Source Compatibility Guide

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 routines in Table 2-6 are available with the compatibility package. Routines shown below in bold also exist in the default system:

Table 2-6 Library Routines


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

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.

The routines in Table 2-6 are included in compatibility libraries for backwards compatibility purposes. At some later date these routines may not be supported and may eventually be discarded.