(FP) - Programming file formats

Table of Contents

Intro: introduction to file formats for programmers
acct: format of per-process accounting file
aio: data definitions for asynchronous input and output
a.out: assembler and link editor output files
ar: archive file format
core: Format of core image file
dir: format of a directory
dirent: filesystem-independent directory entry
event: event manager configuration files
filehdr: file header for common object files
filesystem: format of filesystem types
inode: format of an inode
kmem: provides access to the kernel virtual memory
langinfo: language information constants
lconv: Internationalization (native language support) information
ldfcn: common object file access routines
limits: header file for implementation-specific constants
linenum: line number entries in a common object file
mallinfo: malloc (libmalloc) information
mem: provides access to the computer's physical memory
mem, kmem: memory image file
mfsys: configuration file for filesystem types
msg: IPC message structures
netbuf: TLI/XTI network buffer structure
nl_types: data types for native language support
nssend: name server request structure
null: the null file
passwd: password entry structure
plot: graphics interface
pnch: file format for card images
proc: process table structure
reloc: relocation information for a common object file
sccsfile: format of an SCCS file
scnhdr: section header for a common object file
scr_dump: format of curses screen image file
semaphore: semaphore characteristics
sfsys: local filesystem type file
shm: IPC shared memory structures
siginfo: signal generation information
stat: data returned by stat system call
syms: common object file symbol table format
time: data definitions for clocks and timers
t_info: TLI and XTI transport protocol structure
types: primitive system data types
ucontext: user context
unistd: header file for symbolic constants