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 gamma -- log gamma function ( Index Term Link )
 
 gamma_r -- log gamma function ( Index Term Link )
 
 gconvert -- convert number to ASCII ( Index Term Link )
 
 gcvt -- convert number to ASCII ( Index Term Link )
 
 general terminal interface, -- termios ( Index Term Link )
 
 generate path name for controlling terminal
  -- ctermid ( Index Term Link )
  -- ctermid_r ( Index Term Link )
 
 generate path names matching a pattern
  -- glob ( Index Term Link )
  -- globfree ( Index Term Link )
 
 generic transport name-to-address translation
  -- netdir ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_free ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_getbyaddr ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_getbyname ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_mergeaddr ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_options ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_perror ( Index Term Link )
  -- netdir_sperror ( Index Term Link )
  -- taddr2uaddr ( Index Term Link )
  -- uaddr2taddr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window -- curs_inwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window -- curs_inwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get service entry -- getservbyname ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get service entry -- getservbyname
  endservent ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr
  getnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get service entry -- getservbyname
  getservbyname_r ( Index Term Link )
  getservbyport ( Index Term Link )
  getservbyport_r ( Index Term Link )
  getservent ( Index Term Link )
  getservent_r ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr, getwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  innwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window -- curs_inwch
  inwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window -- curs_inwchstr
  inwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  inwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  inwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr
  mvgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  mvinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window -- curs_inwch
  mvinwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window -- curs_inwchstr
  mvinwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvinwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  mvinwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr
  mvwgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  mvwinnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window -- curs_inwch
  mvwinwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window -- curs_inwchstr
  mvwinwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  mvwinwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  mvwinwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get service entry -- getservbyname
  setservent ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard -- curs_getwstr
  wgetnwstr ( Index Term Link )
  wgetwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  winnwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wchar_t character and its attributes from a curses window -- curs_inwch
  winwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters (and attributes) from a curses window -- curs_inwchstr
  winwchnstr ( Index Term Link )
  winwchstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a string of wchar_t characters from a curses window -- curs_inwstr
  winwstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard
  -- curs_getwch ( Index Term Link )
  -- getwch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvgetwch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwgetwch ( Index Term Link )
  -- ungetwch ( Index Term Link )
  -- wgetwch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a byte from a stream
  -- fgetc ( Index Term Link )
  -- getc ( Index Term Link )
  -- getc_unlocked ( Index Term Link )
  -- getchar ( Index Term Link )
  -- getchar_unlocked ( Index Term Link )
  -- getw ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a multibyte character string from terminal
  -- getnstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- getstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwgetstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- wgetnstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- wgetstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a single-byte character from terminal
  -- getch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvgetch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwgetch ( Index Term Link )
  -- wgetch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a thread's thread-specific data for libthread_db library of interfaces -- td_thr_tsd ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide-character code from a stream -- fgetwc ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character from terminal
  -- get_wch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvget_wch ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwget_wch ( Index Term Link )
  -- wget_wch ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character string (with rendition) from a cchar_t -- getcchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 get a wide character string from terminal
  -- get_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- getn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- mvwgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- wget_wstr ( Index Term Link )
  -- wgetn_wstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get address of symbol in shared object -- dlsym ( Index Term Link )
 
 get and set media attributes
  -- media_getattr ( Index Term Link )
  -- media_setattr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get and set prioceiling attribute of mutex attribute object
  -- pthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling ( Index Term Link )
 
 get and set process-shared attribute
  -- pthread_mutexattr_getpshared ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_mutexattr_setpshared ( Index Term Link )
 
 get and set process-shared attribute of read-write lock attributes object
  -- pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared ( Index Term Link )
 
 get and set protocol attribute of mutex attribute object
  -- pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol ( Index Term Link )
 
 get calling thread's ID -- pthread_self ( Index Term Link )
 
 get calling thread's ID -- thr_self ( Index Term Link )
 
 get configurable variables -- confstr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get credentials of client, -- rpc_getcred ( Index Term Link )
 
 get current file position information -- fgetpos ( Index Term Link )
 
 get cursor or window coordinates
  -- getbegyx ( Index Term Link )
  -- getmaxyx ( Index Term Link )
  -- getparyx ( Index Term Link )
  -- getyx ( Index Term Link )
 
 get diagnostic information -- dlerror ( Index Term Link )
 
 get error codes on failure, -- rpc_gss_get_error ( Index Term Link )
 
 get execution time limits -- sched_rr_get_interval ( Index Term Link )
 
 get foreground process group ID -- tcgetpgrp ( Index Term Link )
 
