libraries -- Overview

A library  is an  archive file  of commonly used  functions that  have been
compiled, tested, and stored for inclusion in a program at link time.

The COHERENT  system stores its libraries in  two directories: /usr/lib and
/lib.  or  their  subdirectories:  The  following  libraries  are  kept  in
/usr/lib:

libcurses.a....curses library and terminfo functions
libedit.a......Routines to gather and edit user input
libgdbm.a......Library for GNU DBM functions
libl.a.........lex library
libmp.a........Multi-precision arithmetic library
libsocket.a....sockets emulation library
libterm.a......Functions to read termcap data
liby.a.........yacc library
lib.b..........bc's function library (in bc source)

The following libraries are kept in /lib:

libc.a.........General functions and system calls
libm.a.........Mathematics routines

In  addition, COHERENT  comes  with a  library  of miscellaneous  routines,
called libmisc.  See the Lexicon article libmisc for  information on how to
prepare this library for use.

Lexicon Articles

The  following Lexicon  articles introduce  the library  functions included
with the COHERENT system:

 libc
libcurses
libedit
libgdbm
 libm
libmisc
libmp
libsocket
libterm

See Also

ar,
C language,
Programming COHERENT

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness