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/etc/hostname - Host Identification
/etc/nsswitch.conf - NSS Configuration File
4.n BSD Unix - Berkeley Unix
__va_copy - Copying and Concatenation
_POSIX_OPTION_ORDER environment variable. - Standard Environment
_POSIX_SAVED_IDS - How Change Persona
abort signal - Program Error Signals
aborting a program - Aborting a Program
absolute file name - File Name Resolution
absolute priority - Absolute Priority
absolute value functions - Absolute Value
accepting connections - Accepting Connections
access permission for a file - Access Permission
access, testing for - Testing File Access
accessing directories - Accessing Directories
address of socket - Socket Addresses
address space - Memory Subsystem
address space - Program Basics
alarm signal - Alarm Signals
alarms, setting - Setting an Alarm
alignment (in obstacks) - Obstacks Data Alignment
alignment (with malloc) - Aligned Memory Blocks
alloca disadvantages - Disadvantages of Alloca
alloca function - Variable Size Automatic
allocating pseudo-terminals - Allocation
allocation (obstacks) - Allocation in an Obstack
allocation debugging - Allocation Debugging
allocation hooks, for malloc - Hooks for Malloc
allocation of memory with malloc - Basic Allocation
allocation size of string - Representation of Strings
allocation statistics - Statistics of Malloc
alphabetic character - Classification of Characters
alphabetic character - Classification of Wide Characters
alphanumeric character - Classification of Characters
alphanumeric character - Classification of Wide Characters
append-access files - File Position
argc (program argument count) - Program Arguments
argp (program argument parser) - Argp
argp parser functions - Argp Parser Functions
ARGP_HELP_FMT environment variable - Argp User Customization
argument parsing with argp - Argp
argument promotion - Calling Variadics
argument vectors, null-character separated - Argz and Envz Vectors
arguments (variadic functions) - Receiving Arguments
arguments, how many - How Many Arguments
arguments, to program - Program Arguments
argv (program argument vector) - Program Arguments
argz vectors (string vectors) - Argz and Envz Vectors
arithmetic expansion - Expansion Stages
array comparison functions - String/Array Comparison
array copy functions - Copying and Concatenation
array search function - Array Search Function
array sort function - Array Sort Function
ASCII character - Classification of Characters
assertions - Consistency Checking
attributes of a file - Attribute Meanings
automatic freeing - Variable Size Automatic
automatic memory allocation - Memory Allocation and C
automatic storage class - Memory Allocation and C
automatic storage with variable size - Variable Size Automatic
background job - Concepts of Job Control
background job, launching - Foreground and Background
backtrace - Backtraces
backtrace_fd - Backtraces
backtrace_symbols - Backtraces
base (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
baud rate - Line Speed
Berkeley Unix - Berkeley Unix
Bessel functions - Special Functions
bias (of floating point number exponent) - Floating Point Concepts
big-endian - Byte Order
binary I/O to a stream - Block Input/Output
binary search function (for arrays) - Array Search Function
binary stream - Binary Streams
binding a socket address - Socket Addresses
blank character - Classification of Characters
blank character - Classification of Wide Characters
block I/O to a stream - Block Input/Output
blocked signals - Delivery of Signal
blocked signals, checking for - Checking for Pending Signals
blocking signals - Blocking Signals
blocking signals, in a handler - Blocking for Handler
bootstrapping, and services - Actions in the NSS configuration
break condition, detecting - Input Modes
break condition, generating - Line Control
breaking a string into tokens - Finding Tokens in a String
broken pipe signal - Operation Error Signals
broken-down time - Calendar Time
broken-down time - Broken-down Time
BSD compatibility library - Process Group Functions
BSD compatibility library. - Feature Test Macros
BSD Unix - Berkeley Unix
buffering of streams - Stream Buffering
buffering, controlling - Controlling Buffering
bugs, reporting - Reporting Bugs
bus error - Program Error Signals
butterfly - Misc FP Arithmetic
byte order conversion, for socket - Byte Order
byte stream - Socket Concepts
C++ streams - Streams and I18N
calendar time - Time Basics
calendar time and broken-down time - Broken-down Time
calendar, Gregorian - Calendar Time
calling variadic functions - Calling Variadics
canonical input processing - Canonical or Not
capacity limits, POSIX - General Limits
carrier detect - Control Modes
case conversion of characters - Case Conversion
catching signals - Delivery of Signal
categories for locales - Locale Categories
change working directory - Working Directory
changing the locale - Setting the Locale
changing the size of a block (malloc) - Changing Block Size
changing the size of a block (obstacks) - Growing Objects
channels - Stream/Descriptor Precautions
character case conversion - Case Conversion
character predicates - Classification of Characters
character testing - Classification of Characters
checking for pending signals - Checking for Pending Signals
child process - Processor Time
child process - Processes
child process - Process Creation Concepts
child process signal - Job Control Signals