 get input baud rate, -- cfgetispeed ( Index Term Link )
 
 get list of attribute identifiers -- fn_attr_get_ids ( Index Term Link )
 
 get maximum data length for transmission
  -- rpc_gss_max_data_length ( Index Term Link )
  -- rpc_gss_svc_max_data_length ( Index Term Link )
 
 get message queue attributes -- mq_getattr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get name of signal -- strsignal ( Index Term Link )
 
 get number of bytes in a character -- mblen ( Index Term Link )
 
 get number of bytes in a character (restartable) -- mbrlen ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set a mutex type
  -- pthread_mutexattr_gettype ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_mutexattr_settype ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set contentionscope attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getscope ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setscope ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set detachstate attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getdetachstate ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setdetachstate ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set inheritsched attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getinheritsched ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setinheritsched ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set level of concurrency
  -- pthread_getconcurrency ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_setconcurrency ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set process scheduling priority
  -- getpriority ( Index Term Link )
  -- setpriority ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set schedparam attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getschedparam ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setschedparam ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set schedpolicy attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getschedpolicy ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setschedpolicy ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set stackaddr attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getstackaddr ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setstackaddr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set stacksize attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getstacksize ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setstacksize ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set the process-shared condition variable attributes
  -- pthread_condattr_getpshared ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_condattr_setpshared ( Index Term Link )
 
 get or set the thread guardsize attribute
  -- pthread_attr_getguardsize ( Index Term Link )
  -- pthread_attr_setguardsize ( Index Term Link )
 
 get output baud rate, -- cfgetospeed ( Index Term Link )
 
 get principal names at server, -- rpc_get_principal_name ( Index Term Link )
 
 get process group ID for session leader for controlling terminal -- tcgetsid ( Index Term Link )
 
 get scheduling parameter limits
  -- sched_get_priority_max ( Index Term Link )
  -- sched_get_priority_min ( Index Term Link )
 
 get scheduling parameters -- sched_getparam ( Index Term Link )
 
 get scheduling policy -- sched_getscheduler ( Index Term Link )
 
 get system load averages -- getloadavg ( Index Term Link )
 
 get the parameters associated with the terminal -- tcgetattr ( Index Term Link )
 
 get the trace attributes from a tnfctl handle -- tnfctl_trace_attrs_get ( Index Term Link )
 
 get thread information in libthread_db library of interfaces -- td_thr_get_info ( Index Term Link )
 
 get_wch -- get a wide character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wide character from a stream -- getwc ( Index Term Link )
 
 get wide character from stdin stream -- getwchar ( Index Term Link )
 
 get_wstr -- get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getacdir -- get audit control file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getacflg -- get audit control file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getacinfo -- get audit control file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getacmin -- get audit control file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getacna -- get audit control file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauclassent -- get audit_class database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauclassent_r -- get audit_class database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauclassnam -- get audit_class database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauclassnam_r -- get audit_class database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauditflags() -- generate process audit state ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauditflagsbin() -- convert audit flag specifications ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauditflagschar() -- convert audit flag specifications ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevent -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevent_r -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevnam -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevnam_r -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevnonam -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevnum -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauevnum_r -- get audit_event database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauuserent -- get audit_user database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauuserent_r -- get audit_user database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauusernam -- get audit_user database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getauusernam_r -- get audit_user database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getbegyx -- get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getbkgrnd -- set or get the background character (and rendition) of window using a complex character ( Index Term Link )
 
 getc -- get a byte from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getc_unlocked -- get a byte from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getcchar -- get a wide character string (with rendition) from a cchar_t ( Index Term Link )
 
 getch -- get a single-byte character from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getchar -- get a byte from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getchar_unlocked -- get a byte from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getcwd -- get pathname of current working directory ( Index Term Link )
 
 getdate -- convert user format date and time ( Index Term Link )
  General Specifications ( Index Term Link )
  Internal Format Conversion ( Index Term Link )
  Modified Conversion Specifications ( Index Term Link )
 
 getenv -- return value for environment name ( Index Term Link )
 
 getexecname -- return pathname of executable ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrent -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrent_r -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrgid -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrgid_r -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrnam -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getgrnam_r -- get group entry from database ( Index Term Link )
 
 gethostid -- get unique identifier of current host ( Index Term Link )
 
 gethostname -- get name of current host ( Index Term Link )
 
 gethrtime -- get high resolution real time ( Index Term Link )
 
 gethrvtime -- get high resolution virtual time ( Index Term Link )
 
 getloadavg -- get system load averages ( Index Term Link )
 
 getlogin -- get login name ( Index Term Link )
 
