end deftypefn |
| 84 | |
| 85 | @c bcopy.c:3 |
| 86 | @deftypefn Supplemental void bcopy (char *@var{in}, char *@var{out}, int @var{length}) |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Copies @var{length} bytes from memory region @var{in} to region |
| 89 | @var{out}. The use of @code{bcopy} is deprecated in new programs. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | @end deftypefn |
| 92 | |
| 93 | @c bsearch.c:33 |
| 94 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* bsearch (const void *@var{key}, const void *@var{base}, size_t @var{nmemb}, size_t @var{size}, int (*@var{compar})(const void *, const void *)) |
| 95 | |
| 96 | Performs a search over an array of @var{nmemb} elements pointed to by |
| 97 | @var{base} for a member that matches the object pointed to by @var{key}. |
| 98 | The size of each member is specified by @var{size}. The array contents |
| 99 | should be sorted in ascending order according to the @var{compar} |
| 100 | comparison function. This routine should take two arguments pointing to |
| 101 | the @var{key} and to an array member, in that order, and should return an |
| 102 | integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the @var{key} object |
| 103 | is respectively less than, matching, or greater than the array member. |
| 104 | |
| 105 | @end deftypefn |
| 106 | |
| 107 | @c argv.c:139 |
| 108 | @deftypefn Extension char** buildargv (char *@var{sp}) |
| 109 | |
| 110 | Given a pointer to a string, parse the string extracting fields |
| 111 | separated by whitespace and optionally enclosed within either single |
| 112 | or double quotes (which are stripped off), and build a vector of |
| 113 | pointers to copies of the string for each field. The input string |
| 114 | remains unchanged. The last element of the vector is followed by a |
| 115 | @code{NULL} element. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | All of the memory for the pointer array and copies of the string |
| 118 | is obtained from @code{malloc}. All of the memory can be returned to the |
| 119 | system with the single function call @code{freeargv}, which takes the |
| 120 | returned result of @code{buildargv}, as it's argument. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns |
| 123 | @code{NULL} if @var{sp} is @code{NULL} or if there is insufficient |
| 124 | memory to complete building the argument vector. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | If the input is a null string (as opposed to a @code{NULL} pointer), |
| 127 | then buildarg returns an argument vector that has one arg, a null |
| 128 | string. |
| 129 | |
| 130 | @end deftypefn |
| 131 | |
| 132 | @c bzero.c:6 |
| 133 | @deftypefn Supplemental void bzero (char *@var{mem}, int @var{count}) |
| 134 | |
| 135 | Zeros @var{count} bytes starting at @var{mem}. Use of this function |
| 136 | is deprecated in favor of @code{memset}. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | @end deftypefn |
| 139 | |
| 140 | @c calloc.c:6 |
| 141 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* calloc (size_t @var{nelem}, size_t @var{elsize}) |
| 142 | |
| 143 | Uses @code{malloc} to allocate storage for @var{nelem} objects of |
| 144 | @var{elsize} bytes each, then zeros the memory. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | @end deftypefn |
| 147 | |
| 148 | @c choose-temp.c:42 |
| 149 | @deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base (void) |
| 150 | |
| 151 | Return a prefix for temporary file names or @code{NULL} if unable to |
| 152 | find one. The current directory is chosen if all else fails so the |
| 153 | program is exited if a temporary directory can't be found (@code{mktemp} |
| 154 | fails). The buffer for the result is obtained with @code{xmalloc}. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | This function is provided for backwards compatability only. Its use is |
| 157 | not recommended. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | @end deftypefn |
| 160 | |
| 161 | @c make-temp-file.c:88 |
| 162 | @deftypefn Replacement char* choose_tmpdir () |
| 163 | |
| 164 | Returns a pointer to a directory path suitable for creating temporary |
| 165 | files in. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | @end deftypefn |
| 168 | |
| 169 | @c clock.c:27 |
| 170 | @deftypefn Supplemental long clock (void) |
| 171 | |
| 172 | Returns an approximation of the CPU time used by the process as a |
| 173 | @code{clock_t}; divide this number by @samp{CLOCKS_PER_SEC} to get the |
| 174 | number of seconds used. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | @end deftypefn |
| 177 | |
| 178 | @c concat.c:24 |
| 179 | @deftypefn Extension char* concat (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, @dots{}, @code{NULL}) |
| 180 | |
| 181 | Concatenate zero or more of strings and return the result in freshly |
| 182 | @code{xmalloc}ed memory. Returns @code{NULL} if insufficient memory is |
| 183 | available. The argument list is terminated by the first @code{NULL} |
| 184 | pointer encountered. Pointers to empty strings are ignored. |
| 185 | |
| 186 | @end deftypefn |
| 187 | |
| 188 | @c argv.c:65 |
| 189 | @deftypefn Extension char** dupargv (char **@var{vector}) |
| 190 | |
| 191 | Duplicate an argument vector. Simply scans through @var{vector}, |
| 192 | duplicating each argument until the terminating @code{NULL} is found. |
| 193 | Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns |
| 194 | @code{NULL} if there is insufficient memory to complete building the |
| 195 | argument vector. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | @end deftypefn |
| 198 | |
| 199 | @c strerror.c:566 |
| 200 | @deftypefn Extension int errno_max (void) |
| 201 | |
| 202 | Returns the maximum @code{errno} value for which a corresponding |
| 203 | symbolic name or message is available. Note that in the case where we |
| 204 | use the @code{sys_errlist} supplied by the system, it is possible for |
| 205 | there to be more symbolic names than messages, or vice versa. In |
| 206 | fact, the manual page for @code{perror(3C)} explicitly warns that one |
| 207 | should check the size of the table (@code{sys_nerr}) before indexing |
| 208 | it, since new error codes may be added to the system before they are |
| 209 | added to the table. Thus @code{sys_nerr} might be smaller than value |
| 210 | implied by the largest @code{errno} value defined in @code{<errno.h>}. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | We return the maximum value that can be used to obtain a meaningful |
