The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
libgphoto2 – cross-platform digital camera library Synopsis#include <gphoto2/gphoto2.h>DescriptionThe gphoto2 library provides applications with access to a variety of cameras. This man page will be extended with autogenerated documentation of the interface types and methods used for communication between the gphoto2 library and a frontend. Files~/.gphoto/settings Here gphoto2 applications may store their configuration used to access…
libgetdns — an implementation of a modern asynchronous DNS API by and for application developers LibraryDNS Resolver library (libgetdns, -lgetdns) Synopsislibgetdns This man page describes the getdns library, the general concepts behind the API and some of the common elements of the public interface to the library. Each of the public entry points and more…
libgenders – a library of functions to parse and retrieve genders data Synopsis#include <genders.h> genders_t genders_handle_create(void); int genders_handle_destroy(genders_t handle); int genders_load_data(genders_t handle, const char *filename); int genders_errnum(genders_t handle); char *genders_strerror(int errnum); char *genders_errormsg(genders_t handle); void genders_perror(genders_t handle, const char *msg); int genders_getnumnodes(genders_t handle); int genders_getnumattrs(genders_t handle); int genders_getmaxattrs(genders_t handle); int genders_getmaxnodelen(genders_t handle); int genders_getmaxattrlen(genders_t handle);…
libfwup – library to support management of system firmware updates Synopsis#include <fwup.h> int fwup_supported(void); – test if firmware updating is supported on the running machine typedef struct fwup_resource_s fwup_resource; typedef struct fwup_resource_iter_s fwup_resource_iter; int fwup_resource_iter_create(fwup_resource_iter **iter); int fwup_resource_iter_next(fwup_resource_iter *iter, fwup_resource **re); int fwup_resource_iter_destroy(fwup_resource_iter **iter); – iterate the list of updateable firmware images int fwup_set_guid(fwup_resource_iter *iter,…
libfwup – library to support management of system firmware updates Synopsis#include <fwup.h> int fwup_supported(void); – test if firmware updating is supported on the running machine typedef struct fwup_resource_s fwup_resource; typedef struct fwup_resource_iter_s fwup_resource_iter; int fwup_resource_iter_create(fwup_resource_iter **iter); int fwup_resource_iter_next(fwup_resource_iter *iter, fwup_resource **re); int fwup_resource_iter_destroy(fwup_resource_iter **iter); – iterate the list of updateable firmware images int fwup_set_guid(fwup_resource_iter *iter,…
libfreeipmi – FreeIPMI library IntroductionLibfreeipmi is the primary library that most of the FreeIPMI tools are based upon. The following describe the sub-sections of the library. api The highest level API provided by libfreeipmi. It abstracts away the details of inband and outofband protocols from the user. It also provides useful error codes for the…
libexslt – extension library for XSLT Synopsis#include <libexslt/exslt.h> void exsltCommonRegister(void); void exsltDateRegister(void); void exsltDynRegister(void); void exsltFuncRegister(void); void exsltMathRegister(void); void exsltSetsRegister(void); void exsltStrRegister(void); void exsltRegisterAll(void); void exsltSaxonRegister(void); DescriptionThe libexslt library is used to provide extensions to XSLT functions. These extensions come from the EXSLT project <http://www.exslt.org/> UsageTo make use of these functions in XSLT the appropriate…
libexpect – programmed dialogue library with interactive programs DescriptionThis library contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl). Adding Expect as a Tcl extension is very short and simple, so that will be covered first. Synopsis#include expect_tcl.h Expect_Init(interp); cc files……
libesedb.h – Library to support the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format LibraryLb libesedb SynopsisIn libesedb.h Support functions Ft const char * Fn libesedb_get_version void Ft int Fn libesedb_get_access_flags_read Ft int Fn libesedb_get_codepage int *codepage, libesedb_error_t **error Ft int Fn libesedb_set_codepage int codepage, libesedb_error_t **error Ft int Fn libesedb_check_file_signature const char *filename, libesedb_error_t…
