Datasheet
2. To get more information on GNU C, you can try info.
$ info gcc
File: gcc.info, Node: Top, Next: G++ and GCC, Up: (DIR)
Introduction
************
This manual documents how to use the GNU compilers, as well as their
features and incompatibilities, and how to report bugs. It corresponds
to GCC version 4.1.3. The internals of the GNU compilers, including how
to port them to new targets and some information about how to write
front ends for new languages, are documented in a separate manual.
*Note Introduction: (gccint)Top.
* Menu:
* G++ and GCC:: You can compile C or C++ Applications.
* Standards:: Language standards supported by GCC.
* Invoking GCC:: Command options supported by `gcc’.
* C Implementation:: How GCC implements the ISO C specification.
* C Extensions:: GNU extensions to the C language family.
* C++ Extensions:: GNU extensions to the C++ language.
* Objective-C:: GNU Objective-C runtime features.
* Compatibility:: Binary Compatibility
--zz-Info: (gcc.info.gz)Top, 39 lines --Top--------------------------------
Welcome to Info version 4.8. Type ? for help, m for menu item.
You’re presented with a long menu of options that you can select to move around a complete text ver-
sion of the documentation. Menu items and a hierarchy of pages allow you to navigate a very large doc-
ument. On paper, the GNU C documentation runs to many hundreds of pages.
The
info system also contains its own help page in info form pages, of course. If you type Ctrl+H,
you’ll be presented with some help that includes a tutorial on using
info. The info program is avail-
able with many Linux distributions and can be installed on other UNIX systems.
Summary
In this introductory chapter, we’ve looked at Linux programming and the things Linux holds in com-
mon with proprietary UNIX systems. We’ve noted the wide variety of programming systems available
to UNIX developers. We’ve also presented a simple program and library to demonstrate the basic C
tools, comparing them with their Windows equivalents.
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