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author | DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> | 2001-09-26 18:45:50 +0000 |
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committer | DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> | 2001-09-26 18:45:50 +0000 |
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diff --git a/libiberty/functions.texi b/libiberty/functions.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2ea020 --- /dev/null +++ b/libiberty/functions.texi @@ -0,0 +1,515 @@ +@c Automatically generated from *.c and others (the comments before +@c each entry tell you which file and where in that file). DO NOT EDIT! +@c Edit the *.c files, configure with --enable-maintainer-mode, +@c and let gather-docs build you a new copy. + +@c alloca.c:26 +@deftypefn Replacement void* alloca (size_t) + +This function allocates memory which will be automatically reclaimed +after the procedure exits. The @libib{} implementation does not free +the memory immediately but will do so eventually during subsequent +calls to this function. Memory is allocated using @code{xmalloc} under +normal circumstances. + +The header file @file{alloca-conf.h} can be used in conjunction with the +GNU Autoconf test @code{AC_FUNC_ALLOCA} to test for and properly make +available this function. The @code{AC_FUNC_ALLOCA} test requires that +client code use a block of preprocessor code to be safe (see the Autoconf +manual for more); this header incorporates that logic and more, including +the possibility of a GCC builtin function. + +@end deftypefn + +@c atexit.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int atexit (void (*@var{f})()) + +Causes function @var{f} to be called at exit. Returns 0. + +@end deftypefn + +@c basename.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* basename (const char *@var{name}) + +Returns a pointer to the last component of pathname @var{name}. +Behavior is undefined if the pathname ends in a directory separator. + +@end deftypefn + +@c bcmp.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int bcmp (char *@var{x}, char *@var{y}, int @var{count}) + +Compares the first @var{count} bytes of two areas of memory. Returns +zero if they are the same, non-zero otherwise. Returns zero if +@var{count} is zero. A non-zero result only indicates a difference, +it does not indicate any sorting order (say, by having a positive +result mean @var{x} sorts before @var{y}). + +@end deftypefn + +@c bcopy.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental void bcopy (char *@var{in}, char *@var{out}, int @var{length}) + +Copies @var{length} bytes from memory region @var{in} to region +@var{out}. The use of @code{bcopy} is deprecated in new programs. + +@end deftypefn + +@c bsearch.c:33 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* bsearch (const void *@var{key}, const void *@var{base}, size_t @var{nmemb}, size_t @var{size}, int (*@var{compar})(const void *, const void *)) + +Performs a search over an array of @var{nmemb} elements pointed to by +@var{base} for a member that matches the object pointed to by @var{key}. +The size of each member is specified by @var{size}. The array contents +should be sorted in ascending order according to the @var{compar} +comparison function. This routine should take two arguments pointing to +the @var{key} and to an array member, in that order, and should return an +integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the @var{key} object +is respecitively less than, matching, or greater than the array member. + +@end deftypefn + +@c bzero.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental void bzero (char *@var{mem}, int @var{count}) + +Zeros @var{count} bytes starting at @var{mem}. Use if this function +is deprecated in favor of @code{memset}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c calloc.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* calloc (size_t @var{nelem}, size_t @var{elsize}) + +Uses @code{malloc} to allocate storage for @var{nelem} objects of +@var{elsize} bytes each, then zeros the memory. + +@end deftypefn + +@c clock.c:27 +@deftypefn Supplemental long clock () + +Returns an approximation of the CPU time used by the process as a +@code{clock_t}; divide this number by @samp{CLOCKS_PER_SEC} to get the +number of seconds used. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strerror.c:566 +@deftypefn Replacement int errno_max (void) + +Returns the maximum @code{errno} value for which a corresponding +symbolic name or message is available. Note that in the case where we +use the @code{sys_errlist} supplied by the system, it is possible for +there to be more symbolic names than messages, or vice versa. In +fact, the manual page for @code{perror(3C)} explicitly warns that one +should check the size of the table (@code{sys_nerr}) before indexing +it, since new error codes may be added to the system before they are +added to the table. Thus @code{sys_nerr} might be smaller than value +implied by the largest @code{errno} value defined in @file{errno.h}. + +We return the maximum value that can be used to obtain a meaningful +symbolic name or message. + +@end deftypefn + +@c getcwd.