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diff --git a/source3/lib/replace/README b/source3/lib/replace/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fd630ddc45 --- /dev/null +++ b/source3/lib/replace/README @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +This subsystem ensures that we can always use a certain core set of +functions and types, that are either provided by the OS or by replacement +functions / definitions in this subsystem. The aim is to try to stick +to POSIX functions in here as much as possible. Convenience functions +that are available on no platform at all belong in other subsystems +(such as LIBUTIL). + +The following functions are guaranteed: + +ftruncate +strlcpy +strlcat +mktime +rename +innetgr +initgroups +memmove +strdup +inet_ntoa +setlinebuf +vsyslog +timegm +setenv +strndup +strnlen +waitpid +seteuid +setegid +asprintf +snprintf +vasprintf +vsnprintf +opendir +readdir +telldir +seekdir +closedir +dlopen +dlclose +dlsym +dlerror +chroot +bzero +strerror +errno +mkdtemp +mkstemp (a secure one!) +pread +pwrite +getpass +readline (the library) +inet_ntoa +strtoll +strtoull + +Types: +bool +socklen_t +uint_t +uint{8,16,32,64}_t +int{8,16,32,64}_t +intptr_t + +Constants: +PATH_NAME_MAX +UINT{16,32,64}_MAX +INT32_MAX + +Macros: +va_copy +__FUNCTION__ +__STRING +MIN +MAX + +Prerequisites: +memset (for bzero) +syslog (for vsyslog) +setnetgrent, getnetgrent, endnetgrent (for innetgr) +mktemp (for mkstemp and mkdtemp) |