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\title{A Posix Library for Think C}

\author{Timothy Murphy\\
Trinity College Dublin\\
(\verb"tim@maths.tcd.ie")}

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This library is intended to supplement
the ANSI and Unix libraries provided with Think C,
by supplying as many of the missing Posix functions as possible.
The library was developed to assist in porting
GNU programs to the Macintosh\footnotemark.
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\footnotetext{To date the author has ported
the following GNU programs to the Mac:
"diff-1.15",
"patch-2.012u6",
"rcs-5.6",
"bison-1.18",
"flex-2.3.7",
"perl".}

This library is in the Public Domain.
It may be used and modified freely___%
however, the author would be grateful
if any such modifications could be posted to him,
and if his name and e-mail address
could be left on all files, to this end.

The use of the term ``Posix'' may be misleading---%
it is certainly not meant to imply that the functions satisfy
any Posix standards
(of which the author is largely ignorant).
It is intended simply as a description
of the kind of functions included---%
namely, those Posix functions not included
in the Think C ANSI or Unix libraries.

Many of the functions
(in particular those in the file "dummy.c")
do no more than return an appropriate value,
indicating success or failure, as deemed appropriate.

\section{Acknowledgements}

The author has used freely code in the archives
pointed out to him,
in particular code by:
Guido van Rossum ("guido@cwi.nl"), and
Mathias Neearcher.
(Where code is taken more or less verbatim,
this is indicated in the relevant files.)
He is also grateful for assistance from:
Kenneth Seah ("kseah@procyon.austin.tx.us"),
Sak Wathanasin ("sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk"),
John W. Hardin ("hardin@mcc.com"), and
Gary J. Henderson ("gary@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com")

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