chunks - Obstack Chunks
classes, floating-point - Floating Point Classes
classification of characters - Classification of Characters
cleaning up a stream - Linked Channels
clearing terminal input queue - Line Control
client - Connections
clock ticks - Processor And CPU Time
clock, high accuracy - High Accuracy Clock
close-on-exec (file descriptor flag) - Descriptor Flags
closing a file descriptor - Opening and Closing Files
closing a socket - Closing a Socket
closing a stream - Closing Streams
collating strings - Collation Functions
combining locales - Choosing Locale
command argument syntax - Argument Syntax
command arguments, parsing - Parsing Program Arguments
command line arguments - Program Arguments
command substitution - Expansion Stages
communication style (of a socket) - Socket Concepts
comparing strings and arrays - String/Array Comparison
Comparison Function - Comparison Functions
compiling - Configuring and compiling
complex exponentiation functions - Exponents and Logarithms
complex logarithm functions - Exponents and Logarithms
complex numbers - Complex Numbers
complex trigonometric functions - Trig Functions
concatenating strings - Copying and Concatenation
configurations, all supported - Supported Configurations
configuring - Configuring and compiling
conjugate complex numbers - Operations on Complex
connecting a socket - Connecting
connection - Connections
consistency checking - Consistency Checking
consistency checking, of heap - Heap Consistency Checking
constants - Memory Concepts
constants - Mathematical Constants
continue signal - Job Control Signals
control character - Classification of Characters
control character - Classification of Wide Characters
control operations on files - Control Operations
controlling process - Controlling Terminal
controlling terminal - Concepts of Job Control
controlling terminal, access to - Access to the Terminal
controlling terminal, determining - Identifying the Terminal
controlling terminal, setting - Open-time Flags
conversion specifications (printf) - Formatted Output Basics
conversion specifications (scanf) - Formatted Input Basics
converting byte order - Byte Order
converting case of characters - Case Conversion
converting file descriptor to stream - Descriptors and Streams
converting floats to integers - Rounding Functions
converting group ID to group name - Lookup Group
converting group name to group ID - Lookup Group
converting host address to name - Host Names
converting host name to address - Host Names
converting network name to network number - Networks Database
converting network number to network name - Networks Database
converting port number to service name - Services Database
converting service name to port number - Services Database
converting string to collation order - Collation Functions
converting strings to numbers - Parsing of Numbers
converting user ID to user name - Lookup User
converting user name to user ID - Lookup User
cookie, for custom stream - Streams and Cookies
copy-on-write page fault - Locked Memory Details
copying strings and arrays - Copying and Concatenation
cpu priority - Priority
CPU time - Time Basics
CPU time - Processor And CPU Time
CPU time - Processor Time
create on open (file status flag) - Open-time Flags
creating a directory - Creating Directories
creating a FIFO special file - FIFO Special Files
creating a pipe - Creating a Pipe
creating a pipe to a subprocess - Pipe to a Subprocess
creating a process - Process Creation Concepts
creating a socket - Creating a Socket
creating a socket pair - Socket Pairs
creating special files - Making Special Files
cube root function - Exponents and Logarithms
currency symbols - Currency Symbol
current limit - Limits on Resources
current working directory - Working Directory
custom streams - Custom Streams
customizing printf - Customizing Printf
data loss on sockets - Socket Concepts
databases - Name Service Switch
datagram socket - Datagrams
datagrams, transmitting - Sending Datagrams
date - Time Basics
Daylight Saving Time - Broken-down Time
decimal digit character - Classification of Characters
decimal-point separator - General Numeric
declaration (compared to definition) - Header Files
declaring variadic functions - Calling Variadics
decompose complex numbers - Operations on Complex
default action (for a signal) - Delivery of Signal
default action for a signal - Basic Signal Handling
default argument promotions - Calling Variadics
default value, and NSS - Notes on NSS Configuration File
defining new printf conversions - Customizing Printf
definition (compared to declaration) - Header Files
delayed suspend character - Signal Characters
deleting a directory - Deleting Files
deleting a file - Deleting Files
delivery of signals - Delivery of Signal
descriptors and streams - Stream/Descriptor Precautions
digit character - Classification of Characters
digit character - Classification of Wide Characters
directories, accessing - Accessing Directories
directories, creating - Creating Directories
directories, deleting - Deleting Files
directory - Directories
directory entry - Directories
directory hierarchy - Working with Directory Trees
directory stream - Accessing Directories
disadvantages of alloca - Disadvantages of Alloca
DISCARD character - Other Special
division by zero - FP Exceptions
DNS - Host Identification
DNS server unavailable - Actions in the NSS configuration
domain (of socket) - Socket Concepts
