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_POSIX_OPTION_ORDER environment variable.

_POSIX_SAVED_IDS

a

aborting a program

absolute file name

absolute value functions

accepting connections

access permission for a file

access, testing for

accessing directories

address of socket

alarms, setting

alignment (in obstacks)

alignment (with malloc)

alloca disadvantages

alloca function

allocating pseudo-terminals

allocation (obstacks)

allocation debugging

allocation hooks, for malloc

allocation of memory with malloc

allocation size of string

allocation statistics

alphabetic character

alphanumeric character

append-access files

argc (program argument count)

argp (program argument parser)

argp parser functions

ARGP_HELP_FMT environment variable

argument parsing with argp

argument promotion

argument vectors, null-character separated

arguments (variadic functions)

arguments, how many

arguments, to program

argv (program argument vector)

argz vectors (string vectors)

arithmetic expansion

array comparison functions

array copy functions

array search function

array sort function

ASCII character

attributes of a file

automatic allocation

automatic freeing

automatic storage with variable size

b

background job, launching

base (of floating point number)

basic byte sequence

Bessel functions

bias (of floating point number exponent)

binary I/O to a stream

binary search function (for arrays)

binding a socket address

blank character

block I/O to a stream

blocked signals

blocked signals, checking for

blocking signals

blocking signals, in a handler

bootstrapping, and services

break condition, detecting

break condition, generating

breaking a string into tokens

broken pipe signal

broken-down time, broken-down time

BSD compatibility library

BSD compatibility library.

buffering of streams

buffering, controlling

bugs, reporting

byte order conversion, for socket

c

calendar time and broken-down time

calling variadic functions

canonical input processing

capacity limits, POSIX

case conversion of characters

catching signals

categories for locales

change working directory

changing the locale

changing the size of a block (malloc)

changing the size of a block (obstacks)

character case conversion

character predicates

character testing

checking for pending signals

child process, child process

child process signal

classes, floating-point

classification of characters

cleaning up a stream

clearing terminal input queue

close-on-exec (file descriptor flag)

closing a file descriptor

closing a socket

closing a stream

code, character

collating strings

combining locales

command argument syntax

command arguments, parsing

command line arguments

command substitution

communication style (of a socket)

comparing strings and arrays

Comparison Function

complex exponentiation functions

complex logarithm functions

complex numbers

complex trigonometric functions

concatenating strings

configurations, all supported

conjugate complex numbers

connecting a socket

consistency checking

consistency checking, of heap

continue signal

control character

control operations on files

controlling process

controlling terminal

controlling terminal, access to

controlling terminal, determining

controlling terminal, setting

conversion specifications (printf)

conversion specifications (scanf)

converting byte order

converting case of characters

converting extended characters

converting extended strings

converting file descriptor to stream

converting floats to integers

converting group ID to group name

converting group name to group ID

converting host address to name

converting host name to address

converting network name to network number

converting network number to network name

converting port number to service name

converting service name to port number

converting string to collation order

converting strings to numbers

converting user ID to user name

converting user name to user ID

cookie, for custom stream

copying strings and arrays

create on open (file status flag)

creating a directory

creating a FIFO special file

creating a pipe

creating a pipe to a subprocess

creating a process

creating a socket

creating a socket pair

creating special files

cube root function

currency symbols

current working directory

customizing printf

d

data loss on sockets

datagram socket

datagrams, transmitting

Daylight Saving Time

decimal digit character

decimal-point separator

declaration (compared to definition)

declaring variadic functions

decompose complex numbers

default action (for a signal)

default action for a signal

default argument promotions

default value, and NSS

defining new printf conversions

definition (compared to declaration)

delayed suspend character

deleting a directory

deleting a file

delivery of signals

descriptors and streams

digit character

directories, accessing

directories, creating

directories, deleting

directory entry

directory hierarchy

directory stream

disadvantages of alloca

DISCARD character

division by zero

DNS server unavailable

domain (of socket)

dot notation, for Internet addresses

DSUSP character

duplicating file descriptors

dynamic allocation

e

echo of terminal input

effective group ID

effective user ID

efficiency and malloc

efficiency and obstacks

efficiency of chunks

EINTR, and restarting interrupted primitives

end of file, on a stream

end-of-file, on a file descriptor

environment access

environment representation

environment variable

environment vectors, null-character separated

envz vectors (environment vectors)