| 213 | symbolic name or message. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | @end deftypefn |
| 216 | |
| 217 | @c fdmatch.c:23 |
| 218 | @deftypefn Extension int fdmatch (int @var{fd1}, int @var{fd2}) |
| 219 | |
| 220 | Check to see if two open file descriptors refer to the same file. |
| 221 | This is useful, for example, when we have an open file descriptor for |
| 222 | an unnamed file, and the name of a file that we believe to correspond |
| 223 | to that fd. This can happen when we are exec'd with an already open |
| 224 | file (@code{stdout} for example) or from the SVR4 @file{/proc} calls |
| 225 | that return open file descriptors for mapped address spaces. All we |
| 226 | have to do is open the file by name and check the two file descriptors |
| 227 | for a match, which is done by comparing major and minor device numbers |
| 228 | and inode numbers. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | @end deftypefn |
| 231 | |
| 232 | @c ffs.c:3 |
| 233 | @deftypefn Supplemental int ffs (int @var{valu}) |
| 234 | |
| 235 | Find the first (least significant) bit set in @var{valu}. Bits are |
| 236 | numbered from right to left, starting with bit 1 (corresponding to the |
| 237 | value 1). If @var{valu} is zero, zero is returned. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | @end deftypefn |
| 240 | |
| 241 | @c fnmatch.txh:1 |
| 242 | @deftypefn Replacement int fnmatch (const char *@var{pattern}, const char *@var{string}, int @var{flags}) |
| 243 | |
| 244 | Matches @var{string} against @var{pattern}, returning zero if it |
| 245 | matches, @code{FNM_NOMATCH} if not. @var{pattern} may contain the |
| 246 | wildcards @code{?} to match any one character, @code{*} to match any |
| 247 | zero or more characters, or a set of alternate characters in square |
| 248 | brackets, like @samp{[a-gt8]}, which match one character (@code{a} |
| 249 | through @code{g}, or @code{t}, or @code{8}, in this example) if that one |
| 250 | character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e., match anything |
| 251 | except what's in the set) by giving @code{^} or @code{!} as the first |
| 252 | character in the set. To include those characters in the set, list them |
| 253 | as anything other than the first character of the set. To include a |
| 254 | dash in the set, list it last in the set. A backslash character makes |
| 255 | the following character not special, so for example you could match |
| 256 | against a literal asterisk with @samp{\*}. To match a literal |
| 257 | backslash, use @samp{\\}. |
| 258 | |
| 259 | @code{flags} controls various aspects of the matching process, and is a |
| 260 | boolean OR of zero or more of the following values (defined in |
| 261 | @code{<fnmatch.h>}): |
| 262 | |
| 263 | @table @code |
| 264 | |
| 265 | @item FNM_PATHNAME |
| 266 | @itemx FNM_FILE_NAME |
| 267 | @var{string} is assumed to be a path name. No wildcard will ever match |
| 268 | @code{/}. |
| 269 | |
| 270 | @item FNM_NOESCAPE |
| 271 | Do not interpret backslashes as quoting the following special character. |
| 272 | |
| 273 | @item FNM_PERIOD |
| 274 | A leading period (at the beginning of @var{string}, or if |
| 275 | @code{FNM_PATHNAME} after a slash) is not matched by @code{*} or |
| 276 | @code{?} but must be matched explicitly. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | @item FNM_LEADING_DIR |
| 279 | Means that @var{string} also matches @var{pattern} if some initial part |
| 280 | of @var{string} matches, and is followed by @code{/} and zero or more |
| 281 | characters. For example, @samp{foo*} would match either @samp{foobar} |
| 282 | or @samp{foobar/grill}. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | @item FNM_CASEFOLD |
| 285 | Ignores case when performing the comparison. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | @end table |
| 288 | |
| 289 | @end deftypefn |
| 290 | |
| 291 | @c argv.c:111 |
| 292 | @deftypefn Extension void freeargv (char **@var{vector}) |
| 293 | |
| 294 | Free an argument vector that was built using @code{buildargv}. Simply |
| 295 | scans through @var{vector}, freeing the memory for each argument until |
| 296 | the terminating @code{NULL} is found, and then frees @var{vector} |
| 297 | itself. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | @end deftypefn |
| 300 | |
| 301 | @c getruntime.c:82 |
| 302 | @deftypefn Replacement long get_run_time (void) |
| 303 | |
| 304 | Returns the time used so far, in microseconds. If possible, this is |
| 305 | the time used by this process, else it is the elapsed time since the |
| 306 | process started. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | @end deftypefn |
| 309 | |
| 310 | @c getcwd.c:6 |
| 311 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* getcwd (char *@var{pathname}, int @var{len}) |
| 312 | |
| 313 | Copy the absolute pathname for the current working directory into |
| 314 | @var{pathname}, which is assumed to point to a buffer of at least |
| 315 | @var{len} bytes, and return a pointer to the buffer. If the current |
| 316 | directory's path doesn't fit in @var{len} characters, the result is |
| 317 | @code{NULL} and @code{errno} is set. If @var{pathname} is a null pointer, |
| 318 | @code{getcwd} will obtain @var{len} bytes of space using |
| 319 | @code{malloc}. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | @end deftypefn |
| 322 | |
| 323 | @c getpagesize.c:5 |
| 324 | @deftypefn Supplemental int getpagesize (void) |
| 325 | |
| 326 | Returns the number of bytes in a page of memory. This is the |
| 327 | granularity of many of the system memory management routines. No |
| 328 | guarantee is made as to whether or not it is the same as the basic |
| 329 | memory management hardware page size. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | @end deftypefn |
| 332 | |
| 333 | @c getpwd.c:5 |
| 334 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* getpwd (void) |
| 335 | |
| 336 | Returns the current working directory. This implementation caches the |
| 337 | result on the assumption that the process will not call @code{chdir} |
| 338 | between calls to @code{getpwd}. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | @end deftypefn |
| 341 | |
| 342 | @c hex.c:30 |
| 343 | @deftypefn Extension void hex_init (void) |
| 344 | |
| 345 | Initializes the array mapping the current character set to |
| 346 | corresponding hex values. This function must be called before any |
| 347 | call to @code{hex_p} or @code{hex_value}. If you fail to call it, a |
