Subject: Re: library man pages
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 01/10/1998 14:18:21
"Chris G. Demetriou" writes:
> quick example from Digital UNIX (not necessarily 'right', but another
> system, and one which documents the libraries that things are in):
I personally like the look of this "and it is has a precedent".
.pm
> getpwent(3) getpwent(3)
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> NAME
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> endpwent, fgetpwent, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, putpwent, setpwent,
> setpwfile, endpwent_r, fgetpwent_r, getpwent_r, getpwnam_r, getpwuid_r,
> setpwent_r - Access user attribute information in the user database
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> LIBRARY
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> Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)
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> SYNOPSIS
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> #include <pwd.h>
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> void endpwent(void);
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> [ ... ]
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> "It's a thought."
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> cgd