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diff --git a/source4/lib/replace/README b/source4/lib/replace/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..74b5397949 --- /dev/null +++ b/source4/lib/replace/README @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +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 different subsystems +(such as LIBUTIL). + +The following functions are guarenteed: + +ftruncate +strlcpy +strlcat +mktime +rename +innetgr +initgroups +memmove +strdup +inet_ntoa +setlinebuf +vsyslog +timegm +setenv +strtoull +strtoll +strndup +strnlen +waitpid +seteuid +setegid +asprintf +snprintf +vasprintf +vsnprintf +opendir +readdir +telldir +seekdir +closedir +dlopen +dlclose +dlsym +dlerror +chroot +bzero +strerror +errno +mkstemp (a secure one!) + +Prerequisites: +memset (for bzero) +syslog (for vsyslog) +setnetgrent, getnetgrent, endnetgrent (for innetgr) +mktemp (for mkstemp) |