refference about C functions.

+Yan · 01-03-2007, 08:39 AM

Hi All,

I'm writing some code using GNU C, with standard libraries which are coming with slackware linux 11.

My question is how can i find what function I need, when I want to do something. For example when I want to parse input line from file I use sscanf() instead of writing my own. Where can i find full reference to ANSI C Functions / libraries, and C functions used in linux ?

10x in Advance.

colucix · 01-03-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by +Yan

I'm writing some code using GNU C,

The answer is inside your question: check the GNU C Library on the official GNU site at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/index.html. You will find an index of C functions with a brief description.

tuxdev · 01-03-2007, 10:55 AM

You can also get the book "Advanced Programming for the Unix Enviroment". It's got a good explaination of pretty much all the functions in POSIX. For quick reference, you can look at the header files.

+Yan · 01-08-2007, 06:10 AM

Thanks a lot for the helpful answers.