domain error - Math Error Reporting
domain name - Host Identification
Domain Name System - Host Identification
dot notation, for Internet addresses - Abstract Host Addresses
DSUSP character - Signal Characters
duplicating file descriptors - Duplicating Descriptors
dynamic memory allocation - Memory Allocation and C
dynamic memory allocation - Memory Allocation and C
EBCDIC - Extended Char Intro
echo of terminal input - Local Modes
effective group ID - Process Persona
effective user ID - Process Persona
efficiency and malloc - Efficiency and Malloc
efficiency and obstacks - Extra Fast Growing
efficiency of chunks - Obstack Chunks
EINTR, and restarting interrupted primitives - Interrupted Primitives
elapsed time - Time Basics
elapsed time - Elapsed Time
encryption - Trivial Encryption
end of file, on a stream - EOF and Errors
end-of-file, on a file descriptor - I/O Primitives
environment - Environment Variables
environment access - Environment Access
environment representation - Environment Access
environment variable - Environment Variables
environment vectors, null-character separated - Argz and Envz Vectors
envz vectors (environment vectors) - Argz and Envz Vectors
EOF character - Editing Characters
EOL character - Editing Characters
EOL2 character - Editing Characters
epoch - Simple Calendar Time
ERASE character - Editing Characters
errno - System Calls
error codes - Error Reporting
error messages, in argp - Argp Helper Functions
error reporting - Error Reporting
errors, mathematical - Math Error Reporting
establishing a handler - Signal Actions
ethers - NSS Basics
EUC - Extended Char Intro
EUC-JP - glibc iconv Implementation
exception - FP Exceptions
exception - Program Error Signals
exclusive lock - File Locks
exec functions - Executing a File
execing a program - Memory Concepts
executable - Memory Concepts
executing a file - Executing a File
exit status - Exit Status
exit status value - Program Termination
exiting a program - Memory Concepts
expansion of shell words - Word Expansion
exponent (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
exponentiation functions - Exponents and Logarithms
extending printf - Customizing Printf
extracting file descriptor from stream - Descriptors and Streams
fcntl function - Control Operations
FDL, GNU Free Documentation License - Documentation License
feature test macros - Feature Test Macros
field splitting - Expansion Stages
FIFO special file - Pipes and FIFOs
file access permission - Access Permission
file access time - File Times
file attribute modification time - File Times
file attributes - Attribute Meanings
file creation mask - Setting Permissions
file descriptor flags - Descriptor Flags
file descriptor sets, for select - Waiting for I/O
file descriptors, standard - Descriptors and Streams
file locks - File Locks
file modification time - File Times
file name - File Names
file name component - Directories
file name errors - File Name Errors
file name resolution - File Name Resolution
file name translation flags - Open-time Flags
file names, multiple - Hard Links
file owner - File Owner
file permission bits - Permission Bits
file pointer - Streams
file position - File Position
file positioning on a file descriptor - File Position Primitive
file positioning on a stream - File Positioning
file status flags - File Status Flags
files, accessing - Memory Concepts
filtering i/o through subprocess - Pipe to a Subprocess
flag character (printf) - Output Conversion Syntax
flag character (scanf) - Input Conversion Syntax
flags for sigaction - Flags for Sigaction
flags, file name translation - Open-time Flags
flags, open-time action - Open-time Flags
floating point - Floating Point Numbers
floating point, IEEE - IEEE Floating Point
floating type measurements - Floating Type Macros
floating-point classes - Floating Point Classes
floating-point exception - Program Error Signals
flow control, terminal - Line Control
flushing a stream - Flushing Buffers
flushing terminal output queue - Line Control
foreground job - Concepts of Job Control
foreground job, launching - Foreground and Background
forking a process - Process Creation Concepts
format string, for printf - Formatted Output
format string, for scanf - Formatted Input
formatted input from a stream - Formatted Input
formatted messages - Formatted Messages
formatted output to a stream - Formatted Output
FP arithmetic - FP Bit Twiddling
FQDN - Host Identification
frame, real memory - Memory Concepts
free documentation - Free Manuals
freeing (obstacks) - Freeing Obstack Objects
freeing memory - Memory Concepts
freeing memory allocated with malloc - Freeing after Malloc
fully buffered stream - Buffering Concepts
function prototypes (variadic) - Variadic Prototypes
gamma function - Special Functions
gcvt_r - System V Number Conversion
gencat - The gencat program
generation of signals - Signal Generation
generic i/o control operations - IOCTLs
globbing - Globbing
graphic character - Classification of Characters
graphic character - Classification of Wide Characters
Gregorian calendar - Calendar Time
group - NSS Basics
group database - Group Database
group ID - User and Group IDs
group name - User and Group IDs
group owner of a file - File Owner
grouping of digits - General Numeric
growing objects (in obstacks) - Growing Objects
handling multiple signals - Merged Signals
hangup signal - Termination Signals
hard limit - Limits on Resources
hard link - Hard Links
