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1. ‰ŠX�”›`/etc/nsswitch.conf'@�”˜
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2. ‰ŠP�”›4.RnP BSD Unix@�”˜
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3. ‰ŠP�”›_POSIX_OPTION_ORDER environment variable.@�”˜
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4. ‰ŠP�”›abort signal
5. ‰ŠP�”›aborting a program
6. ‰ŠP�”›absolute file name
7. ‰ŠP�”›absolute value functions
8. ‰ŠP�”›accepting connections
9. ‰ŠP�”›access permission for a file
10. ‰ŠP�”›access, testing for
11. ‰ŠP�”›accessing directories
12. ‰ŠP�”›address of socket
13. ‰ŠP�”›alarm signal
14. ‰ŠP�”›alarms, setting
15. ‰ŠP�”›alignment (in obstacks)
16. ‰ŠP�”›alignment (with XmallocP)
17. ‰ŠX�”›allocaP disadvantages
18. ‰ŠX�”›allocaP function
19. ‰ŠP�”›allocation (obstacks)
20. ‰ŠP�”›allocation hooks, for Xmalloc
21. ‰ŠP�”›allocation of memory with Xmalloc
22. ‰ŠP�”›allocation size of string
23. ‰ŠP�”›allocation statistics
24. ‰ŠP�”›alphabetic character
25. ‰ŠP�”›alphanumeric character
26. ‰ŠP�”›append-access files
27. ‰ŠP�”›argc (program argument count)
28. ‰ŠP�”›argument promotion
29. ‰ŠP�”›arguments (variadic functions)
30. ‰ŠP�”›arguments, how many
31. ‰ŠP�”›arguments, to program
32. ‰ŠP�”›argv (program argument vector)
33. ‰ŠP�”›arithmetic expansion
34. ‰ŠP�”›array comparison functions
35. ‰ŠP�”›array copy functions
36. ‰ŠP�”›array search function
37. ‰ŠP�”›array sort function
38. ‰ŠP�”›ASCII character
39. ‰ŠP�”›assertions
40. ‰ŠP�”›attributes of a file
41. ‰ŠP�”›automatic allocation
42. ‰ŠP�”›automatic freeing
43. ‰ŠP�”›automatic storage with variable size@�”˜
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44. ‰ŠP�”›background job
45. ‰ŠP�”›background job, launching
46. ‰ŠP�”›base (of floating point number)
47. ‰ŠP�”›basic byte sequence
48. ‰ŠP�”›baud rate
49. ‰ŠP�”›Berkeley Unix
50. ‰ŠP�”›bias (of floating point number exponent)
51. ‰ŠP�”›big-endian
52. ‰ŠP�”›binary I/O to a stream
53. ‰ŠP�”›binary search function (for arrays)
54. ‰ŠP�”›binary stream
55. ‰ŠP�”›binding a socket address
56. ‰ŠP�”›blank character
57. ‰ŠP�”›block I/O to a stream
58. ‰ŠP�”›blocked signals
59. ‰ŠP�”›blocked signals, checking for
60. ‰ŠP�”›blocking signals
61. ‰ŠP�”›blocking signals, in a handler
62. ‰ŠP�”›bootstrapping, and services
63. ‰ŠP�”›break condition, detecting
64. ‰ŠP�”›break condition, generating
65. ‰ŠP�”›breaking a string into tokens
66. ‰ŠP�”›broken pipe signal
67. ‰ŠP�”›broken-down time@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›broken-down time
68. ‰ŠP�”›BSD compatibility library
69. ‰ŠP�”›BSD compatibility library.
