From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) Subject: Re: organizing "missing" features Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 14:29:21 GMT
In article <1993Apr6.053051.15120@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
>Sorry but I just couldn't think of a really descriptive title.
>My idea/concerns/questions are about cataloging UNIX-ish features that
People are working on docs and man pages.
>are missing in Linux. I was working on porting some code from system
>V and so far have come up with lockf() and optopt (a symbol related to
Try POSIX lock to replace lockf ().
>getopt()).
>
There is optopt in getopt (3C) man page under HP-UX. But it doesn't
say how to use it :-(.
>What I was thinking is it would be real nice to catalog things such as
>this and either offer a compatible solution or identify the need for
>some code to solve the problem. Maybe this is already being done.
>Before I get too seriously into a campaign can someone tell me if I am
>reinventing the wheel?
Go ahead. I can try to answer any question. If it is very useful, I can
even put it in the C library.
>--
H.J.