efence – Electric Fence Malloc Debugger Synopsis#include <stdlib.h> void * malloc (size_t size); void free (void *ptr); void * realloc (void *ptr, size_t size); void * calloc (size_t nelem, size_t elsize); void * memalign (size_t alignment, size_t size); void * valloc (size_t size); extern int EF_ALIGNMENT; extern int EF_PROTECT_BELOW; extern int EF_PROTECT_FREE; extern int EF_ALLOW_MALLOC_0;…
libdspam – Core message processing and classification library for DSPAM DSPAM Core Analyis Engine Functions Synopsis#include <libdspam.h> DSPAM_CTX *dspam_init(const char *username, const char *group, const char *home, int operating_mode, u_int32_t flags); DSPAM_CTX *dspam_create(const char *username, const char *group, const char *home, int operating_mode, u_int32_t flags); int dspam_addattribute(DSPAM_CTX *CTX, const char *key, const char *value); int…
libdlm – dlm_get_fd, dlm_dispatch, dlm_pthread_init, dlm_ls_pthread_init, dlm_cleanup Synopsis#include <libdlm.h> int dlm_pthread_init(); int dlm_ls_pthread_init(dlm_lshandle_t lockspace); int dlm_pthread_cleanup(); int dlm_get_fd(void); int dlm_dispatch(int fd); link with -ldlmDescriptionlibdlm provides the programmatic userspace interface to the Distributed Lock manager. It provides all the calls you need to manipulate locks & lockspaces libdlm can be used in pthread or non-pthread applications….
libdieharder – A testing and benchmarking library for random number generators Synopsis#include dieharder.h void run_user_template() { Test **user_template_test; /* * Create the test */ user_template_test = create_test(&user_template_dtest,tsamples,psamples,&user_template); /* * Set any GLOBAL data used by the test. */ user_template_lag = (int)x_user; /* * Show the standard test header */ show_test_header(&user_template_dtest,user_template_test); /* * Call the test…
libdavix – shared library for HTTP I/O Descriptionlibdavix is a C++ shared library for high performance remote I/O and resources management with HTTP Based protocols. libdavix aims to be a complete, reliable and performant I/O layer for Cloud, Grid and Web storage systems. It supports the protocol Http (http(s)://), WebDav (dav(s)://) and S3 (s3(s)://)….
libcurl – client-side URL transfers DescriptionThis is a short overview on how to use libcurl in your C programs. There are specific man pages for each function mentioned in here. There are also the libcurl-easy(3) man page, the libcurl-multi(3) man page, the libcurl-share(3) man page and the libcurl-tutorial(3) man page for in-depth understanding on how…
libcurl-tutorial – libcurl programming tutorial ObjectiveThis document attempts to describe the general principles and some basic approaches to consider when programming with libcurl. The text will focus mainly on the C interface but might apply fairly well on other interfaces as well as they usually follow the C one pretty closely. This document will refer…
libcurl-share – how to use the share interface DescriptionThis is an overview on how to use the libcurl share interface in your C programs. There are specific man pages for each function mentioned in here. All functions in the share interface are prefixed with curl_share. ObjectivesThe share interface was added to enable sharing of data…
libcurl-multi – how to use the multi interface DescriptionThis is an overview on how to use the libcurl multi interface in your C programs. There are specific man pages for each function mentioned in here. There’s also the libcurl-tutorial(3) man page for a complete tutorial to programming with libcurl and the libcurl-easy(3) man page for…
libcurl-errors – error codes in libcurl DescriptionThis man page includes most, if not all, available error codes in libcurl. Why they occur and possibly what you can do to fix the problem are also included. CURLcodeAlmost all "easy" interface functions return a CURLcode error code. No matter what, using the curl_easy_setopt(3) option CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER is a…
libcurl-easy – easy interface overview DescriptionWhen using libcurl’s "easy" interface you init your session and get a handle (often referred to as an "easy handle"), which you use as input to the easy interface functions you use. Use curl_easy_init(3) to get the handle. You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming…