S (man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions)

man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions


S

	scan a directory
		— alphasort ( )
		— scandir ( )

	scandir — scan a directory ( )

	scanf — convert formatted input ( )
		Conversion Characters ( )
		Conversion Specifications ( )

	scheduling priority, change priority of a process — nice ( )

	search functions
		binary search a sorted table — bsearch ( )
		linear search and update routine — lsearch, lfind ( )
		manage hash search tables — hsearch ( )

	seconvert — convert number to ASCII ( )

	seekdir — set position of directory stream ( )

	select — synchronous I/O multiplexing ( )

	send a ``break'' for a specific duration — tcsendbreak ( )

	set and/or get alternate signal stack context — sigstack ( )

	set and/or get signal stack context — sigstack ( )

	set encoding key — setkey ( )

	set foreground process group ID — tcsetpgrp ( )

	set input baud rate, — cfsetispeed ( )

	set output baud rate, — cfsetospeed ( )

	set position of directory stream — seekdir ( )

	set stream orientation — fwide ( )

	set the parameters associated with the terminal — tcsetattr ( )

	set wide-characters in memory — wmemset ( )

	setcat — define default catalog ( )

	setgrent — group database entry functions ( )

	sethostname — set name of current host ( )

	setjmp — non-local goto ( ) ( )

	_setjmp — non-local goto ( ) ( )

	setkey — set encoding key ( )

	setlabel — define the label for pfmt() and lfmt(). ( )

	setlocale — modify and query a program's locale ( )

	setlogmask — control system log ( )

	setpriority — get or set process scheduling priority ( )

	setpwnam — get password entry from user database ( )

	setspent — get shadow password database entry ( )

	setstate — pseudorandom number functions ( )

	settimeofday — set date and time ( )

	settimeofday — set system's notion of current Greenwich time ( )

	setusershell() — function ( )

	setutent — user accounting database functions ( )

	setutxent — user accounting database functions ( )

	severity levels, applications, build a list for use with fmtmsg — addseverity ( )

	sfconvert — convert number to ASCII ( )

	sgconvert — convert number to ASCII ( )

	shared object
		close — dlclose ( )
		get address of symbol — dlsym ( )
		get diagnostic information — dlerror ( )
		open — dlopen ( )

	shell command, issue one — system ( )

	sig2str — translation between signal name and signal number ( )

	sigaddset — manipulate sets of signals ( )

	sigdelset — manipulate sets of signals ( )

	sigemptyset — manipulate sets of signals ( )

	sigfillset — manipulate sets of signals ( )

	sigfpe() function ( )

	sighold — adds sig to the calling process's signal mask ( )

	sigignore — sets the disposition of sig to SIG_IGN ( )

	siginterrupt — allow signals to interrupt functions ( )

	sigismember —manipulate sets of signals ( )

	siglongjmp — non-local goto ( )

	signal — modify signal disposition ( )

	signal — simplified software signal facilities ( )

	signal
		schedule after interval in microseconds — ualarm ( )
		suspend execution for interval in microseconds — usleep ( )

	simplified signal facilities — bsd_signal ( )

	signal management, simplified, for application processes — signal ( )

	signal messages, system
		— psignal ( ) ( )

	signals, block
		— sigblock ( )
		— sigmask ( )
		— sigpause ( )
		— sigsetmask ( )

	signals, software
		— gsignal ( )
		— ssignal ( )

	sigpause — removes sig from the calling process's signal mask and suspends the calling process until a signal is received ( )

	sigrelse — removes sig from the calling process's signal mask ( )

	sigset — modify signal disposition ( )

	sigsetjmp — non-local goto ( )

	sigsetops — manipulate sets of signals ( )

	sigstack — set and/or get alternate signal stack context ( )

	sigstack — set and/or get signal stack context ( )

	sigvec — software signal facilities ( )

	single-byte to wide-character conversion — btowc ( )

	single_to_decimal — decimal record from single-precision floating ( )

	sleep — suspend execution for interval ( )

	sleep, suspend execution for interval in microseconds — usleep ( )

	snprintf — print formatted output ( )

	software signals
		— gsignal ( )
		— ssignal ( )

	sort, quick — qsort ( )

	sprintf — formatted output conversion ( )

	sprintf — print formatted output ( )

	srand — reset simple random number generator ( )

	srandom — pseudorandom number functions ( )

	sscanf — convert formatted input ( )

	stack_getbounds — retrieve stack boundaries ( )