| 348 | default ASCII-based table will normally be used on ASCII systems. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | @end deftypefn |
| 351 | |
| 352 | @c hex.c:39 |
| 353 | @deftypefn Extension int hex_p (int @var{c}) |
| 354 | |
| 355 | Evaluates to non-zero if the given character is a valid hex character, |
| 356 | or zero if it is not. Note that the value you pass will be cast to |
| 357 | @code{unsigned char} within the macro. |
| 358 | |
| 359 | @end deftypefn |
| 360 | |
| 361 | @c hex.c:47 |
| 362 | @deftypefn Extension unsigned int hex_value (int @var{c}) |
| 363 | |
| 364 | Returns the numeric equivalent of the given character when interpreted |
| 365 | as a hexidecimal digit. The result is undefined if you pass an |
| 366 | invalid hex digit. Note that the value you pass will be cast to |
| 367 | @code{unsigned char} within the macro. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | The @code{hex_value} macro returns @code{unsigned int}, rather than |
| 370 | signed @code{int}, to make it easier to use in parsing addresses from |
| 371 | hex dump files: a signed @code{int} would be sign-extended when |
| 372 | converted to a wider unsigned type --- like @code{bfd_vma}, on some |
| 373 | systems. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | @end deftypefn |
| 376 | |
| 377 | @c index.c:5 |
| 378 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* index (char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) |
| 379 | |
| 380 | Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the character @var{c} in |
| 381 | the string @var{s}, or @code{NULL} if not found. The use of @code{index} is |
| 382 | deprecated in new programs in favor of @code{strchr}. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | @end deftypefn |
| 385 | |
| 386 | @c insque.c:6 |
| 387 | @deftypefn Supplemental void insque (struct qelem *@var{elem}, struct qelem *@var{pred}) |
| 388 | @deftypefnx Supplemental void remque (struct qelem *@var{elem}) |
| 389 | |
| 390 | Routines to manipulate queues built from doubly linked lists. The |
| 391 | @code{insque} routine inserts @var{elem} in the queue immediately |
| 392 | after @var{pred}. The @code{remque} routine removes @var{elem} from |
| 393 | its containing queue. These routines expect to be passed pointers to |
| 394 | structures which have as their first members a forward pointer and a |
| 395 | back pointer, like this prototype (although no prototype is provided): |
| 396 | |
| 397 | @example |
| 398 | struct qelem @{ |
| 399 | struct qelem *q_forw; |
| 400 | struct qelem *q_back; |
| 401 | char q_data[]; |
| 402 | @}; |
| 403 | @end example |
| 404 | |
| 405 | @end deftypefn |
| 406 | |
| 407 | @c safe-ctype.c:45 |
| 408 | @deffn Extension ISALPHA (@var{c}) |
| 409 | @deffnx Extension ISALNUM (@var{c}) |
| 410 | @deffnx Extension ISBLANK (@var{c}) |
| 411 | @deffnx Extension ISCNTRL (@var{c}) |
| 412 | @deffnx Extension ISDIGIT (@var{c}) |
| 413 | @deffnx Extension ISGRAPH (@var{c}) |
| 414 | @deffnx Extension ISLOWER (@var{c}) |
| 415 | @deffnx Extension ISPRINT (@var{c}) |
| 416 | @deffnx Extension ISPUNCT (@var{c}) |
| 417 | @deffnx Extension ISSPACE (@var{c}) |
| 418 | @deffnx Extension ISUPPER (@var{c}) |
| 419 | @deffnx Extension ISXDIGIT (@var{c}) |
| 420 | |
| 421 | These twelve macros are defined by @file{safe-ctype.h}. Each has the |
| 422 | same meaning as the corresponding macro (with name in lowercase) |
| 423 | defined by the standard header @file{ctype.h}. For example, |
| 424 | @code{ISALPHA} returns true for alphabetic characters and false for |
| 425 | others. However, there are two differences between these macros and |
| 426 | those provided by @file{ctype.h}: |
| 427 | |
| 428 | @itemize @bullet |
| 429 | @item These macros are guaranteed to have well-defined behavior for all |
| 430 | values representable by @code{signed char} and @code{unsigned char}, and |
| 431 | for @code{EOF}. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | @item These macros ignore the current locale; they are true for these |
| 434 | fixed sets of characters: |
| 435 | @multitable {@code{XDIGIT}} {yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada} |
| 436 | @item @code{ALPHA} @tab @kbd{A-Za-z} |
| 437 | @item @code{ALNUM} @tab @kbd{A-Za-z0-9} |
| 438 | @item @code{BLANK} @tab @kbd{space tab} |
| 439 | @item @code{CNTRL} @tab @code{!PRINT} |
| 440 | @item @code{DIGIT} @tab @kbd{0-9} |
| 441 | @item @code{GRAPH} @tab @code{ALNUM || PUNCT} |
| 442 | @item @code{LOWER} @tab @kbd{a-z} |
| 443 | @item @code{PRINT} @tab @code{GRAPH ||} @kbd{space} |
| 444 | @item @code{PUNCT} @tab @kbd{`~!@@#$%^&*()_-=+[@{]@}\|;:'",<.>/?} |
| 445 | @item @code{SPACE} @tab @kbd{space tab \n \r \f \v} |
| 446 | @item @code{UPPER} @tab @kbd{A-Z} |
| 447 | @item @code{XDIGIT} @tab @kbd{0-9A-Fa-f} |
| 448 | @end multitable |
| 449 | |
| 450 | Note that, if the host character set is ASCII or a superset thereof, |
| 451 | all these macros will return false for all values of @code{char} outside |
| 452 | the range of 7-bit ASCII. In particular, both ISPRINT and ISCNTRL return |
| 453 | false for characters with numeric values from 128 to 255. |
| 454 | @end itemize |
| 455 | @end deffn |
| 456 | |
| 457 | @c safe-ctype.c:94 |
| 458 | @deffn Extension ISIDNUM (@var{c}) |
| 459 | @deffnx Extension ISIDST (@var{c}) |
| 460 | @deffnx Extension IS_VSPACE (@var{c}) |
| 461 | @deffnx Extension IS_NVSPACE (@var{c}) |
| 462 | @deffnx Extension IS_SPACE_OR_NUL (@var{c}) |
| 463 | @deffnx Extension IS_ISOBASIC (@var{c}) |
| 464 | These six macros are defined by @file{safe-ctype.h} and provide |
| 465 | additional character classes which are useful when doing lexical |
| 466 | analysis of C or similar languages. They are true for the following |
| 467 | sets of characters: |
| 468 | |
| 469 | @multitable {@code{SPACE_OR_NUL}} {yada yada yada yada yada yada yada yada} |
| 470 | @item @code{IDNUM} @tab @kbd{A-Za-z0-9_} |
| 471 | @item @code{IDST} @tab @kbd{A-Za-z_} |
| 472 | @item @code{VSPACE} @tab @kbd{\r \n} |
| 473 | @item @code{NVSPACE} @tab @kbd{space tab \f \v \0} |
| 474 | @item @code{SPACE_OR_NUL} @tab @code{VSPACE || NVSPACE} |
| 475 | @item @code{ISOBASIC} @tab @code{VSPACE || NVSPACE || PRINT} |
| 476 | @end multitable |
| 477 | @end deffn |
| 478 | |
| 479 | @c lbasename.c:23 |
| 480 | @deftypefn Replacement {const char*} lbasename (const char *@var{name}) |
| 481 | |
| 482 | Given a pointer to a string containing a typical pathname |
| 483 | (@samp{/usr/src/cmd/ls/ls.c} for example), returns a pointer to the |
| 484 | last component of the pathname (@samp{ls.c} in this case). The |
