From: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: man pages for DOS?
Date: 5 Oct 1997 22:37:50 GMT
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GEORGE ARUGAY MONTEMAYOR <gmontem AT apollo> wrote:


: --
: Hello,

: I was looking in the book store for a reference book for C/C++, not the
: 'how-to-program C/C++' books, but the quick-reference on common C/C++
: functions such as those in the 'stdio' and 'strings' library. Then
: something hit me, the man pagges, but unfortunately I don't know if one
: exists for use on MS-DOS.

Hi, there.

In fact, there are various alternatives for reading man pages in DJGPP; 
the one I prefer is less, available in the /djgpp/v2gnu directory of DJGPP
mirror sites. Please see Section 5.6 of the DJGPP FAQ for more
information.

If you're interested in a very handy quick reference on DJGPP's GCC and
the C/C++ libraries, try info. Both an info browser and these info docs
are part of the DJGPP distribution in order to serve precisely the purpose
you're suggesting. For example

info gcc

gives information on the gcc compiler, while

info libc

gives the information on standard C library functions which you have
requested. Please see Section 5.1 of the DJGPP FAQ.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net