ERASE character

error messages, in argp

error reporting

errors, mathematical

establishing a handler

exception, exception

exec functions

executing a file

exit status value

expansion of shell words

exponent (of floating point number)

exponentiation functions

extended character sets

extended characters, converting

extended strings, converting representations

extending printf

extracting file descriptor from stream

f

fcntl function

feature test macros

field splitting

FIFO special file

file access permission

file access time

file attribute modification time

file attributes

file creation mask

file descriptor flags

file descriptor sets, for select

file descriptors, standard

file modification time

file name component

file name errors

file name resolution

file name translation flags

file names, multiple

file permission bits

file positioning on a file descriptor

file positioning on a stream

file status flags

filtering i/o through subprocess

flag character (printf)

flag character (scanf)

flags for sigaction

flags, file name translation

flags, open-time action

floating point, IEEE

floating type measurements

floating-point classes

floating-point exception

flow control, terminal

flushing a stream

flushing terminal output queue

foreground job, launching

forking a process

format string, for printf

format string, for scanf

formatted input from a stream

formatted messages

formatted output to a stream

freeing (obstacks)

freeing memory allocated with malloc

fully buffered stream

function prototypes (variadic)

g

generation of signals

generic i/o control operations

graphic character

Gregorian calendar

group owner of a file

grouping of digits

growing objects (in obstacks)

h

handling multiple signals

heap consistency checking

heap, dynamic allocation from

heap, freeing memory from

hexadecimal digit character

hidden bit (of floating point number mantissa)

hierarchy, directory

high-priority data

high-resolution time

HOME environment variable

hook functions (of custom streams)

host address, Internet

how many arguments

hyperbolic functions, hyperbolic functions

i

identifying terminals

IEEE floating point

IEEE floating point representation

IEEE Std 1003.1

IEEE Std 1003.2

ignore action for a signal

illegal instruction

impossible events

independent channels

inexact exception

initial signal actions

input available signal

input conversions, for scanf

input from multiple files

installation tools

integer division functions

integer type range

integer type width

interactive signals, from terminal

interactive stop signal

internationalization

Internet host address

Internet namespace, for sockets

interprocess communication, with FIFO

interprocess communication, with pipes

interprocess communication, with signals

interprocess communication, with sockets

interrupt character

interrupt signal

interrupt-driven input

interrupting primitives

interval timer, setting

invalid exception

inverse complex hyperbolic functions

inverse complex trigonometric functions

inverse hyperbolic functions

inverse trigonometric functions

invocation of program

j

job control functions

job control is optional

job control signals

job control, enabling, job control, enabling

k

Kermit the frog

kernel header files

killing a process

l

LANG environment variable

LANG environment variable

LC_ALL environment variable

LC_ALL environment variable

LC_COLLATE environment variable

LC_CTYPE environment variable

LC_MESSAGES environment variable

LC_MESSAGES environment variable

LC_MONETARY environment variable

LC_NUMERIC environment variable

LC_TIME environment variable

length of multibyte character

length of string

level, for socket options

limits on resource usage

limits, file name length

limits, floating types

limits, integer types

limits, link count of files

limits, number of open files

limits, number of processes

limits, number of supplementary group IDs

limits, pipe buffer size

limits, program argument size

limits, terminal input queue

limits, time zone name length

line buffered stream

lines (in a text file)

linked channels

listening (sockets)

LNEXT character

local namespace, for sockets

local network address number

locale categories

locale, changing

locales, parsing numbers and

logarithm functions

login name, determining

LOGNAME environment variable

long-named options

loss of data on sockets

lost resource signal

lower-case character

m

main function

malloc debugger

malloc function

mantissa (of floating point number)

matching failure, in scanf

mathematical constants

maximum field width (scanf)

measurements of floating types

memory allocation

merging of signals

MIN termios slot

minimum field width (printf)

mixing descriptors and streams

modem disconnect

modem status lines

monetary value formatting

multibyte character, length of

multibyte characters

multiple names for one file

multiplexing input

n

name of running program

Name Service Switch

names of signals

namespace (of socket)

network byte order

network protocol

networks database

nisplus, and booting

nisplus, and completeness

NLSPATH environment variable

NLSPATH environment variable

non-blocking open

non-local exit, from signal handler

non-local exits

noncanonical input processing

normalization functions (floating-point)

normalized floating point number

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null pointer constant

number of arguments passed

number syntax, parsing

numeric value formatting

o

open-time action flags

opening a file descriptor

opening a pseudo-terminal pair

opening a socket

opening a socket pair

opening a stream

option parsing with argp

optional arguments

optional POSIX features

orphaned process group

out-of-band data

output conversions, for printf

output possible signal

overflow exception

owner of a file

p

parent directory

parent process, parent process

parity checking

parsing a template string

parsing numbers (in formatted input)

parsing numbers and locales

parsing program arguments

parsing tokens from a string

password database

PATH environment variable

pause function

peeking at input

pending signals

pending signals, checking for

permission to access a file

pi (trigonometric constant)

