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Browse and Discover Manpages (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by echindod@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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How do you discover system builtins for C functions? The man pages for the C functions on Linux are great, but only if you know the name of the function. Is there a way to see a detailed table of contents, or to browse Manpages on a Linux distro?

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[โ€“] christopher@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

On Archlinux at least, the glibc package includes info pages for C functions. Just type info libc at the command line, or use info inside emacs. There are hyperlinks in info pages, it's a nicer interface than man pages.

[โ€“] christopher@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

On Debian, there is a package that displays system documentation including, if I remember correctly, man pages. I think I had to set up a local web server first.