| 485 | returned pointer is guaranteed to lie within the original |
| 486 | string. This latter fact is not true of many vendor C |
| 487 | libraries, which return special strings or modify the passed |
| 488 | strings for particular input. |
| 489 | |
| 490 | In particular, the empty string returns the same empty string, |
| 491 | and a path ending in @code{/} returns the empty string after it. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | @end deftypefn |
| 494 | |
| 495 | @c lrealpath.c:25 |
| 496 | @deftypefn Replacement {const char*} lrealpath (const char *@var{name}) |
| 497 | |
| 498 | Given a pointer to a string containing a pathname, returns a canonical |
| 499 | version of the filename. Symlinks will be resolved, and ``.'' and ``..'' |
| 500 | components will be simplified. The returned value will be allocated using |
| 501 | @code{malloc}, or @code{NULL} will be returned on a memory allocation error. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | @end deftypefn |
| 504 | |
| 505 | @c make-relative-prefix.c:24 |
| 506 | @deftypefn Extension {const char*} make_relative_prefix (const char *@var{progname}, const char *@var{bin_prefix}, const char *@var{prefix}) |
| 507 | |
| 508 | Given three paths @var{progname}, @var{bin_prefix}, @var{prefix}, |
| 509 | return the path that is in the same position relative to |
| 510 | @var{progname}'s directory as @var{prefix} is relative to |
| 511 | @var{bin_prefix}. That is, a string starting with the directory |
| 512 | portion of @var{progname}, followed by a relative pathname of the |
| 513 | difference between @var{bin_prefix} and @var{prefix}. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | If @var{progname} does not contain any directory separators, |
| 516 | @code{make_relative_prefix} will search @env{PATH} to find a program |
| 517 | named @var{progname}. Also, if @var{progname} is a symbolic link, |
| 518 | the symbolic link will be resolved. |
| 519 | |
| 520 | For example, if @var{bin_prefix} is @code{/alpha/beta/gamma/gcc/delta}, |
| 521 | @var{prefix} is @code{/alpha/beta/gamma/omega/}, and @var{progname} is |
| 522 | @code{/red/green/blue/gcc}, then this function will return |
| 523 | @code{/red/green/blue/../../omega/}. |
| 524 | |
| 525 | The return value is normally allocated via @code{malloc}. If no |
| 526 | relative prefix can be found, return @code{NULL}. |
| 527 | |
| 528 | @end deftypefn |
| 529 | |
| 530 | @c make-temp-file.c:138 |
| 531 | @deftypefn Replacement char* make_temp_file (const char *@var{suffix}) |
| 532 | |
| 533 | Return a temporary file name (as a string) or @code{NULL} if unable to |
| 534 | create one. @var{suffix} is a suffix to append to the file name. The |
| 535 | string is @code{malloc}ed, and the temporary file has been created. |
| 536 | |
| 537 | @end deftypefn |
| 538 | |
| 539 | @c memchr.c:3 |
| 540 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* memchr (const void *@var{s}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{n}) |
| 541 | |
| 542 | This function searches memory starting at @code{*@var{s}} for the |
| 543 | character @var{c}. The search only ends with the first occurrence of |
| 544 | @var{c}, or after @var{length} characters; in particular, a null |
| 545 | character does not terminate the search. If the character @var{c} is |
| 546 | found within @var{length} characters of @code{*@var{s}}, a pointer |
| 547 | to the character is returned. If @var{c} is not found, then @code{NULL} is |
| 548 | returned. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | @end deftypefn |
| 551 | |
| 552 | @c memcmp.c:6 |
| 553 | @deftypefn Supplemental int memcmp (const void *@var{x}, const void *@var{y}, size_t @var{count}) |
| 554 | |
| 555 | Compares the first @var{count} bytes of two areas of memory. Returns |
| 556 | zero if they are the same, a value less than zero if @var{x} is |
| 557 | lexically less than @var{y}, or a value greater than zero if @var{x} |
| 558 | is lexically greater than @var{y}. Note that lexical order is determined |
| 559 | as if comparing unsigned char arrays. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | @end deftypefn |
| 562 | |
| 563 | @c memcpy.c:6 |
| 564 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* memcpy (void *@var{out}, const void *@var{in}, size_t @var{length}) |
| 565 | |
| 566 | Copies @var{length} bytes from memory region @var{in} to region |
| 567 | @var{out}. Returns a pointer to @var{out}. |
| 568 | |
| 569 | @end deftypefn |
| 570 | |
| 571 | @c memmove.c:6 |
| 572 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* memmove (void *@var{from}, const void *@var{to}, size_t @var{count}) |
| 573 | |
| 574 | Copies @var{count} bytes from memory area @var{from} to memory area |
| 575 | @var{to}, returning a pointer to @var{to}. |
| 576 | |
| 577 | @end deftypefn |
| 578 | |
| 579 | @c mempcpy.c:23 |
| 580 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* mempcpy (void *@var{out}, const void *@var{in}, size_t @var{length}) |
| 581 | |
| 582 | Copies @var{length} bytes from memory region @var{in} to region |
| 583 | @var{out}. Returns a pointer to @var{out} + @var{length}. |
| 584 | |
| 585 | @end deftypefn |
| 586 | |
| 587 | @c memset.c:6 |
| 588 | @deftypefn Supplemental void* memset (void *@var{s}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{count}) |
| 589 | |
| 590 | Sets the first @var{count} bytes of @var{s} to the constant byte |
| 591 | @var{c}, returning a pointer to @var{s}. |
| 592 | |
| 593 | @end deftypefn |
| 594 | |
| 595 | @c mkstemps.c:54 |
| 596 | @deftypefn Replacement int mkstemps (char *@var{template}, int @var{suffix_len}) |
| 597 | |
| 598 | Generate a unique temporary file name from @var{template}. |
| 599 | @var{template} has the form: |
| 600 | |
| 601 | @example |
| 602 | @var{path}/ccXXXXXX@var{suffix} |
| 603 | @end example |
| 604 | |
| 605 | @var{suffix_len} tells us how long @var{suffix} is (it can be zero |
| 606 | length). The last six characters of @var{template} before @var{suffix} |
| 607 | must be @samp{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the |
| 608 | filename unique. Returns a file descriptor open on the file for |
| 609 | reading and writing. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | @end deftypefn |
| 612 | |
| 613 | @c pexecute.txh:1 |
| 614 | @deftypefn Extension int pexecute (const char *@var{program}, char * const *@var{argv}, const char *@var{this_pname}, const char *@var{temp_base}, char **@var{errmsg_fmt}, char **@var{errmsg_arg}, int flags) |
| 615 | |
| 616 | Executes a program. |
| 617 | |
