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Section 3

Index into this File Starting with these Letters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

    - A -

    • ABORT - cause abnormal program termination
    • ABS - computes the absolute value of an integer.
    • ACOS - arc cosine function
    • ACOSH - inverse hyperbolic cosine function
    • ADDHOSTS - Add hosts to the virtual machine.
    • ADDMHF - Install message-handler functions.
    • ADVISE - Controls use of direct task-to-task routing.
    • ALLOCA - memory allocator
    • ALL_HASH - general purpose hash table management (LAM)
    • ALL_LIST - general purpose list management package (LAM)
    • ALL_OPT - general purpose command-line options parsing (LAM)
    • ALL_QUEUE - general purpose queue management package (LAM)
    • ARCHCODE - Returns the data representation code for a
    • ASIN - arc sine function
    • ASINH - inverse hyperbolic sine function
    • ASSERT - Abort the program if assertion is false.
    • ATAN - arc tangent function
    • ATAN2 - arc tangent function of two variables
    • ATANH - inverse hyperbolic tangent function
    • ATEXIT - register a function to be called at normal program termination.
    • ATOF - convert a string to a double.
    • ATOI - convert a string to an integer.
    • ATOL - convert a string to a long integer.

    - B -

    • BARRIER - Blocks the calling process until all processes
    • BCAST - Broadcasts the data in the active
    • BCMP - compare byte strings
    • BCOPY - copy byte strings
    • BINDRESVPORT - bind a socket to a privileged IP port
    • BSEARCH - binary search of a sorted array.
    • BSTRING - bcmp, bcopy, bzero, memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memfrob, memmem,
    • BTOWC - convert single byte to wide character
    • BTREE - btree database access method
    • BUFINFO - Returns information about a message buffer.
    • BYTEORDER - convert values between host and network
    • BZERO - write zeros to a byte string

    - C -

    • CATCHOUT - Catch output from child tasks.
    • CATGETS - get message from a message catalog
    • CATOPEN - open/close a message catalog
    • CBRT - cube root function
    • CEIL - smallest integral value not less than x
    • CLOCK - Determine processor time
    • CLOSEDIR - close a directory
    • CMSG - Access ancillary data.
    • CONFIG - Returns information about the present virtual machine
    • CONFSTR - get configuration dependent string variables
    • CONTEXT - Request new context.
    • COPYSIGN - copy sign of a number
    • COS - cosine function
    • COSH - hyperbolic cosine function
    • CRYPT - password and data encryption
    • CTERMID - get controlling terminal name
    • CTIME - transform binary date and time

    - D -

    • DAEMON - run in the background
    • DBOPEN - database access methods
    • DELETE - delete data from pvmd database
    • DELHOSTS - Deletes hosts from the virtual machine.
    • DIFFTIME - calculate time difference
    • DIV - computes the quotient and remainder of integer division
    • DLOPEN - Programming interface to dynamic linking loader.
    • DRAND48 - drand48, erand48, lrand48, nrand48, mrand48, jrand48, srand48, seed48,
    • DREM - floating-point remainder function

    - E -

    • ECVT - convert a floating-point number to a string.
    • EFENCE - Electric Fence Malloc Debugger
    • ERF - error function and complementary error function
    • ERRNO - number of last error
    • EXEC - execute a file
    • EXIT - Tells the local pvmd that this process is leaving PVM.
    • EXP - exponential, logarithmic and power functions
    • EXPM1 - exponential minus 1, logarithm of 1 plus argument
    • EXPORT - Mark environment variables to export through spawn

    - F -

    • FABS - absolute value of floating-point number
    • FCLOSE - close a stream
    • FERROR - check and reset stream status
    • FFLUSH - flush a stream
    • FFS - find first bit set in a word
    • FGETGRENT - get group file entry
    • FGETPWENT - get password file entry
    • FGETWC - read a wide character from a FILE stream
    • FGETWS - read a wide character string from a FILE stream
    • FLOOR - largest integral value not greater than x
    • FMOD - floating-point remainder function
    • FNMATCH - match filename or pathname
    • FOPEN - stream open functions
    • FPATHCONF - get configuration values for files
    • FPUTWC - write a wide character to a FILE stream
    • FPUTWS - write a wide character string to a FILE stream
    • FREAD - binary stream input/output
    • FREEBUF - Disposes of a message buffer.
    • FREEZEGROUP - Freezes dynamic group membership and caches info locally
    • FREXP - convert floating-point number to fractional and integral
    • FSEEK - reposition a stream
    • FTIME - return date and time
    • FTOK - convert a pathname and a project identifier to a System V IPC key
    • FTS - fts ,
    • FTW - file tree walk
    • FWIDE - set and determine the orientation of a FILE stream

    - G -

    - H -

    • HALT - Shuts down the entire PVM system.
    • HOSTSYNC - Get time-of-day clock from PVM host.
    • HOSTS_ACCESS - access control library
    • HSEARCH - hash table management
    • HYPOT - Euclidean distance function