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* getcwd (char *@var{pathname}, @var{len}) + +Copy the absolute pathname for the current working directory into +@var{pathname}, which is assumed to point to a buffer of at least +@var{len} bytes, and return a pointer to the buffer. If the current +directory's path doesn't fit in @var{len} characters, the result is +NULL and @var{errno} is set. If @var{pathname} is a null pointer, +@code{getcwd} will obtain @var{len} bytes of space using +@code{malloc}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c getpagesize.c:5 +@deftypefn Supplemental int getpagesize () + +Returns the number of bytes in a page of memory. This is the +granularity of many of the system memory management routines. No +guarantee is made as to whether or not it is the same as the basic +memory management hardware page size. + +@end deftypefn + +@c getpwd.c:5 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* getpwd () + +Returns the current working directory. This implementation caches the +result on the assumption that the process will not call @code{chdir} +between calls to @code{getpwd}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c index.c:5 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* index (char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) + +Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the character @var{c} in +the string @var{s}, or NULL if not found. The use of @code{index} is +deprecated in new programs in favor of @code{strchr}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c memchr.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* memchr (const void *@var{s}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{n}) + +This function searches memory starting at @code{*}@var{src} for the +character @var{c}. The search only ends with the first occurrence of +@var{c}, or after @var{length} characters; in particular, a null +character does not terminate the search. If the character @var{c} is +found within @var{length} characters of @code{*}@var{src}, a pointer +to the character is returned. If @var{c} is not found, then NULL is +returned. + +@end deftypefn + +@c memcmp.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int memcmp (const void *@var{x}, const void *@var{y}, size_t @var{count}) + +Compares the first @var{count} bytes of two areas of memory. Returns +zero if they are the same, a value less than zero if @var{x} is +lexically less than @var{y}, or a value greater than zero if @var{x} +is lexically greater than @var{y}. Note that lexical order is determined +as if comparing unsigned char arrays. + +@end deftypefn + +@c memcpy.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* memcpy (void *@var{out}, const void *@var{in}, size_t @var{length}) + +Copies @var{length} bytes from memory region @var{in} to region +@var{out}. Returns a pointer to @var{out}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c memmove.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* memmove (void *@var{from}, const void *@var{to}, size_t @var{count}) + +Copies @var{count} bytes from memory area @var{from} to memory area +@var{to}, returning a pointer to @var{to}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c memset.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental void* memset (void *@var{s}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{count}) + +Sets the first @var{count} bytes of @var{s} to the constant byte +@var{c}, returning a pointer to @var{s}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c putenv.c:21 +@deftypefn Supplemental int putenv (const char *@var{string}) + +Uses @code{setenv} or @code{unsetenv} to put @var{string} into +the environment or remove it. If @var{string} is of the form +@samp{name=value} the string is added; if no `=' is present the +name is unset/removed. + +@end deftypefn + +@c rename.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int rename (const char *@var{old}, const char *@var{new}) + +Renames a file from @var{old} to @var{new}. If @var{new} already +exists, it is removed. + +@end deftypefn + +@c rindex.c:5 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* rindex (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) + +Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the character @var{c} in +the string @var{s}, or NULL if not found. The use of @code{rindex} is +deprecated in new programs in favor of @code{strrchr}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c setenv.c:22 +@deftypefn Supplemental int setenv (const char *@var{name}, const char *@var{value}, int @var{overwrite}) +@deftypefnx Supplemental void unsetenv (const char *@var{name}) + +@code{setenv} adds @var{name} to the environment with value +@var{value}. If the name was already present in the environment, +the new value will be stored only if @var{overwrite} is non-zero. +The companion @code{unsetenv} function removes @var{name} from the +environment. This implementation is not safe for multithreaded code. + +@end deftypefn + +@c sigsetmask.c:8 +@deftypefn Supplemental int sigsetmask (int @var{set}) + +Sets the signal mask to the one provided in @var{set} and returns +the old mask (which, for libiberty's implementation, will always +be the value @code{1}). + +@end deftypefn + +@c strcasecmp.c:15 +@deftypefn Supplemental int strcasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) + +A case-insensitive @code{strcmp}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strchr.