Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:23:27 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Quick reference to Unix API (besides man pages) Message-ID: <20020321161720.V33574-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <20020321185957.B1020@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, j mckitrick wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'd like to have a quick reference to the basic Unix/Kernel/OS API calls > I can use in a basic C program. For example, I'm converting a script to > C, and it's simple to check for file existence in a script. I could use > exec() to execute the script command itself, or I could call fopen() and > see if the file exists. But I'd like a quick-reference to see if a > different function would be even better. "Advanced programming in the Unix Environment", W. Richard Stevens. This is one of those books you must read if you are planing to do serious programming in unix. "Practical Unix Programming" Robbins & Robbins. Not as good as Stevens' (IMHO), but it's worth a reading. Fer > > Besides man pages, where can I look? > > Please CC me, I'm not subscribed. Thanks. > > jm > -- > My other computer is your windows box. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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