70. ‰ŠP�”›BSD Unix
71. ‰ŠP�”›buffering of streams
72. ‰ŠP�”›buffering, controlling
73. ‰ŠP�”›bugs, reporting
74. ‰ŠP�”›bus error
75. ‰ŠP�”›byte order conversion, for socket
76. ‰ŠP�”›byte stream@�”˜
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77. ‰ŠP�”›calendar time
78. ‰ŠP�”›calendar time and broken-down time
79. ‰ŠP�”›calling variadic functions
80. ‰ŠP�”›canonical input processing
81. ‰ŠP�”›capacity limits, POSIX
82. ‰ŠP�”›carrier detect
83. ‰ŠP�”›case conversion of characters
84. ‰ŠP�”›catching signals
85. ‰ŠP�”›categories for locales
86. ‰ŠP�”›change working directory
87. ‰ŠP�”›changing the locale
88. ‰ŠP�”›changing the size of a block (XmallocP)
89. ‰ŠP�”›changing the size of a block (obstacks)
90. ‰ŠP�”›channels
91. ‰ŠP�”›character case conversion
92. ‰ŠP�”›character code
93. ‰ŠP�”›character predicates
94. ‰ŠP�”›character testing
95. ‰ŠP�”›checking for pending signals
96. ‰ŠP�”›child process@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›child process
97. ‰ŠP�”›child process signal
98. ‰ŠP�”›chunks
99. ‰ŠP�”›classification of characters
100. ‰ŠP�”›cleaning up a stream
101. ‰ŠP�”›clearing terminal input queue
102. ‰ŠP�”›client
103. ‰ŠP�”›clock ticks
104. ‰ŠP�”›close-on-exec (file descriptor flag)
105. ‰ŠP�”›closing a file descriptor
106. ‰ŠP�”›closing a socket
107. ‰ŠP�”›closing a stream
108. ‰ŠP�”›code, character
109. ‰ŠP�”›collating strings
110. ‰ŠP�”›combining locales
111. ‰ŠP�”›command argument syntax
112. ‰ŠP�”›command arguments, parsing
113. ‰ŠP�”›command line arguments
114. ‰ŠP�”›command substitution
115. ‰ŠP�”›communication style (of a socket)
116. ‰ŠP�”›comparing strings and arrays
117. ‰ŠP�”›Comparison Function
118. ‰ŠP�”›concatenating strings
119. ‰ŠP�”›configurations, all supported
120. ‰ŠP�”›connecting a socket
121. ‰ŠP�”›connection
122. ‰ŠP�”›consistency checking
123. ‰ŠP�”›consistency checking, of heap
124. ‰ŠP�”›continue signal
125. ‰ŠP�”›control character
126. ‰ŠP�”›control operations on files
127. ‰ŠP�”›controlling process
128. ‰ŠP�”›controlling terminal
129. ‰ŠP�”›controlling terminal, access to
130. ‰ŠP�”›controlling terminal, determining
131. ‰ŠP�”›controlling terminal, setting
132. ‰ŠP�”›conversion specifications (XprintfP)
133. ‰ŠP�”›conversion specifications (XscanfP)
134. ‰ŠP�”›converting byte order
135. ‰ŠP�”›converting case of characters
136. ‰ŠP�”›converting extended characters
137. ‰ŠP�”›converting extended strings
138. ‰ŠP�”›converting file descriptor to stream
139. ‰ŠP�”›converting floats to integers
140. ‰ŠP�”›converting group ID to group name
141. ‰ŠP�”›converting group name to group ID
142. ‰ŠP�”›converting host address to name
143. ‰ŠP�”›converting host name to address
144. ‰ŠP�”›converting network name to network number
145. ‰ŠP�”›converting network number to network name
146. ‰ŠP�”›converting port number to service name
147. ‰ŠP�”›converting service name to port number
148. ‰ŠP�”›converting string to collation order
149. ‰ŠP�”›converting strings to numbers
150. ‰ŠP�”›converting user ID to user name
151. ‰ŠP�”›converting user name to user ID
152. ‰ŠP�”›cookie, for custom stream
153. ‰ŠP�”›copying strings and arrays
154. ‰ŠP�”›CPU time
155. ‰ŠP�”›create on open (file status flag)
156. ‰ŠP�”›creating a directory
157. ‰ŠP�”›creating a FIFO special file
158. ‰ŠP�”›creating a pipe
159. ‰ŠP�”›creating a pipe to a subprocess
160. ‰ŠP�”›creating a process
161. ‰ŠP�”›creating a socket
162. ‰ŠP�”›creating a socket pair
163. ‰ŠP�”›creating special files
164. ‰ŠP�”›cube root function
165. ‰ŠP�”›currency symbols
166. ‰ŠP�”›current working directory
167. ‰ŠP�”›custom streams
168. ‰ŠP�”›customizing Xprintf@�”˜
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169. ‰ŠP�”›data loss on sockets
170. ‰ŠP�”›databases