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* strchr (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) + +Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the character @var{c} in +the string @var{s}, or NULL if not found. If @var{c} is itself the +null character, the results are undefined. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strdup.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* strdup (const char *@var{s}) + +Returns a pointer to a copy of @var{s} in memory obtained from +@code{malloc}, or NULL if insufficient memory was available. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strerror.c:670 +@deftypefn Replacement const char* strerrno (int @var{errnum}) + +Given an error number returned from a system call (typically returned +in @code{errno}), returns a pointer to a string containing the +symbolic name of that error number, as found in @file{errno.h}. + +If the supplied error number is within the valid range of indices for +symbolic names, but no name is available for the particular error +number, then returns the string @samp{"Error NUM"}, where NUM is the +error number. + +If the supplied error number is not within the range of valid +indices, then returns NULL. + +The contents of the location pointed to are only guaranteed to be +valid until the next call to strerrno. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strerror.c:602 +@deftypefn Replacement char* strerror (int @var{errnoval}) + +Maps an @code{errno} number to an error message string, the contents +of which are implementation defined. On systems which have the +external variables @code{sys_nerr} and @code{sys_errlist}, these +strings will be the same as the ones used by @code{perror}. + +If the supplied error number is within the valid range of indices for +the @code{sys_errlist}, but no message is available for the particular +error number, then returns the string @samp{"Error NUM"}, where NUM is +the error number. + +If the supplied error number is not a valid index into +@code{sys_errlist}, returns NULL. + +The returned string is only guaranteed to be valid only until the +next call to @code{strerror}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strncasecmp.c:15 +@deftypefn Supplemental int strncasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) + +A case-insensitive @code{strncmp}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strncmp.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) + +Compares the first @var{n} bytes of two strings, returning a value as +@code{strcmp}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strrchr.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* strrchr (const char *@var{s}, int @var{c}) + +Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the character @var{c} in +the string @var{s}, or NULL if not found. If @var{c} is itself the +null character, the results are undefined. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strstr.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* strstr (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{sub}) + +This function searches for the substring @var{sub} in the string +@var{string}, not including the terminating NUL characters. A pointer +to the first occurance of @var{sub} is returned, or NULL if the +substring is absent. If @var{sub} points to a string with zero +length, the function returns @var{string}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strtod.c:27 +@deftypefn Supplemental double strtod (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{endptr}) + +This ANSI C function converts the initial portion of @var{string} to a +@code{double}. If @var{endptr} is not NULL, a pointer to the +character after the last character used in the conversion is stored in +the location referenced by @var{endptr}. If no conversion is +performed, zero is returned and the value of @var{string} is stored in +the location referenced by @var{endptr}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strerror.c:730 +@deftypefn Replacement int strtoerrno (const char *@var{name}) + +Given the symbolic name of a error number (e.g., @code{EACCESS}), map it +to an errno value. If no translation is found, returns 0. + +@end deftypefn + +@c strtol.c:33 +@deftypefn Supplemental {long int} strtol (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{endptr}, int @var{base}) + +The @code{strtol} function converts the string in @var{string} to a +long integer value according to the given @var{base}, which must be +between 2 and 36 inclusive, or be the special value 0. If @var{base} +is 0, @code{strtol} will look for the prefixes @code{0} and @code{0x} +to indicate bases 8 and 16, respectively, else default to base 10. +When the base is 16 (either explicitly or implicitly), a prefix of +@code{0x} is allowed. The handling of endptr is as that of +@code{strtod} above. + +@end deftypefn + +@c tmpnam.