    - I -

    • ICONV - perform character set conversion
    • ICONV_CLOSE - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion
    • ICONV_OPEN - allocate descriptor for character set conversion
    • INDEX - locate character in string
    • INET - inet_aton, inet_addr, inet_network, inet_ntoa, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof,
    • INFNAN - deal with infinite or not-a-number (NaN) result
    • INITGROUPS - initialize the supplementary group access list
    • INITSEND - Clear default send buffer and specify message encoding.
    • INSERT - store data in pvmd database
    • INSQUE - insert/remove an item from a queue
    • INTRO - Introduction to library functions
    • ISALPHA - isalnum, isalpha, isascii, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower,
    • ISATTY - does this descriptor refer to a terminal
    • ISINF - test for infinity or not-a-number (NaN)
    • ISWALNUM - test for alphanumeric wide character
    • ISWALPHA - test for alphabetic wide character
    • ISWBLANK - test for whitespace wide character
    • ISWCNTRL - test for control wide character
    • ISWCTYPE - wide character classification
    • ISWDIGIT - test for decimal digit wide character
    • ISWGRAPH - test for graphic wide character
    • ISWLOWER - test for lowercase wide character
    • ISWPRINT - test for printing wide character
    • ISWPUNCT - test for punctuation or symbolic wide character
    • ISWSPACE - test for whitespace wide character
    • ISWUPPER - test for uppercase wide character
    • ISWXDIGIT - test for hexadecimal digit wide character

    - J -

    - K -

    - L -

    • LABS - computes the absolute value of a long integer.
    • LDEXP - multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
    • LDIV - computes the quotient and remainder of long integer division.
    • LGAMMA - log gamma function
    • LIBEXPECT - programmed dialogue with interactive programs - C functions
    • LIBMPI - LAM MPI implementation
    • LIBPBM - functions to support portable bitmap programs
    • LIBPGM - functions to support portable graymap programs
    • LIBPNG - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.0.3 - January 14, 1999
    • LIBPNGPF - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.0.3 - January 14, 1999
    • LIBPNM - functions to support portable anymap programs
    • LIBPPM - functions to support portable pixmap programs
    • LIBPVM - PVM C and Fortran programming libraries
    • LIBTSTDIO - flexible LAM standard I/O package
    • LOCALECONV - get numeric formatting information
    • LOCKF - apply, test or remove a POSIX lock on an open file
    • LONGJMP - non-local jump to a saved stack context
    • LOOKUP - retrieve data from pvmd database
    • LSEARCH - linear search of an array.
    • LVGROUP - Unenrolls the calling process from a named group.

    - M -

    - N -

    • NETLINK - Netlink macros
    • NEWCTIME - convert date and time to ASCII
    • NEWTZSET - initialize time conversion information
    • NOTIFIER - the event queue and notifier interfaces
    • NOTIFY - Request notification of PVM event such as host failure.
    • NRECV - Non-blocking receive.

    - O -

    • ON_EXIT - register a function to be called at normal program termination.
    • OPENDIR - open a directory

    - P -

    • PACK - Pack the active message buffer with arrays
    • PARENT - Returns the tid of the process that spawned
    • PERROR - print a system error message
    • PKMESG - pvm_pkmesg,
    • POPEN - process I/O
    • POPT - Parse command line options
    • PRECV - Receive a message directly into a buffer.
    • PRINTF - formatted output conversion
    • PROBE - Check if message has arrived.
    • PROFIL - execution time profile
    • PSEND - Pack and send data in one call.
    • PSIGNAL - print signal message
    • PSTAT - Returns the status of the specified PVM process.
    • PUTENV - change or add an environment variable
    • PUTINFO - pvm_putinfo,
    • PUTPWENT - write a password file entry
    • PUTS - output of characters and strings
    • PUTWCHAR - write a wide character to standard output

    - Q -

    - R -

    • RAISE - send a signal to the current process
    • RAND - random number generator.
    • RANDOM - random number generator.
    • RCMD - rcmd ,
    • READDIR - read a directory
    • READLINE - get a line from a user with editing
    • READV - read or write data into multiple buffers
    • REALPATH - return the canonicalized absolute pathname
    • RECNO - record number database access method
    • RECV - Receive a message.
    • RECVF - Redefines the comparison function used to accept messages.
    • REDUCE - Performs a reduction operation over members of the specified group.
    • REGCOMP - POSIX regex functions
    • REG_HOSTER - Register task as PVM slave starter.
    • REG_RM - Register task as PVM resource manager.
    • REG_TASKER - Register task as PVM task starter.
    • REMOVE - delete a name and possibly the file it refers to
    • RESOLVER - res_init, res_query, res_search, res_querydomain, res_mkquery, res_send,
    • REWINDDIR - reset directory stream
    • RE_COMP - BSD regex functions
    • RINT - round to closest integer
    • RPC - library routines for remote procedure calls
    • RQUOTA - implement quotas on remote machines
    • RTNETLINK - Macros to manipuate rtnetlink messages

