From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 13 20:38:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA19183 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hwcn.org (main.hwcn.org [199.212.94.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA19134 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:38:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (ac199@james.hwcn.org [199.212.94.66]) by hwcn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA21933; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:38:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA15142; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:38:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca: ac199 owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:38:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek X-Sender: ac199@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca Reply-To: hoek@hwcn.org To: Michael Smith cc: 0000-Administrator , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Info files. In-Reply-To: <199708140143.LAA17340@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [-stable & -hackers changed to -questions] On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > 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 does not use the GNU C library, and likely never will. That said, most of the info from the GNU C lib ref. manual applies to FreeBSD. The ref manual tends to provide a better "broad" picture along with more examples, advice, and commentary, which is useful if you're new to the C lib. On a function vs. function doc, I prefer our manpages, but both have their purpose. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk