[lug] talking directly to a printer

[Peter Hutnick]

J. Wayde Allen said:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Peter Hutnick wrote:
>
>> Now that I am thinking about it, is there some list of system calls,
>> perhaps with a synopsis for each?  I know they all have man pages, but
>> that doesn't help if you don't know what you need in the first place!
>
> The problem with any collection of synopsises is finding what you
> need.  Until someone invents the "read programmers mind" function about
> the best you can do is a search.  Are you familiar with:
>
>    man -k keyword

Apropos is a useful tool but is really more appropriate ( :-P ) for
finding that function that is right on the tip of your tongue.  Mind
reading would still seem to be a few years off.

Anyway, does that mean that the answer is no, there isn't a list of system
calls?

-Peter