Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl 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 18:10:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid User-Agent: tin/1.4-19991113 ("No Labels") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.38-16-generic (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:277728 comp.os.linux.embedded:798 In comp.os.linux.advocacy 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. Why don't you just read the man pages in an xterm like everybody else?