	_stack_grow — express an intention to extend the stack ( )

	stack_inbounds — determine if address is within stack boundaries ( )

	stack_setbounds — update stack boundaries ( )

	stack_violation — determine stack boundary violation event ( )

	stdio — standard buffered input/output package ( )

	sting collation, — strcoll ( )

	store — data base subroutines ( )

	str2sig — translation between signal name and signal number ( )

	strcasecmp — string operations ( )

	strcat — string operations ( )

	strchr — string operations ( )

	strcmp — string operations ( )

	strcpy — string operations ( )

	strcspn — string operations ( )

	strdup — string operations ( )

	stream
		convert a string of Process Code characters to EUC characters and put it on a stream — putws ( )
		open — fopen ( )

	stream, assign buffering
		— setbuf ( )
		— setvbuf ( )

	stream, get string
		— fgets ( )
		— gets ( )

	stream, put a string
		— fputs ( )
		— puts ( )

	stream status inquiries
		— clearerr ( )
		— feof ( )
		— ferror ( )
		— fileno ( )

	STREAMS
		attach a STREAMS-based file descriptor to an object in the file system name space — fattach ( )
		test file descriptor for a STREAMS file — isastream ( )

	strfmon — convert monetary value to string ( )

	strftime — convert date and time to string ( )

	string — string operations ( )

	string operations — strcasecmp ( )

	string operations — strcat ( )

	string operations — strchr ( )

	string operations — strcmp ( )

	string operations — strcpy ( )

	string operations — strcspn ( )

	string operations — strdup ( )

	string operations — string ( )

	string operations — strlcat ( )

	string operations — strlcpy ( )

	string operations — strlen ( )

	string operations — strncasecmp ( )

	string operations — strncat ( )

	string operations — strncmp ( )

	string operations — strncpy ( )

	string operations — strpbrk ( )

	string operations — strrchr ( )

	string operations — strspn ( )

	string operations — strstr ( )

	string operations — strtok ( )

	string operations — strtok_r ( )

	string conversion routines
		— atoi ( )
		— atol ( )
		— atoll ( )
		— lltostr ( )
		— strtol ( )
		— strtoll ( )
		— ulltostr ( )

	string encoding function — crypt ( )

	string operation, get error message string — strerror ( )

	string operations
		bit and byte — bstring ( )
		— index ( )
		— rindex ( )

	string_to_decimal — decimal record from character string ( )

	string transformation — strxfrm ( )

	strings, convert from numbers — econvert ( )

	strlcat — string operations ( )

	strlcpy — string operations ( )

	strlen — string operations ( )

	strncasecmp — string operations ( )

	strncat — string operations ( )

	strncmp — string operations ( )

	strncpy — string operations ( )

	strpbrk — string operations ( )

	strptime — date and time conversion ( )

	strrchr — string operations ( )

	strsignal — get name of signal ( )

	strspn — string operations ( )

	strstr — string operations ( )

	strtod — convert string to double-precision number ( )

	strtok — string operations ( )

	strtok_r — string operations ( )

	strtol — string conversion routines ( )

	strtoll — string conversion routines ( )

	strtoul — convert string to unsigned long ( )

	strtows — code conversion for Process Code and File Code ( )

	strxfrm — string transformation ( )

	suspend or restart the transmission or reception of data — tcflow ( )

	swab — swap bytes ( )

	swap bytes — swab ( )

	swapcontext — manipulate user contexts ( )

	swprintf — print formatted wide-character output ( )

	swscanf — convert formatted wide-character input ( )

	symbol address, get address in shared object or executable — dlsym ( )

	symbol table, get entries — nlist ( )

	sync_instruction_memory — make modified instructions executable ( )

	synchronize changes to a file — fsync ( )

	synchronous I/O multiplexing
		— FD_CLR ( )
		— FD_ISSET ( )
		— FD_SET ( )
		— select ( ) ( )

	sys_siglist — system signal messages list ( )

	syscall — indirect system call ( )

	sysconf — get configurable system variables ( )

	syslog — control system log ( )

	system — issue shell command ( )

	system error messages, print — perror ( )

	system signal messages, — psignal ( )

	system variables, get configurable ones — sysconf ( )