man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions
    
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 abort — terminate the process abnormally ( Index Term Link )
 
 abs — return absolute value of integer ( Index Term Link )
 
 accounting, time accounting for current process — times ( Index Term Link )
 
 acquire and release stream lock — flockfile ( Index Term Link )
  funlockfile ( Index Term Link )
 
 additional severities, define — addsev ( Index Term Link )
 
 address of symbol, get address in shared object or executable — dlsym ( Index Term Link )
 
 addsev — define additional severities ( Index Term Link )
 
 addseverity — build a list of severity levels for an application for use with fmtmsg ( Index Term Link )
 
 alarm, schedule signal after interval in microseconds — ualarm ( Index Term Link )
 
 alphasort — scan a directory ( Index Term Link )
 
 applications
  build a list of severity levels for use with fmtmsg — addseverity ( Index Term Link )
  display a message on stderr or system console — fmtmsg ( Index Term Link )
  get entries from symbol table — nlist ( Index Term Link )
 
 arithmetic, compute the quotient and remainder — div ( Index Term Link )
 
 arithmetic, 48-bit integer, generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers — drand48 ( Index Term Link )
 
 ascftime — convert date and time to string ( Index Term Link )
 
 assert — verify program assertion ( Index Term Link )
 
 associate a stream with a file descriptor — fdopen ( Index Term Link )
 
 atexit — register a function to run at process termination or object unloading ( Index Term Link )
 
 atof — convert string to double-precision number ( Index Term Link )
 
 atoi — string conversion routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 atol — string conversion routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 atoll — string conversion routines ( Index Term Link )
 
 attropen — open a file ( Index Term Link )