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Others

Thre are several other library functions and header files of limited use that we have not included here. Readers should refer to appropriate manuals. Some of the categories are:

Error Numbers <errno.h>

Declares integer type errno which will contain the number of an error when it occurs.

Signals <signal.h>

Provides facilities to handle exceptional situations such as interrupts or errors.

Date and Time Functions <time.h>

Provides clock functions as well as date and time functions.

Variable Argument Lists <stdarg.h>

Provides failities to step through a list of function arguments of unknown number and type.

Non-local Jumps <setjmp.h>

Provides a way of avoiding normal function calls and returns.



Tep Dobry
Mon Dec 9 05:56:25 HST 1996