| 618 | @var{program} and @var{argv} are the arguments to |
| 619 | @code{execv}/@code{execvp}. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | @var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e., @code{argv[0]}). |
| 622 | |
| 623 | @var{temp_base} is the path name, sans suffix, of a temporary file to |
| 624 | use if needed. This is currently only needed for MS-DOS ports that |
| 625 | don't use @code{go32} (do any still exist?). Ports that don't need it |
| 626 | can pass @code{NULL}. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | (@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @env{PATH} |
| 629 | should be searched (??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag |
| 630 | correctly). (@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the |
| 631 | first process in chain. (@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is |
| 632 | nonzero for the last process in chain. The first/last flags could be |
| 633 | simplified to only mark the last of a chain of processes but that |
| 634 | requires the caller to always mark the last one (and not give up |
| 635 | early if some error occurs). It's more robust to require the caller |
| 636 | to mark both ends of the chain. |
| 637 | |
| 638 | The result is the pid on systems like Unix where we |
| 639 | @code{fork}/@code{exec} and on systems like WIN32 and OS/2 where we |
| 640 | use @code{spawn}. It is up to the caller to wait for the child. |
| 641 | |
| 642 | The result is the @code{WEXITSTATUS} on systems like MS-DOS where we |
| 643 | @code{spawn} and wait for the child here. |
| 644 | |
| 645 | Upon failure, @var{errmsg_fmt} and @var{errmsg_arg} are set to the |
| 646 | text of the error message with an optional argument (if not needed, |
| 647 | @var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and @minus{}1 is returned. |
| 648 | @code{errno} is available to the caller to use. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | @end deftypefn |
| 651 | |
| 652 | @c strsignal.c:547 |
| 653 | @deftypefn Supplemental void psignal (unsigned @var{signo}, char *@var{message}) |
| 654 | |
| 655 | Print @var{message} to the standard error, followed by a colon, |
| 656 | followed by the description of the signal specified by @var{signo}, |
| 657 | followed by a newline. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | @end deftypefn |
| 660 | |
| 661 | @c putenv.c:21 |
| 662 | @deftypefn Supplemental int putenv (const char *@var{string}) |
| 663 | |
| 664 | Uses @code{setenv} or @code{unsetenv} to put @var{string} into |
| 665 | the environment or remove it. If @var{string} is of the form |
| 666 | @samp{name=value} the string is added; if no @samp{=} is present the |
| 667 | name is unset/removed. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | @end deftypefn |
| 670 | |
| 671 | @c pexecute.txh:39 |
| 672 | @deftypefn Extension int pwait (int @var{pid}, int *@var{status}, int @var{flags}) |
| 673 | |
| 674 | Waits for a program started by @code{pexecute} to finish. |
| 675 | |
| 676 | @var{pid} is the process id of the task to wait for. @var{status} is |
| 677 | the `status' argument to wait. @var{flags} is currently unused |
| 678 | (allows future enhancement without breaking upward compatibility). |
| 679 | Pass 0 for now. |
| 680 | |
| 681 | The result is the pid of the child reaped, or -1 for failure |
| 682 | (@code{errno} says why). |
| 683 | |
| 684 | On systems that don't support waiting for a particular child, |
| 685 | @var{pid} is ignored. On systems like MS-DOS that don't really |
| 686 | multitask @code{pwait} is just a mechanism to provide a consistent |
| 687 | interface for the caller. |
| 688 | |
| 689 | @end deftypefn |
| 690 | |
| 691 | @c random.c:39 |
| 692 | @deftypefn Supplement {long int} random (void) |
| 693 | @deftypefnx Supplement void srandom (unsigned int @var{seed}) |
| 694 | @deftypefnx Supplement void* initstate (unsigned int @var{seed}, void *@var{arg_state}, unsigned long @var{n}) |
| 695 | @deftypefnx Supplement void* setstate (void *@var{arg_state}) |
| 696 | |
| 697 | Random number functions. @code{random} returns a random number in the |
| 698 | range 0 to @code{LONG_MAX}. @code{srandom} initializes the random |
| 699 | number generator to some starting point determined by @var{seed} |
| 700 | (else, the values returned by @code{random} are always the same for each |
| 701 | run of the program). @code{initstate} and @code{setstate} allow fine-grained |
| 702 | control over the state of the random number generator. |
| 703 | |
| 704 | @end deftypefn |
| 705 | |
| 706 | @c concat.c:177 |
| 707 | @deftypefn Extension char* reconcat (char *@var{optr}, const char *@var{s1}, @dots{}, @code{NULL}) |
| 708 | |
| 709 | Same as @code{concat}, except that if @var{optr} is not @code{NULL} it |
| 710 | is freed after the string is created. This is intended to be useful |
| 711 | when you're extending an existing string or building up a string in a |
| 712 | loop: |
| 713 | |
| 714 | @example |
| 715 | str = reconcat (str, "pre-", str, NULL); |
| 716 | @end example |
| 717 | |
| 718 | @end deftypefn |
| 719 | |
| 720 | @c rename.c:6 |
| 721 | @deftypefn Supplemental int rename (const char *@var{old}, const char *@var{new}) |
| 722 | |
| 723 | Renames a file from @var{old} to @var{new}. If @var{new} already |
| 724 | exists, it is removed. |
| 725 | |
| 726 | @end deftypefn |
| 727 | |
| 728 | @c rindex.c:5 |
| 729 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* rindex (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) |
| 730 | |
| 731 | Returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the character @var{c} in |
| 732 | the string @var{s}, or @code{NULL} if not found. The use of @code{rindex} is |
| 733 | deprecated in new programs in favor of @code{strrchr}. |
| 734 | |
| 735 | @end deftypefn |
| 736 | |
| 737 | @c setenv.c:22 |
| 738 | @deftypefn Supplemental int setenv (const char *@var{name}, const char *@var{value}, int @var{overwrite}) |
| 739 | @deftypefnx Supplemental void unsetenv (const char *@var{name}) |
| 740 | |
| 741 | @code{setenv} adds @var{name} to the environment with value |
| 742 | @var{value}. If the name was already present in the environment, |
| 743 | the new value will be stored only if @var{overwrite} is nonzero. |
| 744 | The companion @code{unsetenv} function removes @var{name} from the |
| 745 | environment. This implementation is not safe for multithreaded code. |
| 746 | |
| 747 | @end deftypefn |
| 748 | |
| 749 | @c strsignal.c:353 |
| 750 | @deftypefn Extension int signo_max (void) |
| 751 | |