171. ‰ŠP�”›datagram socket
172. ‰ŠP�”›datagrams, transmitting
173. ‰ŠP�”›date and time
174. ‰ŠP�”›Daylight Saving Time
175. ‰ŠP�”›decimal digit character
176. ‰ŠP�”›decimal-point separator
177. ‰ŠP�”›declaration (compared to definition)
178. ‰ŠP�”›declaring variadic functions
179. ‰ŠP�”›default action (for a signal)
180. ‰ŠP�”›default action for a signal
181. ‰ŠP�”›default argument promotions
182. ‰ŠP�”›default value, and NSS
183. ‰ŠP�”›defining new XprintfP conversions
184. ‰ŠP�”›definition (compared to declaration)
185. ‰ŠP�”›delayed suspend character
186. ‰ŠP�”›deleting a directory
187. ‰ŠP�”›deleting a file
188. ‰ŠP�”›delivery of signals
189. ‰ŠP�”›descriptors and streams
190. ‰ŠP�”›digit character
191. ‰ŠP�”›directories, accessing
192. ‰ŠP�”›directories, creating
193. ‰ŠP�”›directories, deleting
194. ‰ŠP�”›directory
195. ‰ŠP�”›directory entry
196. ‰ŠP�”›directory stream
197. ‰ŠP�”›disadvantages of Xalloca
198. ‰ŠP�”›DISCARD character
199. ‰ŠP�”›DNS server unavailable
200. ‰ŠP�”›domain (of socket)
201. ‰ŠP�”›domain error
202. ‰ŠP�”›dot notation, for Internet addresses
203. ‰ŠP�”›DSUSP character
204. ‰ŠP�”›duplicating file descriptors
205. ‰ŠP�”›dynamic allocation@�”˜
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206. ‰ŠP�”›echo of terminal input
207. ‰ŠP�”›effective group ID
208. ‰ŠP�”›effective user ID
209. ‰ŠP�”›efficiency and Xmalloc
210. ‰ŠP�”›efficiency and obstacks
211. ‰ŠP�”›efficiency of chunks
212. ‰ŠP�”›EINTR, and restarting interrupted primitives
213. ‰ŠP�”›end of file, on a stream
214. ‰ŠP�”›end-of-file, on a file descriptor
215. ‰ŠP�”›environment
216. ‰ŠP�”›environment access
217. ‰ŠP�”›environment representation
218. ‰ŠP�”›environment variable
219. ‰ŠP�”›EOF character
220. ‰ŠP�”›EOL character
221. ‰ŠP�”›EOL2 character
222. ‰ŠP�”›epoch
223. ‰ŠP�”›ERASE character
224. ‰ŠP�”›error codes
225. ‰ŠP�”›error reporting
226. ‰ŠP�”›establishing a handler
227. ‰ŠP�”›ethers
228. ‰ŠP�”›exception
229. ‰ŠP�”›exclusive lock
230. ‰ŠX�”›execP functions
231. ‰ŠP�”›executing a file
232. ‰ŠP�”›exit status
233. ‰ŠP�”›exit status value
234. ‰ŠP�”›expansion of shell words
235. ‰ŠP�”›exponent (of floating point number)
236. ‰ŠP�”›exponentiation functions
237. ‰ŠP�”›extended character sets
238. ‰ŠP�”›extended characters, converting
239. ‰ŠP�”›extended strings, converting representations
240. ‰ŠP�”›extending Xprintf
241. ‰ŠP�”›extracting file descriptor from stream@�”˜
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242. ‰ŠX�”›fcntlP function
243. ‰ŠP�”›feature test macros
244. ‰ŠP�”›field splitting
245. ‰ŠP�”›FIFO special file
246. ‰ŠP�”›file access permission
247. ‰ŠP�”›file access time
248. ‰ŠP�”›file attribute modification time
249. ‰ŠP�”›file attributes
250. ‰ŠP�”›file creation mask
251. ‰ŠP�”›file descriptor flags
252. ‰ŠP�”›file descriptor sets, for Xselect
253. ‰ŠP�”›file descriptors, standard
254. ‰ŠP�”›file locks
255. ‰ŠP�”›file modification time
256. ‰ŠP�”›file name
257. ‰ŠP�”›file name component
258. ‰ŠP�”›file name errors
259. ‰ŠP�”›file name resolution
260. ‰ŠP�”›file name translation flags
261. ‰ŠP�”›file names, multiple
262. ‰ŠP�”›file namespace, for sockets
263. ‰ŠP�”›file owner
264. ‰ŠP�”›file permission bits
265. ‰ŠP�”›file pointer
266. ‰ŠP�”›file position
267. ‰ŠP�”›file positioning on a file descriptor
268. ‰ŠP�”›file positioning on a stream
269. ‰ŠP�”›file status flags
270. ‰ŠP�”›filtering i/o through subprocess
271. ‰ŠP�”›flag character (XprintfP)
272. ‰ŠP�”›flag character (XscanfP)
273. ‰ŠP�”›flags for Xsigaction
274. ‰ŠP�”›flags, file name translation
275. ‰ŠP�”›flags, open-time action
276. ‰ŠP�”›floating point, IEEE
277. ‰ŠP�”›floating type measurements
278. ‰ŠP�”›floating-point exception
279. ‰ŠP�”›flow control, terminal
