dklibs(3)

NAME
dkport - portability layer

DESCRIPTION
This library is a portability layer, hiding system differences from the application programmer.

The following headers/modules are contained:

* dk
    includes some other include files to configure the library.

* dkmem
    contains functions and macros for dynamic memory allocation.

* dksignal
    implements portable signal handling.

* dkss (obsoleted)
    searches for strings.

* dklog (obsoleted)
    contains functions for logging.

* dkenc
    provides functions for encoding changes.

* dkstr
    contains various functions for string handling.

* dkstrdc
    deletes comments at the end of configuration file lines.

* dksf
    is an interface to various system functions, i.e. information about files, directory traversal...

* dkma
    provides mathematical operations with additional checks to prevent range overflow or 0 division.

* dkslsupp
    converts syslog keystring (i.e. "auth.notice") into the appropriate numeric values.

SEE ALSO
dk(3), dkmem(3), dksignal(3), dkpstr(3), dkss(3), dklog(3), dkenc(3), dkstr(3), dkstrdc(3), dksf(3), dkma(3) and dkslsupp(3)

AUTHOR
Dirk Krause

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2001-2008, Dirk Krause All rights reserved.

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