| 752 | Returns the maximum signal value for which a corresponding symbolic |
| 753 | name or message is available. Note that in the case where we use the |
| 754 | @code{sys_siglist} supplied by the system, it is possible for there to |
| 755 | be more symbolic names than messages, or vice versa. In fact, the |
| 756 | manual page for @code{psignal(3b)} explicitly warns that one should |
| 757 | check the size of the table (@code{NSIG}) before indexing it, since |
| 758 | new signal codes may be added to the system before they are added to |
| 759 | the table. Thus @code{NSIG} might be smaller than value implied by |
| 760 | the largest signo value defined in @code{<signal.h>}. |
| 761 | |
| 762 | We return the maximum value that can be used to obtain a meaningful |
| 763 | symbolic name or message. |
| 764 | |
| 765 | @end deftypefn |
| 766 | |
| 767 | @c sigsetmask.c:8 |
| 768 | @deftypefn Supplemental int sigsetmask (int @var{set}) |
| 769 | |
| 770 | Sets the signal mask to the one provided in @var{set} and returns |
| 771 | the old mask (which, for libiberty's implementation, will always |
| 772 | be the value @code{1}). |
| 773 | |
| 774 | @end deftypefn |
| 775 | |
| 776 | @c snprintf.c:28 |
| 777 | @deftypefn Supplemental int snprintf (char *@var{buf}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{format}, ...) |
| 778 | |
| 779 | This function is similar to sprintf, but it will print at most @var{n} |
| 780 | characters. On error the return value is -1, otherwise it returns the |
| 781 | number of characters that would have been printed had @var{n} been |
| 782 | sufficiently large, regardless of the actual value of @var{n}. Note |
| 783 | some pre-C99 system libraries do not implement this correctly so users |
| 784 | cannot generally rely on the return value if the system version of |
| 785 | this function is used. |
| 786 | |
| 787 | @end deftypefn |
| 788 | |
| 789 | @c spaces.c:22 |
| 790 | @deftypefn Extension char* spaces (int @var{count}) |
| 791 | |
| 792 | Returns a pointer to a memory region filled with the specified |
| 793 | number of spaces and null terminated. The returned pointer is |
| 794 | valid until at least the next call. |
| 795 | |
| 796 | @end deftypefn |
| 797 | |
| 798 | @c stpcpy.c:23 |
| 799 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* stpcpy (char *@var{dst}, const char *@var{src}) |
| 800 | |
| 801 | Copies the string @var{src} into @var{dst}. Returns a pointer to |
| 802 | @var{dst} + strlen(@var{src}). |
| 803 | |
| 804 | @end deftypefn |
| 805 | |
| 806 | @c stpncpy.c:23 |
| 807 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* stpncpy (char *@var{dst}, const char *@var{src}, size_t @var{len}) |
| 808 | |
| 809 | Copies the string @var{src} into @var{dst}, copying exactly @var{len} |
| 810 | and padding with zeros if necessary. If @var{len} < strlen(@var{src}) |
| 811 | then return @var{dst} + @var{len}, otherwise returns @var{dst} + |
| 812 | strlen(@var{src}). |
| 813 | |
| 814 | @end deftypefn |
| 815 | |
| 816 | @c strcasecmp.c:15 |
| 817 | @deftypefn Supplemental int strcasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) |
| 818 | |
| 819 | A case-insensitive @code{strcmp}. |
| 820 | |
| 821 | @end deftypefn |
| 822 | |
| 823 | @c strchr.c:6 |
| 824 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* strchr (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) |
| 825 | |
| 826 | Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the character @var{c} in |
| 827 | the string @var{s}, or @code{NULL} if not found. If @var{c} is itself the |
| 828 | null character, the results are undefined. |
| 829 | |
| 830 | @end deftypefn |
| 831 | |
| 832 | @c strdup.c:3 |
| 833 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* strdup (const char *@var{s}) |
| 834 | |
| 835 | Returns a pointer to a copy of @var{s} in memory obtained from |
| 836 | @code{malloc}, or @code{NULL} if insufficient memory was available. |
| 837 | |
| 838 | @end deftypefn |
| 839 | |
| 840 | @c strerror.c:670 |
| 841 | @deftypefn Replacement {const char*} strerrno (int @var{errnum}) |
| 842 | |
| 843 | Given an error number returned from a system call (typically returned |
| 844 | in @code{errno}), returns a pointer to a string containing the |
| 845 | symbolic name of that error number, as found in @code{<errno.h>}. |
| 846 | |
| 847 | If the supplied error number is within the valid range of indices for |
| 848 | symbolic names, but no name is available for the particular error |
| 849 | number, then returns the string @samp{Error @var{num}}, where @var{num} |
| 850 | is the error number. |
| 851 | |
| 852 | If the supplied error number is not within the range of valid |
| 853 | indices, then returns @code{NULL}. |
| 854 | |
| 855 | The contents of the location pointed to are only guaranteed to be |
| 856 | valid until the next call to @code{strerrno}. |
| 857 | |
| 858 | @end deftypefn |
| 859 | |
| 860 | @c strerror.c:602 |
| 861 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* strerror (int @var{errnoval}) |
| 862 | |
| 863 | Maps an @code{errno} number to an error message string, the contents |
| 864 | of which are implementation defined. On systems which have the |
| 865 | external variables @code{sys_nerr} and @code{sys_errlist}, these |
| 866 | strings will be the same as the ones used by @code{perror}. |
| 867 | |
| 868 | If the supplied error number is within the valid range of indices for |
| 869 | the @code{sys_errlist}, but no message is available for the particular |
| 870 | error number, then returns the string @samp{Error @var{num}}, where |
| 871 | @var{num} is the error number. |
| 872 | |
| 873 | If the supplied error number is not a valid index into |
| 874 | @code{sys_errlist}, returns @code{NULL}. |
| 875 | |
| 876 | The returned string is only guaranteed to be valid only until the |
| 877 | next call to @code{strerror}. |
| 878 | |
| 879 | @end deftypefn |
| 880 | |
| 881 | @c strncasecmp.c:15 |
| 882 | @deftypefn Supplemental int strncasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) |
| 883 | |
| 884 | A case-insensitive @code{strncmp}. |
| 885 | |
| 886 | @end deftypefn |
| 887 | |
| 888 | @c strncmp.c:6 |
| 889 | @deftypefn Supplemental int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) |
| 890 | |
| 891 | Compares the first @var{n} bytes of two strings, returning a value as |
| 892 | @code{strcmp}. |
| 893 | |
| 894 | @end deftypefn |
| 895 | |
| 896 | @c strrchr.c:6 |
| 897 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* strrchr (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) |
| 898 | |