header files - Header Files
heap consistency checking - Heap Consistency Checking
heap, dynamic allocation from - Unconstrained Allocation
heap, freeing memory from - Freeing after Malloc
hexadecimal digit character - Classification of Characters
hexadecimal digit character - Classification of Wide Characters
hidden bit (of floating point number mantissa) - Floating Point Concepts
hierarchy, directory - Working with Directory Trees
high-priority data - Out-of-Band Data
high-resolution time - Calendar Time
holes in files - File Position Primitive
home directory - Standard Environment
HOME environment variable - Standard Environment
hook functions (of custom streams) - Hook Functions
host address, Internet - Abstract Host Addresses
host name - Host Identification
hostname - Host Identification
hosts - NSS Basics
hosts database - Host Names
how many arguments - How Many Arguments
hyperbolic functions - Hyperbolic Functions
hyperbolic functions - Hyperbolic Functions
identifying terminals - Is It a Terminal
IEEE 754 - Floating Point Numbers
IEEE floating point - Floating Point Numbers
IEEE floating point representation - IEEE Floating Point
IEEE Std 1003.1 - POSIX
IEEE Std 1003.2 - POSIX
ignore action for a signal - Basic Signal Handling
illegal instruction - Program Error Signals
impossible events - Consistency Checking
independent channels - Independent Channels
inexact exception - FP Exceptions
infinity - Infinity and NaN
initial signal actions - Initial Signal Actions
inode number - Attribute Meanings
input available signal - Asynchronous I/O Signals
input conversions, for scanf - Table of Input Conversions
input from multiple files - Waiting for I/O
installation tools - Tools for Compilation
installing - Running make install
integer - Integers
integer division functions - Integer Division
integer type range - Range of Type
integer type width - Width of Type
interactive signals, from terminal - Local Modes
interactive stop signal - Job Control Signals
internal representation - Extended Char Intro
internationalization - Locales
Internet host address - Abstract Host Addresses
Internet namespace, for sockets - Internet Namespace
interprocess communication, with FIFO - FIFO Special Files
interprocess communication, with pipes - Creating a Pipe
interprocess communication, with signals - Kill Example
interprocess communication, with sockets - Sockets
interrupt character - Signal Characters
interrupt signal - Termination Signals
interrupt-driven input - Interrupt Input
interrupting primitives - Interrupted Primitives
interval - Time Basics
interval timer, setting - Setting an Alarm
INTR character - Signal Characters
invalid exception - FP Exceptions
inverse complex hyperbolic functions - Hyperbolic Functions
inverse complex trigonometric functions - Inverse Trig Functions
inverse hyperbolic functions - Hyperbolic Functions
inverse trigonometric functions - Inverse Trig Functions
invocation of program - Program Arguments
IOCTLs - IOCTLs
ISO 10646 - Extended Char Intro
ISO 2022 - Extended Char Intro
ISO 6937 - Extended Char Intro
ISO C - ISO C
ISO-2022-JP - glibc iconv Implementation
ISO/IEC 9945-1 - POSIX
ISO/IEC 9945-2 - POSIX
job - Job Control
job control - Job Control
job control functions - Functions for Job Control
job control is optional - Job Control is Optional
job control signals - Job Control Signals
job control, enabling - Initializing the Shell
job control, enabling - Initializing the Shell
Kermit the frog - Search/Sort Example
kernel call - System Calls
kernel header files - Linux
KILL character - Editing Characters
kill signal - Termination Signals
killing a process - Signaling Another Process
Korn Shell - Wildcard Matching
LANG environment variable - The catgets Functions
LANG environment variable - Standard Environment
launching jobs - Launching Jobs
LC_ALL environment variable - The catgets Functions
LC_ALL environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_COLLATE environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_CTYPE environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_MESSAGES environment variable - The catgets Functions
LC_MESSAGES environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_MONETARY environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_NUMERIC environment variable - Standard Environment
LC_TIME environment variable - Standard Environment
leap second - Broken-down Time
length of string - Representation of Strings
level, for socket options - Socket Options
LGPL, Lesser General Public License - Copying
library - Introduction
limit - Limits on Resources
limits on resource usage - Limits on Resources
limits, file name length - Limits for Files
limits, floating types - Floating Type Macros
limits, integer types - Range of Type
limits, link count of files - Limits for Files
limits, number of open files - General Limits
limits, number of processes - General Limits
limits, number of supplementary group IDs - General Limits
limits, pipe buffer size - Limits for Files
limits, POSIX - General Limits
limits, program argument size - General Limits
limits, terminal input queue - Limits for Files
limits, time zone name length - General Limits
line buffered stream - Buffering Concepts
line speed - Line Speed
lines (in a text file) - Binary Streams
link - Directories
link, hard - Hard Links
link, soft - Symbolic Links
link, symbolic - Symbolic Links
linked channels - Linked Channels
