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mkfifo(3) -- make a FIFO special file (a named pipe)
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mkfifo makes a FIFO special file with name pathname. mode specifies the FIFO's permissions. It is modified by the process's umask in the usual way: the permissions of the created file are (mode & ~u... |
mkstemp(3) -- create a unique temporary file
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The mkstemp() function generates a unique temporary file name from tem- plate. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique. T... |
mktemp(3) -- make a unique temporary file name
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The mktemp() function generates a unique temporary file name from tem- plate. The last six characters of template must be XXXXXX and these are replaced with a string that makes the filename unique. Si... |
modf(3) -- extract signed integral and fractional values from floatingpoint number
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The modf() function breaks the argument x into an integral part and a fractional part, each of which has the same sign as x. The integral part is stored in iptr. |
mpool(3) -- shared memory buffer pool
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Mpool is the library interface intended to provide page oriented buffer management of files. The buffers may be shared between processes. The function mpool_open initializes a memory pool. The key arg... |
netlink(3) -- Netlink macros
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netlink.h defines several standard macros to access or create a netlink datagram. They are similar in spirit to the macros defined in cmsg(3) for auxilliary data. The buffer passed to and from a netli... |
ngettext(3) -- translate message and choose plural form
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The ngettext, dngettext and dcngettext functions attempt to translate a text string into the user's native language, by looking up the appropriate plural form of the translation in a message catalog.... |
nl_langinfo(3) -- query language and locale information
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The nl_langinfo function provides access to locale information in a more flexible way than localeconv(3) does. Individual and additional elements of the locale categories can be queried. Examples for ... |
on_exit(3) -- register a function to be called at normal program termination.
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The on_exit() function registers the given function to be called at normal program termination, whether via exit(3) or via return from the program's main. The function is passed the argument to exit(... |
opendir(3) -- open a directory
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The opendir() function opens a directory stream corresponding to the directory name, and returns a pointer to the directory stream. The stream is positioned at the first entry in the directory. |
perror(3) -- print a system error message
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The routine perror() produces a message on the standard error output, describing the last error encountered during a call to a system or library function. The argument string s is printed first, then ... |
popen(3) -- process I/O
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The popen() function opens a process by creating a pipe, forking, and invoking the shell. Since a pipe is by definition unidirectional, the type argument may specify only reading or writing, not both;... |
printf(3) -- formatted output conversion
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The functions in the printf family produce output according to a format as described below. The functions printf and vprintf write output to stdout, the standard output stream; fprintf and vfprintf wr... |