| 899 | Returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the character @var{c} in |
| 900 | the string @var{s}, or @code{NULL} if not found. If @var{c} is itself the |
| 901 | null character, the results are undefined. |
| 902 | |
| 903 | @end deftypefn |
| 904 | |
| 905 | @c strsignal.c:388 |
| 906 | @deftypefn Supplemental {const char *} strsignal (int @var{signo}) |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Maps an signal number to an signal message string, the contents of |
| 909 | which are implementation defined. On systems which have the external |
| 910 | variable @code{sys_siglist}, these strings will be the same as the |
| 911 | ones used by @code{psignal()}. |
| 912 | |
| 913 | If the supplied signal number is within the valid range of indices for |
| 914 | the @code{sys_siglist}, but no message is available for the particular |
| 915 | signal number, then returns the string @samp{Signal @var{num}}, where |
| 916 | @var{num} is the signal number. |
| 917 | |
| 918 | If the supplied signal number is not a valid index into |
| 919 | @code{sys_siglist}, returns @code{NULL}. |
| 920 | |
| 921 | The returned string is only guaranteed to be valid only until the next |
| 922 | call to @code{strsignal}. |
| 923 | |
| 924 | @end deftypefn |
| 925 | |
| 926 | @c strsignal.c:452 |
| 927 | @deftypefn Extension {const char*} strsigno (int @var{signo}) |
| 928 | |
| 929 | Given an signal number, returns a pointer to a string containing the |
| 930 | symbolic name of that signal number, as found in @code{<signal.h>}. |
| 931 | |
| 932 | If the supplied signal number is within the valid range of indices for |
| 933 | symbolic names, but no name is available for the particular signal |
| 934 | number, then returns the string @samp{Signal @var{num}}, where |
| 935 | @var{num} is the signal number. |
| 936 | |
| 937 | If the supplied signal number is not within the range of valid |
| 938 | indices, then returns @code{NULL}. |
| 939 | |
| 940 | The contents of the location pointed to are only guaranteed to be |
| 941 | valid until the next call to @code{strsigno}. |
| 942 | |
| 943 | @end deftypefn |
| 944 | |
| 945 | @c strstr.c:6 |
| 946 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* strstr (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{sub}) |
| 947 | |
| 948 | This function searches for the substring @var{sub} in the string |
| 949 | @var{string}, not including the terminating null characters. A pointer |
| 950 | to the first occurrence of @var{sub} is returned, or @code{NULL} if the |
| 951 | substring is absent. If @var{sub} points to a string with zero |
| 952 | length, the function returns @var{string}. |
| 953 | |
| 954 | @end deftypefn |
| 955 | |
| 956 | @c strtod.c:27 |
| 957 | @deftypefn Supplemental double strtod (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{endptr}) |
| 958 | |
| 959 | This ISO C function converts the initial portion of @var{string} to a |
| 960 | @code{double}. If @var{endptr} is not @code{NULL}, a pointer to the |
| 961 | character after the last character used in the conversion is stored in |
| 962 | the location referenced by @var{endptr}. If no conversion is |
| 963 | performed, zero is returned and the value of @var{string} is stored in |
| 964 | the location referenced by @var{endptr}. |
| 965 | |
| 966 | @end deftypefn |
| 967 | |
| 968 | @c strerror.c:730 |
| 969 | @deftypefn Extension int strtoerrno (const char *@var{name}) |
| 970 | |
| 971 | Given the symbolic name of a error number (e.g., @code{EACCES}), map it |
| 972 | to an errno value. If no translation is found, returns 0. |
| 973 | |
| 974 | @end deftypefn |
| 975 | |
| 976 | @c strtol.c:33 |
| 977 | @deftypefn Supplemental {long int} strtol (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{endptr}, int @var{base}) |
| 978 | @deftypefnx Supplemental {unsigned long int} strtoul (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{endptr}, int @var{base}) |
| 979 | |
| 980 | The @code{strtol} function converts the string in @var{string} to a |
| 981 | long integer value according to the given @var{base}, which must be |
| 982 | between 2 and 36 inclusive, or be the special value 0. If @var{base} |
| 983 | is 0, @code{strtol} will look for the prefixes @code{0} and @code{0x} |
| 984 | to indicate bases 8 and 16, respectively, else default to base 10. |
| 985 | When the base is 16 (either explicitly or implicitly), a prefix of |
| 986 | @code{0x} is allowed. The handling of @var{endptr} is as that of |
| 987 | @code{strtod} above. The @code{strtoul} function is the same, except |
| 988 | that the converted value is unsigned. |
| 989 | |
| 990 | @end deftypefn |
| 991 | |
| 992 | @c strsignal.c:507 |
| 993 | @deftypefn Extension int strtosigno (const char *@var{name}) |
| 994 | |
| 995 | Given the symbolic name of a signal, map it to a signal number. If no |
| 996 | translation is found, returns 0. |
| 997 | |
| 998 | @end deftypefn |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | @c tmpnam.c:3 |
| 1001 | @deftypefn Supplemental char* tmpnam (char *@var{s}) |
| 1002 | |
| 1003 | This function attempts to create a name for a temporary file, which |
| 1004 | will be a valid file name yet not exist when @code{tmpnam} checks for |
| 1005 | it. @var{s} must point to a buffer of at least @code{L_tmpnam} bytes, |
| 1006 | or be @code{NULL}. Use of this function creates a security risk, and it must |
| 1007 | not be used in new projects. Use @code{mkstemp} instead. |
| 1008 | |
| 1009 | @end deftypefn |
| 1010 | |
| 1011 | @c vasprintf.c:48 |
| 1012 | @deftypefn Extension int vasprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{args}) |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | Like @code{vsprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer, |
| 1015 | you pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size |
| 1016 | of the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a |
| 1017 | pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}. The value |
| 1018 | returned is the same as @code{vsprintf} would return. If memory could |
| 1019 | not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in |
| 1020 | @code{*@var{resptr}}. |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | @end deftypefn |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | @c vfork.c:6 |
| 1025 | @deftypefn Supplemental int vfork (void) |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | Emulates @code{vfork} by calling @code{fork} and returning its value. |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | @end deftypefn |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | @c vprintf.c:3 |