listening (sockets) - Listening
literals - Memory Concepts
little-endian - Byte Order
LNEXT character - Other Special
load average - Processor Resources
local namespace, for sockets - Local Namespace
local network address number - Abstract Host Addresses
local time - Calendar Time
locale categories - Locale Categories
locale, changing - Setting the Locale
locales - Locales
locking pages - Locking Pages
logarithm functions - Exponents and Logarithms
login name - User and Group IDs
login name, determining - Who Logged In
LOGNAME environment variable - Standard Environment
long jumps - Non-Local Exits
long-named options - Argument Syntax
longjmp - Advantages of Alloca
loss of data on sockets - Socket Concepts
lost resource signal - Operation Error Signals
lower-case character - Classification of Characters
lower-case character - Classification of Wide Characters
macros - Obstack Functions
main function - Program Arguments
malloc debugger - Allocation Debugging
malloc function - Unconstrained Allocation
mantissa (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
matching failure, in scanf - Formatted Input Basics
math errors - Errors in Math Functions
mathematical constants - Mathematical Constants
maximum - Misc FP Arithmetic
maximum field width (scanf) - Input Conversion Syntax
maximum limit - Limits on Resources
maximum possible integer - Integers
measurements of floating types - Floating Type Macros
memory allocation - Memory
memory lock - Locking Pages
memory mapped file - Memory Concepts
memory mapped I/O - Memory Concepts
memory page - Memory Subsystem
merging of signals - Merged Signals
MIN termios slot - Noncanonical Input
minimum - Misc FP Arithmetic
minimum field width (printf) - Output Conversion Syntax
minimum possible integer - Integers
mixing descriptors and streams - Stream/Descriptor Precautions
modem disconnect - Control Modes
modem status lines - Control Modes
monetary value formatting - The Lame Way to Locale Data
multi-threaded application - Streams and Threads
multibyte character - Extended Char Intro
multibyte character string - Representation of Strings
multibyte string - Representation of Strings
multiple names for one file - Hard Links
multiplexing input - Waiting for I/O
multiply-add - Misc FP Arithmetic
name of running program - Error Messages
name of socket - Socket Addresses
Name Service Switch - Name Service Switch
name space - Reserved Names
names of signals - Standard Signals
namespace (of socket) - Socket Concepts
NaN - Infinity and NaN
NaN - FP Bit Twiddling
netgroup - NSS Basics
Netgroup - Netgroup Data
network byte order - Byte Order
network number - Abstract Host Addresses
network protocol - Socket Concepts
networks - NSS Basics
networks database - Networks Database
NIS - Host Identification
NIS domain name - Host Identification
NIS domain name - Host Identification
NIS domain name - Host Identification
nisplus, and booting - Actions in the NSS configuration
nisplus, and completeness - Actions in the NSS configuration
NLSPATH environment variable - The catgets Functions
NLSPATH environment variable - Standard Environment
non-blocking open - Open-time Flags
non-local exit, from signal handler - Longjmp in Handler
non-local exits - Non-Local Exits
noncanonical input processing - Canonical or Not
normalization functions (floating-point) - Normalization Functions
normalized floating point number - Floating Point Concepts
not a number - Infinity and NaN
NSS - Name Service Switch
nsswitch.conf - NSS Configuration File
null character - Representation of Strings
null pointer constant - Null Pointer Constant
null wide character - Representation of Strings
number of arguments passed - How Many Arguments
number syntax, parsing - Parsing of Numbers
numeric value formatting - The Lame Way to Locale Data
obstack status - Status of an Obstack
obstacks - Obstacks
open-time action flags - Open-time Flags
opening a file - I/O Concepts
opening a file descriptor - Opening and Closing Files
opening a pipe - Creating a Pipe
opening a pseudo-terminal pair - Pseudo-Terminal Pairs
opening a socket - Creating a Socket
opening a socket pair - Socket Pairs
opening a stream - Opening Streams
Optimization - FP Function Optimizations
optimizing NSS - Notes on NSS Configuration File
option parsing with argp - Argp
optional arguments - Variadic Functions
optional POSIX features - System Options
orientation, stream - Opening Streams
orientation, stream - Streams and I18N
orphaned process group - Orphaned Process Groups
out-of-band data - Out-of-Band Data
output conversions, for printf - Table of Output Conversions
output possible signal - Asynchronous I/O Signals
overflow exception - FP Exceptions
owner of a file - File Owner
packet - Socket Concepts
page boundary - Aligned Memory Blocks
page fault - Memory Concepts
page fault, copy-on-write - Locked Memory Details
page frame - Memory Concepts
page, memory - Memory Subsystem
page, virtual memory - Memory Concepts
paging - Memory Concepts
paging - Locking Pages
parameter promotion - String/Array Conventions
parent directory - File Name Resolution
parent process - Processes
parent process - Process Creation Concepts
parity checking - Input Modes
parsing a template string - Parsing a Template String
parsing numbers (in formatted input) - Parsing of Numbers
parsing program arguments - Parsing Program Arguments
parsing tokens from a string - Finding Tokens in a String
passwd - NSS Basics
