publib(3pub)

publib3pub

Introduction to publib

Usage

#include <publib.h>

Overview

publib is a library of C functions that are useful in many of programs. It is an extension to the Standard C library (as defined by the ISO/ANSI C standard 9899-1990). To use the functions in publib, #include <publib.h> and link with the libpub.a library (adding -lpub at the end of the link command should work, if the library has been installed properly).

The library provides functions for

string and memory area manipulation
memory allocation
I/O
comparison functions for qsort, bsearch, and others
expression evaluation

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.2–1.3
  2. 2.0–2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1–6.0
  5. 7–13

Author

Publib was originally written by Lars Wirzenius. It is now maintained by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho ([email protected]).

From publib-dev 0.40-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.