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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)