password database - User Database
PATH environment variable - Standard Environment
pause function - Waiting for a Signal
peeking at input - Unreading
pending signals - Delivery of Signal
pending signals, checking for - Checking for Pending Signals
period of time - Time Basics
permission to access a file - Access Permission
persona - Process Persona
physical address - Memory Subsystem
physical memory - Memory Subsystem
pi (trigonometric constant) - Trig Functions
pipe - Pipes and FIFOs
pipe signal - Operation Error Signals
pipe to a subprocess - Pipe to a Subprocess
port number - Ports
positioning a file descriptor - File Position Primitive
positioning a stream - File Positioning
positive difference - Misc FP Arithmetic
POSIX - POSIX
POSIX capacity limits - General Limits
POSIX optional features - System Options
POSIX.1 - POSIX
POSIX.2 - POSIX
power functions - Exponents and Logarithms
precision (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
precision (printf) - Output Conversion Syntax
predicates on arrays - String/Array Comparison
predicates on characters - Classification of Characters
predicates on strings - String/Array Comparison
preemptive scheduling - Absolute Priority
primitives, interrupting - Interrupted Primitives
printing character - Classification of Characters
printing character - Classification of Wide Characters
priority of a process - Priority
priority, absolute - Absolute Priority
process - Program Basics
process - Processes
process completion - Process Completion
process group functions - Functions for Job Control
process group ID - Launching Jobs
process group leader - Launching Jobs
process groups - Job Control
process ID - Process Creation Concepts
process image - Process Creation Concepts
process lifetime - Process Creation Concepts
process priority - Priority
process signal mask - Process Signal Mask
process termination - Program Termination
processor time - Time Basics
processor time - Processor Time
profiling alarm signal - Alarm Signals
profiling timer - Setting an Alarm
program - Program Basics
program argument syntax - Argument Syntax
program arguments - Program Arguments
program arguments, parsing - Parsing Program Arguments
program error signals - Program Error Signals
program name - Error Messages
program startup - Program Arguments
program termination - Program Termination
program termination signals - Termination Signals
programming your own streams - Custom Streams
project complex numbers - Operations on Complex
protocol (of socket) - Socket Concepts
protocol family - Socket Concepts
protocols - NSS Basics
protocols database - Protocols Database
prototypes for variadic functions - Variadic Prototypes
pseudo-random numbers - Pseudo-Random Numbers
pseudo-terminals - Pseudo-Terminals
punctuation character - Classification of Characters
punctuation character - Classification of Wide Characters
pushing input back - Unreading
quick sort function (for arrays) - Array Sort Function
QUIT character - Signal Characters
quit signal - Termination Signals
quit signal - Termination Signals
quote removal - Expansion Stages
race conditions, relating to job control - Launching Jobs
race conditions, relating to signals - Signals in Handler
radix (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
raising signals - Generating Signals
random numbers - Pseudo-Random Numbers
random-access files - File Position
range error - Math Error Reporting
range of integer type - Range of Type
read lock - File Locks
reading from a directory - Accessing Directories
reading from a file descriptor - I/O Primitives
reading from a socket - Transferring Data
reading from a stream, by blocks - Block Input/Output
reading from a stream, by characters - Character Input
reading from a stream, formatted - Formatted Input
ready to run - Absolute Priority
real group ID - Process Persona
real user ID - Process Persona
real-time timer - Setting an Alarm
realtime CPU scheduling - Absolute Priority
realtime processing - Why Lock Pages
realtime scheduling - Realtime Scheduling
receiving datagrams - Receiving Datagrams
record locking - File Locks
redirecting input and output - Duplicating Descriptors
reentrant functions - Nonreentrancy
reentrant NSS functions - NSS Module Names
relative file name - File Name Resolution
removal of quotes - Expansion Stages
removing a file - Deleting Files
removing macros that shadow functions - Macro Definitions
renaming a file - Renaming Files
reporting bugs - Reporting Bugs
reporting errors - Error Reporting
REPRINT character - Editing Characters
reserved names - Reserved Names
resource limits - Limits on Resources
restarting interrupted primitives - Interrupted Primitives
restrictions on signal handler functions - Nonreentrancy
root directory - File Name Resolution
Rot13 - Trivial Encryption
rpc - NSS Basics
runnable process - Absolute Priority
running a command - Running a Command
saved set-group-ID - How Change Persona
saved set-user-ID - How Change Persona
scanning the group list - Scanning All Groups
scanning the user list - Scanning All Users
scatter-gather - Scatter-Gather
scheduling, traditional - Traditional Scheduling
search function (for arrays) - Array Search Function
search functions (for strings) - Search Functions
seed (for random numbers) - Pseudo-Random Numbers
seeking on a file descriptor - File Position Primitive
seeking on a stream - File Positioning
segmentation violation - Program Error Signals