280. ‰ŠP�”›flushing a stream
281. ‰ŠP�”›flushing terminal output queue
282. ‰ŠP�”›foreground job
283. ‰ŠP�”›foreground job, launching
284. ‰ŠP�”›forking a process
285. ‰ŠP�”›format string, for Xprintf
286. ‰ŠP�”›format string, for Xscanf
287. ‰ŠP�”›formatted input from a stream
288. ‰ŠP�”›formatted output to a stream
289. ‰ŠP�”›freeing (obstacks)
290. ‰ŠP�”›freeing memory allocated with Xmalloc
291. ‰ŠP�”›fully buffered stream
292. ‰ŠP�”›function prototypes (variadic)@�”˜
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293. ‰ŠP�”›generation of signals
294. ‰ŠP�”›globbing
295. ‰ŠP�”›graphic character
296. ‰ŠP�”›Gregorian calendar
297. ‰ŠP�”›group
298. ‰ŠP�”›group database
299. ‰ŠP�”›group ID
300. ‰ŠP�”›group name
301. ‰ŠP�”›group owner of a file
302. ‰ŠP�”›grouping of digits
303. ‰ŠP�”›growing objects (in obstacks)@�”˜
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304. ‰ŠP�”›handle
305. ‰ŠP�”›handling multiple signals
306. ‰ŠP�”›hangup signal
307. ‰ŠP�”›hard limit
308. ‰ŠP�”›hard link
309. ‰ŠP�”›header files
310. ‰ŠP�”›heap consistency checking
311. ‰ŠP�”›heap, dynamic allocation from
312. ‰ŠP�”›heap, freeing memory from
313. ‰ŠP�”›hexadecimal digit character
314. ‰ŠP�”›hidden bit (of floating point number mantissa)
315. ‰ŠP�”›high-priority data
316. ‰ŠP�”›high-resolution time
317. ‰ŠP�”›holes in files
318. ‰ŠP�”›home directory
319. ‰ŠP�”›HOME environment variable
320. ‰ŠP�”›hook functions (of custom streams)
321. ‰ŠP�”›host address, Internet
322. ‰ŠP�”›hosts
323. ‰ŠP�”›hosts database
324. ‰ŠP�”›how many arguments
325. ‰ŠP�”›hyperbolic functions@�”˜
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326. ‰ŠP�”›identifying terminals
327. ‰ŠP�”›IEEE floating point
328. ‰ŠP�”›IEEE floating point representation
329. ‰ŠP�”›IEEE Std 1003.1
330. ‰ŠP�”›IEEE Std 1003.2
331. ‰ŠP�”›ignore action for a signal
332. ‰ŠP�”›illegal instruction
333. ‰ŠP�”›impossible events
334. ‰ŠP�”›independent channels
335. ‰ŠP�”›initial signal actions
336. ‰ŠP�”›inode number
337. ‰ŠP�”›input available signal
338. ‰ŠP�”›input conversions, for Xscanf
339. ‰ŠP�”›input from multiple files
340. ‰ŠP�”›installation tools
341. ‰ŠP�”›installing the library
342. ‰ŠP�”›integer division functions
343. ‰ŠP�”›integer type range
344. ‰ŠP�”›integer type width
345. ‰ŠP�”›interactive signals, from terminal
346. ‰ŠP�”›interactive stop signal
347. ‰ŠP�”›internationalization
348. ‰ŠP�”›Internet host address
349. ‰ŠP�”›Internet namespace, for sockets
350. ‰ŠP�”›interprocess communication, with FIFO
351. ‰ŠP�”›interprocess communication, with pipes
352. ‰ŠP�”›interprocess communication, with signals
353. ‰ŠP�”›interprocess communication, with sockets
354. ‰ŠP�”›interrupt character
355. ‰ŠP�”›interrupt signal
356. ‰ŠP�”›interrupt-driven input
357. ‰ŠP�”›interrupting primitives
358. ‰ŠP�”›interval timer, setting
359. ‰ŠP�”›INTR character
360. ‰ŠP�”›inverse hyperbolic functions
361. ‰ŠP�”›inverse trigonometric functions
362. ‰ŠP�”›invocation of program
363. ‰ŠP�”›ISO C@�”˜
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364. ‰ŠP�”›job
365. ‰ŠP�”›job control
366. ‰ŠP�”›job control functions
367. ‰ŠP�”›job control is optional
368. ‰ŠP�”›job control signals
369. ‰ŠP�”›job control, enabling@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›job control, enabling@�”˜
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370. ‰ŠP�”›Kermit the frog
371. ‰ŠP�”›KILL character
372. ‰ŠP�”›kill signal
373. ‰ŠP�”›killing a process@�”˜
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374. ‰ŠP�”›LANG environment variable
375. ‰ŠP�”›launching jobs
376. ‰ŠP�”›LC_COLLATE environment variable
377. ‰ŠP�”›LC_CTYPE environment variable
378. ‰ŠP�”›LC_MONETARY environment variable
379. ‰ŠP�”›LC_NUMERIC environment variable