| 1032 | @deftypefn Supplemental int vprintf (const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) |
| 1033 | @deftypefnx Supplemental int vfprintf (FILE *@var{stream}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) |
| 1034 | @deftypefnx Supplemental int vsprintf (char *@var{str}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | These functions are the same as @code{printf}, @code{fprintf}, and |
| 1037 | @code{sprintf}, respectively, except that they are called with a |
| 1038 | @code{va_list} instead of a variable number of arguments. Note that |
| 1039 | they do not call @code{va_end}; this is the application's |
| 1040 | responsibility. In @libib{} they are implemented in terms of the |
| 1041 | nonstandard but common function @code{_doprnt}. |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | @end deftypefn |
| 1044 | |
| 1045 | @c vsnprintf.c:28 |
| 1046 | @deftypefn Supplemental int vsnprintf (char *@var{buf}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) |
| 1047 | |
| 1048 | This function is similar to vsprintf, but it will print at most |
| 1049 | @var{n} characters. On error the return value is -1, otherwise it |
| 1050 | returns the number of characters that would have been printed had |
| 1051 | @var{n} been sufficiently large, regardless of the actual value of |
| 1052 | @var{n}. Note some pre-C99 system libraries do not implement this |
| 1053 | correctly so users cannot generally rely on the return value if the |
| 1054 | system version of this function is used. |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | @end deftypefn |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | @c waitpid.c:3 |
| 1059 | @deftypefn Supplemental int waitpid (int @var{pid}, int *@var{status}, int) |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | This is a wrapper around the @code{wait} function. Any ``special'' |
| 1062 | values of @var{pid} depend on your implementation of @code{wait}, as |
| 1063 | does the return value. The third argument is unused in @libib{}. |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | @end deftypefn |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | @c xatexit.c:11 |
| 1068 | @deftypefun int xatexit (void (*@var{fn}) (void)) |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | Behaves as the standard @code{atexit} function, but with no limit on |
| 1071 | the number of registered functions. Returns 0 on success, or @minus{}1 on |
| 1072 | failure. If you use @code{xatexit} to register functions, you must use |
| 1073 | @code{xexit} to terminate your program. |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | @end deftypefun |
| 1076 | |
| 1077 | @c xmalloc.c:38 |
| 1078 | @deftypefn Replacement void* xcalloc (size_t @var{nelem}, size_t @var{elsize}) |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | Allocate memory without fail, and set it to zero. This routine functions |
| 1081 | like @code{calloc}, but will behave the same as @code{xmalloc} if memory |
| 1082 | cannot be found. |
| 1083 | |
| 1084 | @end deftypefn |
| 1085 | |
| 1086 | @c xexit.c:22 |
| 1087 | @deftypefn Replacement void xexit (int @var{code}) |
| 1088 | |
| 1089 | Terminates the program. If any functions have been registered with |
| 1090 | the @code{xatexit} replacement function, they will be called first. |
| 1091 | Termination is handled via the system's normal @code{exit} call. |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | @end deftypefn |
| 1094 | |
| 1095 | @c xmalloc.c:22 |
| 1096 | @deftypefn Replacement void* xmalloc (size_t) |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | Allocate memory without fail. If @code{malloc} fails, this will print |
| 1099 | a message to @code{stderr} (using the name set by |
| 1100 | @code{xmalloc_set_program_name}, |
| 1101 | if any) and then call @code{xexit}. Note that it is therefore safe for |
| 1102 | a program to contain @code{#define malloc xmalloc} in its source. |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | @end deftypefn |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | @c xmalloc.c:53 |
| 1107 | @deftypefn Replacement void xmalloc_failed (size_t) |
| 1108 | |
| 1109 | This function is not meant to be called by client code, and is listed |
| 1110 | here for completeness only. If any of the allocation routines fail, this |
| 1111 | function will be called to print an error message and terminate execution. |
| 1112 | |
| 1113 | @end deftypefn |
| 1114 | |
| 1115 | @c xmalloc.c:46 |
| 1116 | @deftypefn Replacement void xmalloc_set_program_name (const char *@var{name}) |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | You can use this to set the name of the program used by |
| 1119 | @code{xmalloc_failed} when printing a failure message. |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | @end deftypefn |
| 1122 | |
| 1123 | @c xmemdup.c:7 |
| 1124 | @deftypefn Replacement void* xmemdup (void *@var{input}, size_t @var{copy_size}, size_t @var{alloc_size}) |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | Duplicates a region of memory without fail. First, @var{alloc_size} bytes |
| 1127 | are allocated, then @var{copy_size} bytes from @var{input} are copied into |
| 1128 | it, and the new memory is returned. If fewer bytes are copied than were |
| 1129 | allocated, the remaining memory is zeroed. |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | @end deftypefn |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 | @c xmalloc.c:32 |
| 1134 | @deftypefn Replacement void* xrealloc (void *@var{ptr}, size_t @var{size}) |
| 1135 | Reallocate memory without fail. This routine functions like @code{realloc}, |
| 1136 | but will behave the same as @code{xmalloc} if memory cannot be found. |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | @end deftypefn |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | @c xstrdup.c:7 |
| 1141 | @deftypefn Replacement char* xstrdup (const char *@var{s}) |
| 1142 | |
| 1143 | Duplicates a character string without fail, using @code{xmalloc} to |
| 1144 | obtain memory. |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 | @end deftypefn |
| 1147 | |
| 1148 | @c xstrerror.c:7 |
| 1149 | @deftypefn Replacement char* xstrerror (int @var{errnum}) |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | Behaves exactly like the standard @code{strerror} function, but |
| 1152 | will never return a @code{NULL} pointer. |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | @end deftypefn |
| 1155 | |
| 1156 | |