pipe to a subprocess

positioning a file descriptor

positioning a stream

positive difference

POSIX capacity limits

POSIX optional features

power functions

precision (of floating point number)

precision (printf)

predicates on arrays

predicates on characters

predicates on strings

primitives, interrupting

printing character

priority of a process

process, process

process completion

process group functions

process group ID

process group leader

process lifetime

process priority

process signal mask

process termination

profiling alarm signal

profiling timer

program argument syntax

program arguments

program arguments, parsing

program error signals

program startup

program termination

program termination signals

programming your own streams

project complex numbers

protocol (of socket)

protocol family

protocols database

prototypes for variadic functions

pseudo-random numbers

pseudo-terminals

punctuation character

pushing input back

q

quick sort function (for arrays)

quit signal, quit signal

r

race conditions, relating to job control

race conditions, relating to signals

radix (of floating point number)

raising signals

random-access files

range of integer type

reading from a directory

reading from a file descriptor

reading from a socket

reading from a stream, by blocks

reading from a stream, by characters

reading from a stream, formatted

real-time timer

receiving datagrams

redirecting input and output

reentrant functions

reentrant NSS functions

relative file name

removal of quotes

removing a file

removing macros that shadow functions

renaming a file

reporting errors

REPRINT character

resource limits

restarting interrupted primitives

restrictions on signal handler functions

running a command

s

saved set-group-ID

saved set-user-ID

scanning the group list

scanning the user list

search function (for arrays)

search functions (for strings)

seed (for random numbers)

seeking on a file descriptor

seeking on a stream

segmentation violation

sending a datagram

sending signals

sequential-access files

services database

session, session

setting an alarm

setuid programs

setuid programs and file access

severity class, severity class

shadowing functions with flags

LC_NUMERIC environment variable

LC_TIME environment variable

length of multibyte character

length of string

level, for socket options

limits on resource usage

limits, file name length

limits, floating types

limits, integer types

limits, link count of files

limits, number of open files

limits, number of processes

limits, number of supplementary group IDs

limits, pipe buffer size

limits, program argument size

limits, terminal input queue

limits, time zone name length

line buffered stream

lines (in a text file)

linked channels

listening (sockets)

LNEXT character

local namespace, for sockets

local network address number

locale categories

locale, changing

locales, parsing numbers and

logarithm functions

login name, determining

LOGNAME environment variable

long-named options

loss of data on sockets

lost resource signal

lower-case character

m

main function

malloc debugger

malloc function

mantissa (of floating point number)

matching failure, in scanf

mathematical constants

maximum field width (scanf)

measurements of floating types

memory allocation

merging of signals

MIN termios slot

minimum field width (printf)

mixing descriptors and streams

modem disconnect

modem status lines

monetary value formatting

multibyte character, length of

multibyte characters

multiple names for one file

multiplexing input

n

name of running program

Name Service Switch

names of signals

namespace (of socket)

network byte order

network protocol

networks database

nisplus, and booting

nisplus, and completeness

NLSPATH environment variable

NLSPATH environment variable

non-blocking open

non-local exit, from signal handler

non-local exits

noncanonical input processing

normalization functions (floating-point)

normalized floating point number

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null pointer constant

number of arguments passed

number syntax, parsing

numeric value formatting

o

open-time action flags

opening a file descriptor

opening a pseudo-terminal pair

opening a socket

opening a socket pair

opening a stream

option parsing with argp

optional arguments

optional POSIX features

orphaned process group

out-of-band data

output conversions, for printf

output possible signal

overflow exception

owner of a file

p

parent directory

parent process, parent process

parity checking

parsing a template string

parsing numbers (in formatted input)

parsing numbers and locales

parsing program arguments

parsing tokens from a string

password database

PATH environment variable

pause function

peeking at input

pending signals

pending signals, checking for

permission to access a file

pi (trigonometric constant)

pipe to a subprocess

positioning a file descriptor

positioning a stream

positive difference

POSIX capacity limits

POSIX optional features

power functions

precision (of floating point number)

precision (printf)

predicates on arrays

predicates on characters

predicates on strings

primitives, interrupting

printing character

priority of a process

process, process

process completion

process group functions

process group ID

process group leader

process lifetime

process priority

process signal mask

process termination

profiling alarm signal

profiling timer

program argument syntax

program arguments

program arguments, parsing

program error signals

program startup

program termination

program termination signals

programming your own streams

project complex numbers

protocol (of socket)

protocol family

protocols database

prototypes for variadic functions

pseudo-random numbers

pseudo-terminals

punctuation character

pushing input back

q

quick sort function (for arrays)

quit signal, quit signal

r

race conditions, relating to job control

race conditions, relating to signals

radix (of floating point number)

raising signals