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 Intro(FP)                      6 January 1993                      Intro(FP)


 Name

    Intro - introduction to file formats for programmers

 Description

    This section outlines the formats of various files.  The C structure
    declarations for the file formats are given where applicable.  Usually,
    these structures can be found in the directories /usr/include or
    /usr/include/sys

    The following is a listing of the manual pages found in this section and
    a brief description of the information in each.

    Manual page    Description
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    86rel(FP)      Intel 8086 Relocatable Format for Object Modules
    acct(FP)       format of per-process accounting file
    a.out(FP)      UNIX common assembler and link editor output
    ar(FP)         archive file format


    core(FP)       format of core image file
    dirent(FP)     filesystem-independent directory entry
    dir(FP)        format of a directory
    filehdr(FP)    file header for common object files
    filesystem(FP) format of filesystem types
    inode(FP)      format of an inode
    Intro(FP)      introduction to file formats for programmers
    langinfo(FP)   language information constants
    lconv(FP)      Internationalization (native language support) information
    ldfcn(FP)      common object file access routines
    limits(FP)     header file for implementation-specific constants
    linenum(FP)    line number entries in a common object file
    mallinfo(FP)   malloc (libmalloc) information
    mem(FP)        discusses access to the computer's physical and virtual memory
    mfsys(FP)      configuration file for filesystem types
    msg(FP)        IPC message structures
    netbuf(FP)     TLI/XTI network buffer structure
    nl_types(FP)   data types for native language support
    nssend(FP)     name server request structure
    null(FP)       the null file
    passwd(FP)     password entry structure
    plot(FP)       graphics interface
    pnch(FP)       file format for card images
    proc(FP)       process table structure
    reloc(FP)      relocation information for a common object file
    sccsfile(FP)   format of an SCCS file
    scnhdr(FP)     section header for a common object file
    scr_dump(FP)   format of curses screen image file
    sem(FP)        controls structures for UNIX System V semaphores
    sfsys(FP)      local filesystem type file
    shm(FP)        IPC shared memory structures
    stat(FP)       data returned by stat system call
    syms(FP)       common object file symbol table format
    t_info(FP)     TLI and XTI transport protocol structure
    types(FP)      primitive system data types
    unistd(FP)     file header for symbolic constants
    x.out(FP)      format of XENIX link editor output



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