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental char* tmpnam (char *@var{s}) + +This function attempts to create a name for a temporary file, which +will be a valid file name yet not exist when @code{tmpnam} checks for +it. @var{s} must point to a buffer of at least @code{L_tmpnam} bytes, +or be NULL. Use of this function creates a security risk, and it must +not be used in new projects. Use @code{mkstemp} instead. + +@end deftypefn + +@c vfork.c:6 +@deftypefn Supplemental int vfork () + +Emulates @code{vfork} by calling @code{fork} and returning its value. + +@end deftypefn + +@c vprintf.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental int vprintf (const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) +@deftypefnx Supplemental int vfprintf (FILE *@var{stream}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) +@deftypefnx Supplemental int vsprintf (char *@var{str}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{ap}) + +These functions are the same as @code{printf}, @code{fprintf}, and +@code{sprintf}, respectively, except that they are called with a +@code{va_list} instead of a variable number of arguments. Note that +they do not call @code{va_end}; this is the application's +responsibility. In @libib{} they are implemented in terms of the +nonstandard but common function @code{_doprnt}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c waitpid.c:3 +@deftypefn Supplemental int waitpid (int @var{pid}, int *@var{status}, int) + +This is a wrapper around the @code{wait} function. Any ``special'' +values of @var{pid} depend on your implementation of @code{wait}, as +does the return value. The third argument is unused in @libib{}. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xatexit.c:11 +@deftypefun int xatexit (void (*@var{fn}) (void)) + +Behaves as the standard @code{atexit} function, but with no limit on +the number of registered funtions. Returns 0 on success, or -1 on +failure. If you use @code{xatexit} to register functions, you must use +@code{xexit} to terminate your program. + +@end deftypefun + +@c xmalloc.c:37 +@deftypefn Replacement void* xcalloc (size_t, size_t) + +Allocate memory without fail, and set it to zero. This routine functions +like @code{calloc}, but will behave the same as @code{xmalloc} if memory +cannot be found. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xexit.c:22 +@deftypefn Replacement void xexit (int @var{code}) + +Terminates the program. If any functions have been registered with +the @code{xatexit} rpelacement function, they will be called first. +Termination is handled via the system's normal @code{exit} call. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xmalloc.c:22 +@deftypefn Replacement void* xmalloc (size_t) + +Allocate memory without fail. If @code{malloc} fails, this will print +a message to stderr (using the name set by @code{xmalloc_set_program_name}, +if any) and then call @code{xexit}. Note that it is therefore safe for +a program to contain @code{#define malloc xmalloc} in its source. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xmalloc.c:52 +@deftypefn Replacement void xmalloc_failed (size_t) + +This function is not meant to be called by client code, and is listed +here for completeness only. If any of the allocation routines fail, this +function will be called to print an error message and terminate execution. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xmalloc.c:45 +@deftypefn Replacement void xmalloc_set_program_name (const char *@var{name}) + +You can use this to set the name of the program used by +@code{xmalloc_failed} when printing a failure message. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xmemdup.c:7 +@deftypefn Replacement void* xmemdup (void *@var{input}, size_t @var{copy_size}, size_t @var{alloc_size}) + +Duplicates a region of memory without fail. First, @var{alloc_size} bytes +are allocated, then @var{copy_size} bytes from @var{input} are copied into +it, and the new memory is returned. If fewer bytes are copied than were +allocated, the remaining memory is zeroed. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xmalloc.c:31 +@deftypefn Replacement void* xrealloc (void*, size_t) +Reallocate memory without fail. This routine functions like @code{realloc}, +but will behave the same as @code{xmalloc} if memory cannot be found. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xstrdup.c:7 +@deftypefn Replacement char* xstrdup (const char *@var{s}) + +Duplicates a character string without fail, using @code{xmalloc} to +obtain memory. + +@end deftypefn + +@c xstrerror.c:7 +@deftypefn Replacement char* xstrerror (int @var{errnum}) + +Behaves exactly like the standard @code{strerror} function, but +will never return a NULL pointer. + +@end deftypefn + + |