 getlogin_r -- get login name ( Index Term Link )
 
 getmaxyx -- get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getmntany -- get mnttab file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getmntent -- get mnttab file information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getn_wstr -- get a wide character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getnstr -- get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getnwstr -- get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getopt -- get option letter from argument vector ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpagesize -- get system page size ( Index Term Link )
 
 getparyx -- get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpass -- read a string of characters without echo ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpassphrase -- read a string of characters without echo ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpeername -- get name of peer connected to socket ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpriority -- get or set process scheduling priority ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpublickey -- retrieve public or secret key ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpw -- get passwd entry from UID ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwent -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwent_r -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwnam -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwnam_r -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwuid -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getpwuid_r -- get password entry from user database ( Index Term Link )
 
 getrusage -- get information about resource utilization ( Index Term Link )
 
 gets the total number of threads in a process for libthread_db -- td_ta_get_nthreads ( Index Term Link )
 
 getsecretkey -- retrieve public or secret key ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservbyname -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservbyname_r -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservbyport -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservbyport_r -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservent -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getservent_r -- get service entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getspent -- get shadow password database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getspent_r -- get shadow password database entry (reentrant) ( Index Term Link )
 
 getspnam -- get shadow password database entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getspnam_r -- get shadow password database entry (reentrant) ( Index Term Link )
 
 getstr -- get a multibyte character string from terminal ( Index Term Link )
 
 getsubopt -- parse suboptions from a string ( Index Term Link )
 
 gettext -- message handling function ( Index Term Link )
 
 gettimeofday -- get date and time ( Index Term Link )
 
 gettimeofday -- get system's notion of current Greenwich time ( Index Term Link )
 
 gettxt -- retrieve a text string ( Index Term Link )
 
 getusershell() -- get legal user shells ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutent -- access utmp file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutid -- access utmp file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutline -- access utmp file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutmp -- access utmpx file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutmpx -- access utmpx file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutxent -- access utmpx file entry ( Index Term Link )
  endutxent() ( Index Term Link )
  getutmp() ( Index Term Link )
  getutmpx() ( Index Term Link )
  getutxent() ( Index Term Link )
  getutxid() ( Index Term Link )
  getutxline() ( Index Term Link )
  pututxline() ( Index Term Link )
  setutxent() ( Index Term Link )
  updwtmp() ( Index Term Link )
  updwtmpx() ( Index Term Link )
  utmpxname() ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutxid -- access utmpx file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getutxline -- access utmpx file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getvfsany -- get vfstab file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getvfsent -- get vfstab file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getvfsfile -- get vfstab file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getvfsspec -- get vfstab file entry ( Index Term Link )
 
 getw -- get a byte from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwc -- get wide character from a stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwch -- get (or push back) wchar_t characters from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwchar -- get wide character from stdin stream ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwd -- get current working directory pathname ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwidth -- get codeset information ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwin -- read a window from, and write a window to, a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 getws -- convert a string of EUC characters from the stream to Process Code ( Index Term Link )
 
 getwstr -- get wchar_t character strings from curses terminal keyboard ( Index Term Link )
 
 getyx -- get cursor or window coordinates ( Index Term Link )
 
 glob -- generate path names matching a pattern ( Index Term Link )
 
 global_variables -- variables used for X/Open Curses ( Index Term Link )
 
 globfree -- generate path names matching a pattern ( Index Term Link )
 
 gmatch -- shell global pattern matching ( Index Term Link )
 
 grantpt -- grant access to the slave pseudo-terminal device ( Index Term Link )
 
 graphics interface
  -- arc ( Index Term Link )
  -- box ( Index Term Link )
  -- circle ( Index Term Link )
  -- closepl ( Index Term Link )
  -- closevt ( Index Term Link )
  -- cont ( Index Term Link )
  -- erase ( Index Term Link )
  -- label ( Index Term Link )
  -- line ( Index Term Link )
  -- linmod ( Index Term Link )
  -- move ( Index Term Link )
  -- openpl ( Index Term Link )
  -- openvt ( Index Term Link )
  -- plot ( Index Term Link )
  -- point ( Index Term Link )
  -- space ( Index Term Link )
 
 group IDs, set terminal foreground process group id -- tcsetpgrp ( Index Term Link )
 
 group IDs, supplementary, initialize -- initgroups ( Index Term Link )
 
 groups
  -- endgrent ( Index Term Link )
  -- fgetgrent ( Index Term Link )
  -- fgetgrent_r ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrent ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrent_r ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrgid ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrgid_r ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrnam ( Index Term Link )
  -- getgrnam_r ( Index Term Link )
  -- setgrent ( Index Term Link )