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From: tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey)
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Subject: Re: How do I get a list of UNIX C functions?
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anlhille@rose.ucs.indiana.edu (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:

>I know I can type 'man <function>' but how do I get just the huge list of
>C functions?

On most UN*X systems, "ar t /lib/libc.a" will give you a list of all the
functions in the standard C library.

If your man command supports it, "man -k xxxx" will give you a list of
commands that have to do with "xxxx".  For instance, "man -k tty" will
list all of the manual entries that mention "tty" in their NAME section.

Failing that, change directory to wherever your manual pages live (on
BSD systems, /usr/man/cat?; on SYSV systems, /usr/catman/p_man/man?)
and read to your heart's content.

Tim
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