380. ‰ŠP�”›LC_TIME environment variable
381. ‰ŠP�”›leap second
382. ‰ŠP�”›length of multibyte character
383. ‰ŠP�”›length of string
384. ‰ŠP�”›level, for socket options
385. ‰ŠP�”›library
386. ‰ŠP�”›limits on resource usage
387. ‰ŠP�”›limits, file name length
388. ‰ŠP�”›limits, floating types
389. ‰ŠP�”›limits, integer types
390. ‰ŠP�”›limits, link count of files
391. ‰ŠP�”›limits, number of open files
392. ‰ŠP�”›limits, number of processes
393. ‰ŠP�”›limits, number of supplementary group IDs
394. ‰ŠP�”›limits, pipe buffer size
395. ‰ŠP�”›limits, POSIX
396. ‰ŠP�”›limits, program argument size
397. ‰ŠP�”›limits, terminal input queue
398. ‰ŠP�”›limits, time zone name length
399. ‰ŠP�”›line buffered stream
400. ‰ŠP�”›line speed
401. ‰ŠP�”›lines (in a text file)
402. ‰ŠP�”›link
403. ‰ŠP�”›link, hard
404. ‰ŠP�”›link, soft
405. ‰ŠP�”›link, symbolic
406. ‰ŠP�”›linked channels
407. ‰ŠP�”›listening (sockets)
408. ‰ŠP�”›little-endian
409. ‰ŠP�”›LNEXT character
410. ‰ŠP�”›local network address number
411. ‰ŠP�”›local time
412. ‰ŠP�”›locale categories
413. ‰ŠP�”›locale, changing
414. ‰ŠP�”›locales
415. ‰ŠP�”›logarithm functions
416. ‰ŠP�”›login name
417. ‰ŠP�”›login name, determining
418. ‰ŠP�”›LOGNAME environment variable
419. ‰ŠP�”›long jumps
420. ‰ŠP�”›long-named options
421. ‰ŠP�”›longjmp
422. ‰ŠP�”›loss of data on sockets
423. ‰ŠP�”›lost resource signal
424. ‰ŠP�”›lower-case character@�”˜
ˆ‰cindex_mŠt�”›m

425. ‰ŠP�”›macros
426. ‰ŠX�”›mainP function
427. ‰ŠX�”›mallocP function
428. ‰ŠP�”›mantissa (of floating point number)
429. ‰ŠP�”›matching failure, in Xscanf
430. ‰ŠP�”›maximum field width (XscanfP)
431. ‰ŠP�”›measurements of floating types
432. ‰ŠP�”›memory allocation
433. ‰ŠP�”›merging of signals
434. ‰ŠP�”›MIN termios slot
435. ‰ŠP�”›minimum field width (XprintfP)
436. ‰ŠP�”›mixing descriptors and streams
437. ‰ŠP�”›modem disconnect
438. ‰ŠP�”›modem status lines
439. ‰ŠP�”›monetary value formatting
440. ‰ŠP�”›multibyte character, length of
441. ‰ŠP�”›multibyte characters
442. ‰ŠP�”›multiple names for one file
443. ‰ŠP�”›multiplexing input@�”˜
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444. ‰ŠP�”›name of running program
445. ‰ŠP�”›name of socket
446. ‰ŠP�”›Name Service Switch
447. ‰ŠP�”›name space
448. ‰ŠP�”›names of signals
449. ‰ŠP�”›namespace (of socket)
450. ‰ŠP�”›NaN
451. ‰ŠP�”›Netgroup
452. ‰ŠP�”›netgroup
453. ‰ŠP�”›network
454. ‰ŠP�”›network byte order
455. ‰ŠP�”›network number
456. ‰ŠP�”›network protocol
457. ‰ŠP�”›networks database
458. ‰ŠP�”›nisplus, and booting
459. ‰ŠP�”›nisplus, and completeness
460. ‰ŠP�”›non-blocking open
461. ‰ŠP�”›non-local exit, from signal handler
462. ‰ŠP�”›non-local exits
463. ‰ŠP�”›noncanonical input processing
464. ‰ŠP�”›normalization functions (floating-point)
465. ‰ŠP�”›normalized floating point number
466. ‰ŠP�”›not a number
467. ‰ŠP�”›NSS
468. ‰ŠX�”›`nsswitch.conf'
469. ‰ŠP�”›null character
470. ‰ŠP�”›null pointer constant
471. ‰ŠP�”›number of arguments passed
472. ‰ŠP�”›number syntax, parsing
473. ‰ŠP�”›numeric value formatting@�”˜
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474. ‰ŠP�”›obstack status
475. ‰ŠP�”›obstacks
476. ‰ŠP�”›open-time action flags
477. ‰ŠP�”›opening a file
478. ‰ŠP�”›opening a file descriptor
479. ‰ŠP�”›opening a pipe
480. ‰ŠP�”›opening a socket
481. ‰ŠP�”›opening a socket pair
482. ‰ŠP�”›opening a stream
483. ‰ŠP�”›optimizing NSS
484. ‰ŠP�”›optional arguments
485. ‰ŠP�”›optional POSIX features
486. ‰ŠP�”›orphaned process group
487. ‰ŠP�”›out-of-band data
488. ‰ŠP�”›output conversions, for Xprintf
489. ‰ŠP�”›output possible signal
490. ‰ŠP�”›owner of a file@�”˜
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491. ‰ŠP�”›packet
492. ‰ŠP�”›page boundary
