Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Folderol Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.embedded,24hoursupport.helpdesk Subject: Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:17:16 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: <20150124181716.4433655f@debian> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4c8c017bf2000d02e906f28de06f0c9d"; logging-data="7680"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18VmYZPq/suDPImoDxSNn8Oy2wBGibWCcs=" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4MAMaeFWCfbI+WVBhhitS9GRyvg= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:277732 comp.os.linux.embedded:799 On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:58:51 +0000 7 wrote: > List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands > ------------------------------------------------ > > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_all_alphabetic.html > > Whoa! Unbelievable. All documented including which header files to use > when calling functions, and the data types of the functions. > > Developers can use this to make ANY new computing system or distro. > > May be a new banking device, or a TV device, or a gaming device, > or a robot gadget, or a Internet of Things product, or a > new tablet, or a new smart watch, or a new 3D printer, > or a new digital camera, or a new digital telescope, or > a new security camera, etc etc etc. > > Also documented are all the common commands that may be run > from bash console such as ls, date, cp, etc. > These functions are easy enough to call from C program > to make exceptionally light work of very complex operatons > without having to write all that in C. > > Many of these commands are immensely useful in fault finding > roles. Thanks for that... Bookmarked. This is *far* easier to read than the man pages, especially if you're not really sure what you are looking for and just want to browse through. -- W J G