Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 17:18:54 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: 0000-Administrator <root@acromail.ml.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info files. Message-ID: <33F24EEE.695678E2@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813163737.2506A-100000@acromail.ml.org>
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0000-Administrator wrote: > > Why are there info files for the g++ library but no info files for the > plain old c library. I learned most of what I know about network > programming from the libc info files for linux --- either that or what is > some good docs for general app/net programming under freebsd In particular > the short and to the point examples of how the structures (and their > definitions) are used (all stuff that is in the gnu c library info files). > Does freebsd actually use the gnu c library, can someone explain what it > uses and where I can get a book that explains how to use all the system > calls? (yes, I do know about man pages) FreeBSD doesn't use the gnu libc. it uses the Berkeley libc. It is copiously documented i the man pages and in the DOC directories.. Also look on the web page at the bibliography. 'info' is a gnu home-grown thing that the gnu people use no-one else uses th info stuff really. the eqaul argument is 'why doesn't gnu provide man pages for their stuff?' (sometime they do sometimes they don't)
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