493. ‰ŠP�”›parent directory
494. ‰ŠP�”›parent process@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›parent process
495. ‰ŠP�”›parity checking
496. ‰ŠP�”›parsing a template string
497. ‰ŠP�”›parsing numbers (in formatted input)
498. ‰ŠP�”›parsing program arguments
499. ‰ŠP�”›parsing tokens from a string
500. ‰ŠP�”›passwd
501. ‰ŠP�”›password database
502. ‰ŠP�”›PATH environment variable
503. ‰ŠX�”›pauseP function
504. ‰ŠP�”›peeking at input
505. ‰ŠP�”›pending signals
506. ‰ŠP�”›pending signals, checking for
507. ‰ŠP�”›permission to access a file
508. ‰ŠP�”›persona
509. ‰ŠP�”›pi (trigonometric constant)
510. ‰ŠP�”›pipe
511. ‰ŠP�”›pipe signal
512. ‰ŠP�”›pipe to a subprocess
513. ‰ŠP�”›port number
514. ‰ŠP�”›positioning a file descriptor
515. ‰ŠP�”›positioning a stream
516. ‰ŠP�”›POSIX
517. ‰ŠP�”›POSIX capacity limits
518. ‰ŠP�”›POSIX optional features
519. ‰ŠP�”›POSIX.1
520. ‰ŠP�”›POSIX.2
521. ‰ŠP�”›power functions
522. ‰ŠP�”›precision (of floating point number)
523. ‰ŠP�”›precision (XprintfP)
524. ‰ŠP�”›predicates on arrays
525. ‰ŠP�”›predicates on characters
526. ‰ŠP�”›predicates on strings
527. ‰ŠP�”›primitives, interrupting
528. ‰ŠP�”›printing character
529. ‰ŠP�”›priority of a process
530. ‰ŠP�”›process@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›process
531. ‰ŠP�”›process completion
532. ‰ŠP�”›process group functions
533. ‰ŠP�”›process group ID
534. ‰ŠP�”›process group leader
535. ‰ŠP�”›process groups
536. ‰ŠP�”›process ID
537. ‰ŠP�”›process image
538. ‰ŠP�”›process lifetime
539. ‰ŠP�”›process priority
540. ‰ŠP�”›process signal mask
541. ‰ŠP�”›process termination
542. ‰ŠP�”›processor time
543. ‰ŠP�”›profiling alarm signal
544. ‰ŠP�”›profiling timer
545. ‰ŠP�”›program argument syntax
546. ‰ŠP�”›program arguments
547. ‰ŠP�”›program arguments, parsing
548. ‰ŠP�”›program error signals
549. ‰ŠP�”›program name
550. ‰ŠP�”›program startup
551. ‰ŠP�”›program termination
552. ‰ŠP�”›program termination signals
553. ‰ŠP�”›programming your own streams
554. ‰ŠP�”›protocol (of socket)
555. ‰ŠP�”›protocol family
556. ‰ŠP�”›protocols
557. ‰ŠP�”›protocols database
558. ‰ŠP�”›prototypes for variadic functions
559. ‰ŠP�”›pseudo-random numbers
560. ‰ŠP�”›punctuation character
561. ‰ŠP�”›pushing input back@�”˜
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562. ‰ŠP�”›quick sort function (for arrays)
563. ‰ŠP�”›QUIT character
564. ‰ŠP�”›quit signal@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›quit signal
565. ‰ŠP�”›quote removal@�”˜
ˆ‰cindex_rŠt�”›r

566. ‰ŠP�”›race conditions, relating to job control
567. ‰ŠP�”›race conditions, relating to signals
568. ‰ŠP�”›radix (of floating point number)
569. ‰ŠP�”›raising signals
570. ‰ŠP�”›random numbers
571. ‰ŠP�”›random-access files
572. ‰ŠP�”›range error
573. ‰ŠP�”›range of integer type
574. ‰ŠP�”›read lock
575. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a directory
576. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a file descriptor
577. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a socket
578. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a stream, by blocks
579. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a stream, by characters
580. ‰ŠP�”›reading from a stream, formatted
581. ‰ŠP�”›real group ID
582. ‰ŠP�”›real user ID
583. ‰ŠP�”›real-time timer
584. ‰ŠP�”›receiving datagrams
585. ‰ŠP�”›record locking
586. ‰ŠP�”›redirecting input and output
587. ‰ŠP�”›reentrant functions
588. ‰ŠP�”›reentrant NSS functions
589. ‰ŠP�”›relative file name
590. ‰ŠP�”›relocating memory allocator
591. ‰ŠP�”›remainder functions
592. ‰ŠP�”›removal of quotes
593. ‰ŠP�”›removing a file
594. ‰ŠP�”›removing macros that shadow functions
595. ‰ŠP�”›renaming a file
596. ‰ŠP�”›reporting bugs