sending a datagram - Sending Datagrams
sending signals - Generating Signals
sequential-access files - File Position
server - Connections
services - NSS Basics
services database - Services Database
session - Job Control
session - Concepts of Job Control
session leader - Concepts of Job Control
setting an alarm - Setting an Alarm
setuid programs - How Change Persona
setuid programs and file access - Testing File Access
severity class - Printing Formatted Messages
severity class - Adding Severity Classes
sgettext - GUI program problems
sgettext - GUI program problems
shadow - NSS Basics
shadowing functions with macros - Macro Definitions
shared lock - File Locks
shared memory - Memory Subsystem
shell - Concepts of Job Control
shift state - Keeping the state
Shift_JIS - Extended Char Intro
shrinking objects - Growing Objects
shutting down a socket - Closing a Socket
sigaction flags - Flags for Sigaction
sigaction function - Advanced Signal Handling
SIGCHLD, handling of - Stopped and Terminated Jobs
sign (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
signal - FP Exceptions
signal - Signal Handling
signal action - Delivery of Signal
signal actions - Signal Actions
signal flags - Flags for Sigaction
signal function - Basic Signal Handling
signal handler function - Defining Handlers
signal mask - Process Signal Mask
signal messages - Signal Messages
signal names - Standard Signals
signal number - Standard Signals
signal set - Signal Sets
signals, generating - Generating Signals
signedness - Integers
significand (of floating point number) - Floating Point Concepts
SIGTTIN, from background job - Access to the Terminal
SIGTTOU, from background job - Access to the Terminal
simple time - Calendar Time
single-byte string - Representation of Strings
size of string - Representation of Strings
SJIS - Extended Char Intro
socket - Sockets
socket address (name) binding - Socket Addresses
socket domain - Socket Concepts
socket namespace - Socket Concepts
socket option level - Socket Options
socket options - Socket Options
socket pair - Socket Pairs
socket protocol - Socket Concepts
socket shutdown - Closing a Socket
socket, client actions - Connecting
socket, closing - Closing a Socket
socket, connecting - Connecting
socket, creating - Creating a Socket
socket, initiating a connection - Connecting
sockets, accepting connections - Accepting Connections
sockets, listening - Listening
sockets, server actions - Listening
soft limit - Limits on Resources
soft link - Symbolic Links
sort function (for arrays) - Array Sort Function
sparse files - File Position Primitive
special files - Making Special Files
special functions - Special Functions
specified action (for a signal) - Delivery of Signal
speed of execution - Why Lock Pages
square root function - Exponents and Logarithms
stable sorting - Array Sort Function
standard dot notation, for Internet addresses - Abstract Host Addresses
standard environment variables - Standard Environment
standard error file descriptor - Descriptors and Streams
standard error stream - Standard Streams
standard file descriptors - Descriptors and Streams
standard input file descriptor - Descriptors and Streams
standard input stream - Standard Streams
standard output file descriptor - Descriptors and Streams
standard output stream - Standard Streams
standard streams - Standard Streams
standards - Standards and Portability
START character - Start/Stop Characters
startup of program - Program Arguments
stateful - Keeping the state
stateful - Converting a Character
stateful - Converting Strings
stateful - Generic Conversion Interface
stateful - iconv Examples
stateful - glibc iconv Implementation
static memory allocation - Memory Allocation and C
static storage class - Memory Allocation and C
STATUS character - Other Special
status codes - Error Reporting
status of a file - Attribute Meanings
status of obstack - Status of an Obstack
sticky bit - Permission Bits
STOP character - Start/Stop Characters
stop signal - Job Control Signals
stopped job - Concepts of Job Control
stopped jobs, continuing - Continuing Stopped Jobs
stopped jobs, detecting - Stopped and Terminated Jobs
storage allocation - Memory
stream (sockets) - Socket Concepts
stream orientation - Opening Streams
stream orientation - Streams and I18N
stream, for I/O to a string - String Streams
streams and descriptors - Stream/Descriptor Precautions
streams, and file descriptors - Descriptors and Streams
streams, C++ - Streams and I18N
streams, standard - Standard Streams
string - Representation of Strings
string allocation - Representation of Strings
string collation functions - Collation Functions
string comparison functions - String/Array Comparison
string concatenation functions - Copying and Concatenation
string copy functions - Copying and Concatenation
string length - Representation of Strings
string literal - Representation of Strings
string search functions - Search Functions
string stream - String Streams
string vectors, null-character separated - Argz and Envz Vectors
string, representation of - Representation of Strings
style of communication (of a socket) - Socket Concepts
subshell - Initializing the Shell
substitution of variables and commands - Expansion Stages
successive signals - Merged Signals
summer time - Broken-down Time
SunOS - Berkeley Unix
supplementary group IDs - Process Persona
SUSP character - Signal Characters
suspend character - Signal Characters
SVID - SVID
