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From: robert@texas.asd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner)
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Subject: Re: What is "pseudorgb()"?
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Date: 11 Sep 90 21:40:13 GMT
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In article <9009080622.AA07955@frodo.Physics.McGill.CA>,
loki@physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson Rm421) writes:
|> 
|> 	Hey ho....
|> 
|> 	I have been fruitlessly searching man pages, libraries, include
|> files and source code trying to find out what "pseudorgb()" does.  I have
|> discovered that one needs -lgutil to resolve it but "ar -t libgutil.a"
|> does not show it in the table of contents.
|> 
|> 	Can anyone enlighten me as to what it is and why I can't find it,
|> either in references or in libraries?
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> Loki Jorgenson			node:  loki@physics.mcgill.ca
|> Physics, McGill University	fax:   (514) 398-3733
|> Montreal Quebec CANADA		phone: (514) 398-6531
|> 
|> 		<<  If I only had a brain  >>

I can't tell you what it does, but I can shed some light on why
"ar -t libgutil.a" didn't find it.  "ar -t" only lists object files,
but a single object file may contain several routines.

Use "nm" to tell you what symbols an object file or library defines
and references.

Robert Skinner
robert@sgi.com

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