597. ‰ŠP�”›reporting errors
598. ‰ŠP�”›REPRINT character
599. ‰ŠP�”›reserved names
600. ‰ŠP�”›resource limits
601. ‰ŠP�”›restarting interrupted primitives
602. ‰ŠP�”›restrictions on signal handler functions
603. ‰ŠP�”›root directory
604. ‰ŠP�”›rounding functions
605. ‰ŠP�”›rpc
606. ‰ŠP�”›running a command@�”˜
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607. ‰ŠP�”›scanning the group list
608. ‰ŠP�”›scanning the user list
609. ‰ŠP�”›search function (for arrays)
610. ‰ŠP�”›search functions (for strings)
611. ‰ŠP�”›seed (for random numbers)
612. ‰ŠP�”›seeking on a file descriptor
613. ‰ŠP�”›seeking on a stream
614. ‰ŠP�”›segmentation violation
615. ‰ŠP�”›sending a datagram
616. ‰ŠP�”›sending signals
617. ‰ŠP�”›sequential-access files
618. ‰ŠP�”›server
619. ‰ŠP�”›services
620. ‰ŠP�”›services database
621. ‰ŠP�”›session@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›session
622. ‰ŠP�”›session leader
623. ‰ŠP�”›setting an alarm
624. ‰ŠX�”›setuidP programs
625. ‰ŠP�”›setuid programs and file access
626. ‰ŠP�”›shadow
627. ‰ŠP�”›shadowing functions with macros
628. ‰ŠP�”›shared lock
629. ‰ŠP�”›shell
630. ‰ŠP�”›shrinking objects
631. ‰ŠP�”›shutting down a socket
632. ‰ŠX�”›sigactionP flags
633. ‰ŠX�”›sigactionP function
634. ‰ŠX�”›SIGCHLDP, handling of
635. ‰ŠP�”›sign (of floating point number)
636. ‰ŠP�”›signal
637. ‰ŠP�”›signal action
638. ‰ŠP�”›signal actions
639. ‰ŠP�”›signal flags
640. ‰ŠX�”›signalP function
641. ‰ŠP�”›signal handler function
642. ‰ŠP�”›signal mask
643. ‰ŠP�”›signal messages
644. ‰ŠP�”›signal names
645. ‰ŠP�”›signal number
646. ‰ŠP�”›signal set
647. ‰ŠP�”›signals, generating
648. ‰ŠP�”›significand (of floating point number)
649. ‰ŠX�”›SIGTTINP, from background job
650. ‰ŠX�”›SIGTTOUP, from background job
651. ‰ŠP�”›size of string
652. ‰ŠP�”›socket
653. ‰ŠP�”›socket address (name) binding
654. ‰ŠP�”›socket domain
655. ‰ŠP�”›socket namespace
656. ‰ŠP�”›socket option level
657. ‰ŠP�”›socket options
658. ‰ŠP�”›socket pair
659. ‰ŠP�”›socket protocol
660. ‰ŠP�”›socket shutdown
661. ‰ŠP�”›socket, client actions
662. ‰ŠP�”›socket, closing
663. ‰ŠP�”›socket, connecting
664. ‰ŠP�”›socket, creating
665. ‰ŠP�”›socket, initiating a connection
666. ‰ŠP�”›sockets, accepting connections
667. ‰ŠP�”›sockets, listening
668. ‰ŠP�”›sockets, server actions
669. ‰ŠP�”›soft limit
670. ‰ŠP�”›soft link
671. ‰ŠP�”›sort function (for arrays)
672. ‰ŠP�”›sparse files
673. ‰ŠP�”›special files
674. ‰ŠP�”›specified action (for a signal)
675. ‰ŠP�”›square root function
676. ‰ŠP�”›stable sorting
677. ‰ŠP�”›standard dot notation, for Internet addresses
678. ‰ŠP�”›standard environment variables
679. ‰ŠP�”›standard error file descriptor
680. ‰ŠP�”›standard error stream
681. ‰ŠP�”›standard file descriptors
682. ‰ŠP�”›standard input file descriptor
683. ‰ŠP�”›standard input stream
684. ‰ŠP�”›standard output file descriptor
685. ‰ŠP�”›standard output stream
686. ‰ŠP�”›standard streams
687. ‰ŠP�”›standards
688. ‰ŠP�”›START character
689. ‰ŠP�”›startup of program
690. ‰ŠP�”›static allocation
691. ‰ŠP�”›STATUS character
692. ‰ŠP�”›status codes
693. ‰ŠP�”›status of a file
694. ‰ŠP�”›status of obstack
695. ‰ŠP�”›sticky bit
696. ‰ŠP�”›STOP character
697. ‰ŠP�”›stop signal
698. ‰ŠP�”›stopped job
699. ‰ŠP�”›stopped jobs, continuing
700. ‰ŠP�”›stopped jobs, detecting
701. ‰ŠP�”›storage allocation
702. ‰ŠP�”›stream (sockets)
703. ‰ŠP�”›stream, for I/O to a string
704. ‰ŠP�”›streams and descriptors
705. ‰ŠP�”›streams, and file descriptors
706. ‰ŠP�”›streams, standard
707. ‰ŠP�”›string
708. ‰ŠP�”›string allocation
709. ‰ŠP�”›string collation functions
710. ‰ŠP�”›string comparison functions
711. ‰ŠP�”›string concatenation functions
712. ‰ŠP�”›string copy functions
713. ‰ŠP�”›string length