swap space - Memory Concepts
symbolic link - Symbolic Links
symbolic link, opening - Open-time Flags
synchronizing - Synchronizing I/O
synchronizing - Synchronizing AIO Operations
syntax error messages, in argp - Argp Helper Functions
syntax, for program arguments - Argument Syntax
syntax, for reading numbers - Parsing of Numbers
sysconf - Query Memory Parameters
sysconf - Query Memory Parameters
sysconf - Processor Resources
sysconf - Processor Resources
system call - System Calls
system call number - System Calls
System V Unix - SVID
TCP (Internet protocol) - Protocols Database
template, for printf - Formatted Output
template, for scanf - Formatted Input
TERM environment variable - Standard Environment
terminal flow control - Line Control
terminal identification - Is It a Terminal
terminal input queue - I/O Queues
terminal input queue, clearing - Line Control
terminal input signal - Job Control Signals
terminal line control functions - Line Control
terminal line speed - Line Speed
terminal line speed - Line Speed
terminal mode data types - Mode Data Types
terminal mode functions - Mode Functions
terminal modes, BSD - BSD Terminal Modes
terminal output queue - I/O Queues
terminal output queue, flushing - Line Control
terminal output signal - Job Control Signals
terminated jobs, detecting - Stopped and Terminated Jobs
termination signal - Termination Signals
testing access permission - Testing File Access
testing exit status of child process - Process Completion
text stream - Binary Streams
thrashing - Memory Subsystem
thread of control - Program Basics
threads - Streams and Threads
ticks, clock - Processor And CPU Time
tilde expansion - Expansion Stages
time - Time Basics
TIME termios slot - Noncanonical Input
time zone - TZ Variable
time zone database - TZ Variable
time, elapsed - Time Basics
time, high precision - High Accuracy Clock
timer, profiling - Setting an Alarm
timer, real-time - Setting an Alarm
timer, virtual - Setting an Alarm
timers, setting - Setting an Alarm
timespec - Elapsed Time
timeval - Elapsed Time
timing error in signal handling - Remembering a Signal
TMPDIR environment variable - Temporary Files
tokenizing strings - Finding Tokens in a String
tools, for installing library - Tools for Compilation
transmitting datagrams - Sending Datagrams
tree, directory - Working with Directory Trees
triangulation - glibc iconv Implementation
trigonometric functions - Trig Functions
type measurements, floating - Floating Type Macros
type measurements, integer - Width of Type
type modifier character (printf) - Output Conversion Syntax
type modifier character (scanf) - Input Conversion Syntax
typeahead buffer - I/O Queues
TZ environment variable - Standard Environment
UCS-2 - Extended Char Intro
UCS-4 - Extended Char Intro
ulps - Errors in Math Functions
umask - Setting Permissions
unbuffered stream - Buffering Concepts
unconstrained memory allocation - Unconstrained Allocation
undefining macros that shadow functions - Macro Definitions
underflow exception - FP Exceptions
Unicode - Extended Char Intro
Unix, Berkeley - Berkeley Unix
Unix, System V - SVID
unlinking a file - Deleting Files
unordered comparison - FP Comparison Functions
unreading characters - Unreading
upgrading from libc5 - Linux
upper-case character - Classification of Characters
upper-case character - Classification of Wide Characters
urgent data signal - Asynchronous I/O Signals
urgent socket condition - Out-of-Band Data
usage limits - Limits on Resources
usage messages, in argp - Argp Helper Functions
user accounting database - User Accounting Database
user database - User Database
user ID - User and Group IDs
user ID, determining - Who Logged In
user name - User and Group IDs
user signals - Miscellaneous Signals
usual file name errors - File Name Errors
UTF-16 - Extended Char Intro
UTF-7 - Extended Char Intro
UTF-8 - Extended Char Intro
UTF-8 - Extended Char Intro
va_copy - Copying and Concatenation
variable number of arguments - Variadic Functions
variable substitution - Expansion Stages
variable-sized arrays - GNU C Variable-Size Arrays
variadic function argument access - Receiving Arguments
variadic function prototypes - Variadic Prototypes
variadic functions - Variadic Functions
variadic functions, calling - Calling Variadics
virtual time alarm signal - Alarm Signals
virtual timer - Setting an Alarm
volatile declarations - Nonreentrancy
waiting for a signal - Waiting for a Signal
waiting for completion of child process - Process Completion
waiting for input or output - Waiting for I/O
WERASE character - Editing Characters
whitespace character - Classification of Characters
whitespace character - Classification of Wide Characters
wide character - Extended Char Intro
wide character string - Representation of Strings
wide character string - Representation of Strings
width of integer type - Width of Type
wildcard expansion - Expansion Stages
wint_t - String/Array Conventions
word expansion - Word Expansion
working directory - Working Directory
write lock - File Locks
writing to a file descriptor - I/O Primitives
writing to a socket - Transferring Data
writing to a stream, by blocks - Block Input/Output
writing to a stream, by characters - Simple Output
writing to a stream, formatted - Formatted Output
YP - Host Identification
YP domain name - Host Identification
YP domain name - Host Identification
YP domain name - Host Identification
zero divide - FP Exceptions