    - S -

    • SCANDIR - scan a directory for matching entries
    • SCANF - input format conversion
    • SCATTER - Sends to each member of a group a section of an array
    • SEEKDIR - set the position of the next readdir() call in the directory
    • SEND - Immediately sends the data in the active message buffer.
    • SENDSIG - Sends a signal to another PVM process.
    • SERROR - Sets automatic error message printing on or off.
    • SETBUF - stream buffering operations
    • SETENV - change or add an environment variable
    • SETJMP - save stack context for non-local goto
    • SETLOCALE - set the current locale.
    • SETMWID - pvm_getmwid,
    • SETOPT - Sets libpvm options.
    • SETRBUF - Switches the active receive buffer and saves the
    • SETSBUF - Switches the active send buffer.
    • SETTMASK - pvm_gettmask,
    • SHADOW - encrypted password file routines
    • SIBLINGS - return the number and associated task ids of
    • SIGINTERRUPT - allow signals to interrupt system calls
    • SIGSETOPS - POSIX
    • SIN - sine function
    • SINH - hyperbolic sine function
    • SNMP_API - send and receive SNMP messages
    • SPAWN - Starts new PVM processes.
    • SQRT - square root function
    • START_PVMD - Starts new PVM daemon.
    • STDARG - variable argument lists
    • STDIN - stdin ,
    • STDIO - standard input/output library functions
    • STPCPY - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
    • STPNCPY - copy a fixed-size string, returning a pointer to its end
    • STRCASECMP - compare two strings ignoring case
    • STRCAT - concatenate two strings
    • STRCHR - locate character in string
    • STRCMP - compare two strings
    • STRCOLL - compare two strings using the current locale
    • STRCPY - copy a string
    • STRDUP - duplicate a string
    • STRERROR - return string describing error code
    • STRFRY - randomize a string
    • STRFTIME - format date and time
    • STRING - strcasecmp, strcat, strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn,
    • STRLEN - calculate the length of a string
    • STRNLEN - determine the length of a fixed-size string
    • STRPBRK - search a string for any of a set of characters
    • STRPTIME - convert a string representation of time to a time tm structure
    • STRSEP - extract token from string
    • STRSIGNAL - return string describing signal
    • STRSPN - search a string for a set of characters
    • STRSTR - locate a substring
    • STRTOD - convert ASCII string to double
    • STRTOK - extract token from string
    • STRTOL - convert a string to a long integer.
    • STRTOUL - convert a string to an unsigned long integer.
    • STRXFRM - string transformation
    • SWAB - swap adjacent bytes
    • SYSCONF - Get configuration information at runtime
    • SYSLOG - send messages to the system logger
    • SYSTEM - execute a shell command

    - T -

    - U -

    • ULIMIT - get and set user limits
    • UNDOCUMENTED - undocumented library functions
    • UNGETWC - push back a wide character onto a FILE stream
    • UNPACK - Unpack the active message buffer into arrays
    • UPDWTMP - append an entry to the wtmp file
    • USLEEP - suspend execution for interval of microseconds

    - V -

    - W -

    • WCPCPY - copy a wide character string, returning a pointer to its end
    • WCPNCPY - copy a fixed-size string of wide characters, returning a pointer to its end
    • WCRTOMB - convert a wide character to a multibyte sequence
    • WCSCASECMP - compare two wide-character strings, ignoring case
    • WCSCAT - concatenate two wide-character strings
    • WCSCHR - search a wide character in a wide-character string
    • WCSCMP - compare two wide-character strings
    • WCSCPY - copy a wide character string
    • WCSCSPN - search a wide-character string for any of a set of wide characters
    • WCSDUP - duplicate a wide-character string
    • WCSLEN - determine the length of a wide-character string
    • WCSNCASECMP - compare two fixed-size wide-character strings, ignoring case
    • WCSNCAT - concatenate two wide-character strings
    • WCSNCMP - compare two fixed-size wide-character strings
    • WCSNCPY - copy a fixed-size string of wide characters
    • WCSNLEN - determine the length of a fixed-size wide-character string
    • WCSNRTOMBS - convert a wide character string to a multibyte string
    • WCSPBRK - search a wide-character string for any of a set of wide characters
    • WCSRCHR - search a wide character in a wide-character string
    • WCSRTOMBS - convert a wide character string to a multibyte string
    • WCSSPN - advance in a wide-character string, skipping any of a set of wide characters
    • WCSSTR - locate a substring in a wide-character string
    • WCSTOK - split wide-character string into tokens
    • WCSTOMBS - convert a wide character string to a multibyte string
    • WCSWIDTH - determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide character string
    • WCTOB - try to represent a wide character as a single byte
    • WCTOMB - convert a wide character to a multibyte sequence
    • WCTRANS - wide character translation mapping
    • WCTYPE - wide character classification
    • WCWIDTH - determine columns needed for a wide character
    • WMEMCHR - search a wide character in a wide-character array
    • WMEMCMP - compare two arrays of wide-characters
    • WMEMCPY - copy an array of wide-characters
    • WMEMMOVE - copy an array of wide-characters
    • WMEMSET - fill an array of wide-characters with a constant wide character
    • WPRINTF - formatted wide character output conversion

    - X -

    • XDR - library routines for external data representation

    - Z -

    • ZLIB - compression/decompression library
    • __SETFPUCW - set fpu control word on i386 architecture