714. ‰ŠP�”›string literal
715. ‰ŠP�”›string search functions
716. ‰ŠP�”›string stream
717. ‰ŠP�”›string, representation of
718. ‰ŠP�”›style of communication (of a socket)
719. ‰ŠP�”›subshell
720. ‰ŠP�”›substitution of variables and commands
721. ‰ŠP�”›successive signals
722. ‰ŠP�”›summer time
723. ‰ŠP�”›SunOS
724. ‰ŠP�”›supplementary group IDs
725. ‰ŠP�”›SUSP character
726. ‰ŠP�”›suspend character
727. ‰ŠP�”›SVID
728. ‰ŠP�”›symbolic link
729. ‰ŠP�”›symbolic link, opening
730. ‰ŠP�”›syntax, for program arguments
731. ‰ŠP�”›syntax, for reading numbers
732. ‰ŠP�”›System V Unix@�”˜
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733. ‰ŠP�”›TCP (Internet protocol)
734. ‰ŠP�”›template, for Xprintf
735. ‰ŠP�”›template, for Xscanf
736. ‰ŠP�”›TERM environment variable
737. ‰ŠP�”›terminal flow control
738. ‰ŠP�”›terminal identification
739. ‰ŠP�”›terminal input queue
740. ‰ŠP�”›terminal input queue, clearing
741. ‰ŠP�”›terminal input signal
742. ‰ŠP�”›terminal line control functions
743. ‰ŠP�”›terminal line speed@�”˜, ‰ŠP�”›terminal line speed
744. ‰ŠP�”›terminal mode data types
745. ‰ŠP�”›terminal mode functions
746. ‰ŠP�”›terminal output queue
747. ‰ŠP�”›terminal output queue, flushing
748. ‰ŠP�”›terminal output signal
749. ‰ŠP�”›terminated jobs, detecting
750. ‰ŠP�”›termination signal
751. ‰ŠP�”›testing access permission
752. ‰ŠP�”›testing exit status of child process
753. ‰ŠP�”›text stream
754. ‰ŠP�”›ticks, clock
755. ‰ŠP�”›tilde expansion
756. ‰ŠP�”›TIME termios slot
757. ‰ŠP�”›time zone
758. ‰ŠP�”›time zone database
759. ‰ŠP�”›time, calendar
760. ‰ŠP�”›time, elapsed CPU
761. ‰ŠP�”›timer, profiling
762. ‰ŠP�”›timer, real-time
763. ‰ŠP�”›timer, virtual
764. ‰ŠP�”›timers, setting
765. ‰ŠP�”›timing error in signal handling
766. ‰ŠP�”›TMPDIR environment variable
767. ‰ŠP�”›tokenizing strings
768. ‰ŠP�”›tools, for installing library
769. ‰ŠP�”›transmitting datagrams
770. ‰ŠP�”›trigonometric functions
771. ‰ŠP�”›type measurements, floating
772. ‰ŠP�”›type measurements, integer
773. ‰ŠP�”›type modifier character (XprintfP)
774. ‰ŠP�”›type modifier character (XscanfP)
775. ‰ŠP�”›typeahead buffer
776. ‰ŠP�”›TZ environment variable@�”˜
ˆ‰cindex_uŠt�”›u

777. ‰ŠP�”›umask
778. ‰ŠP�”›unbuffered stream
779. ‰ŠP�”›unconstrained storage allocation
780. ‰ŠP�”›undefining macros that shadow functions
781. ‰ŠP�”›Unix, Berkeley
782. ‰ŠP�”›Unix, System V
783. ‰ŠP�”›unlinking a file
784. ‰ŠP�”›unreading characters
785. ‰ŠP�”›upper-case character
786. ‰ŠP�”›urgent data signal
787. ‰ŠP�”›urgent socket condition
788. ‰ŠP�”›usage limits
789. ‰ŠP�”›user database
790. ‰ŠP�”›user ID
791. ‰ŠP�”›user ID, determining
792. ‰ŠP�”›user name
793. ‰ŠP�”›user signals
794. ‰ŠP�”›usual file name errors@�”˜
ˆ‰cindex_vŠt�”›v

795. ‰ŠP�”›variable number of arguments
796. ‰ŠP�”›variable substitution
797. ‰ŠP�”›variable-sized arrays
798. ‰ŠP�”›variadic function argument access
799. ‰ŠP�”›variadic function prototypes
800. ‰ŠP�”›variadic functions
801. ‰ŠP�”›variadic functions, calling
802. ‰ŠP�”›virtual time alarm signal
803. ‰ŠP�”›virtual timer
804. ‰ŠX�”›volatileP declarations@�”˜
ˆ‰cindex_wŠt�”›w

805. ‰ŠP�”›waiting for a signal
806. ‰ŠP�”›waiting for completion of child process
807. ‰ŠP�”›waiting for input or output
808. ‰ŠP�”›WERASE character
809. ‰ŠP�”›whitespace character
810. ‰ŠP�”›wide characters
811. ‰ŠP�”›width of integer type
812. ‰ŠP�”›wildcard expansion
813. ‰ŠP�”›word expansion
814. ‰ŠP�”›working directory
815. ‰ŠP�”›write lock
816. ‰ŠP�”›writing to a file descriptor
817. ‰ŠP�”›writing to a socket
818. ‰ŠP�”›writing to a stream, by blocks
819. ‰ŠP�”›writing to a stream, by characters
820. ‰ŠP�”›writing to a stream, formatted@�”˜
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