Re: C library calls - portability
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:27:17 GMT
Miklos Magyari wrote:
> I'm looking for a document (table) that describes the portability of C
> library functions (for example I want to know if realpath (3) is available
> on all the *nix dialects I'm interested in).
> I work on FreeBSD and the manpages have some suggestions in the HISTORY
> section but it doesn't seem to be enough for me.
There is also a STANDARDS section of FreeBSD man pages that describe
functions that conform to some standard. If it is missing, the
implication is that the function does not appear in any standard.
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