Library Routines

The Source Compatibility Package includes a set of compatibility libraries. These libraries can be found in /usr/ucblib, and they consist of:

• Routines not in the default SunOS 5.x system

• Routines having different interfaces or different system call ``wrappers'' than their SunOS 5.x counterparts

The following routines are available with the compatibility package.

• alphasort
• bcmp
• bcopy
• bzero
• fopen
• fprint
• freopen
• ftime
• getwd
• index
• initstate
• nice
• nlist
• printf
• rand
• random
• re_comp
• re_exec
• readdir
• rindex
• scandir
• setbuf
• setbuffer
• setlinebuf
• setstate
• setvbuf
• sleep
• sprintf
• srand
• srandom
• sys_siglist
• times
• ualarm
• usleep
• vfprint
• vsprintf

Compatibility library routines are placed in one of the following libraries: libcurses, libdbm, librpcsoc, libtermcap, and libucb.

The descriptions of the routines found in these libraries are divided by the libraries. Many of these routines are not included in the default SunOS 5.x libraries, but are useful enough to be retained for backward compatibility.

These routines are included in compatibility libraries for backwards compatibility purposes. At some later date these routines may not be supported and may eventually be discarded.