(FP) - Programming file formats

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 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