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| data loss on sockets | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| databases | 28. System Databases and Name Service Switch |
| datagram socket | 16.10 Datagram Socket Operations |
| datagrams, transmitting | 16.10.1 Sending Datagrams |
| date | 21.1 Time Basics |
| Daylight Saving Time | 21.4.3 Broken-down Time |
| decimal digit character | 4.1 Classification of Characters |
| decimal-point separator | 7.6.1.1 Generic Numeric Formatting Parameters |
| declaration (compared to definition) | 1.3.1 Header Files |
| declaring variadic functions | A.2.2.4 Calling Variadic Functions |
| decompose complex numbers | 20.10 Projections, Conjugates, and Decomposing of Complex Numbers |
| default action (for a signal) | 24.1.3 How Signals Are Delivered |
| default action for a signal | 24.3.1 Basic Signal Handling |
| default argument promotions | A.2.2.4 Calling Variadic Functions |
| default value, and NSS | 28.2.3 Notes on the NSS Configuration File |
| defining new printf conversions | 12.13 Customizing printf |
| definition (compared to declaration) | 1.3.1 Header Files |
| delayed suspend character | 17.4.9.2 Characters that Cause Signals |
| deleting a directory | 14.6 Deleting Files |
| deleting a file | 14.6 Deleting Files |
| delivery of signals | 24.1.3 How Signals Are Delivered |
| descriptors and streams | 13.5 Dangers of Mixing Streams and Descriptors |
| digit character | 4.1 Classification of Characters |
| digit character | 4.3 Character class determination for wide characters |
| directories, accessing | 14.2 Accessing Directories |
| directories, creating | 14.8 Creating Directories |
| directories, deleting | 14.6 Deleting Files |
| directory | 11.2.1 Directories |
| directory entry | 11.2.1 Directories |
| directory hierarchy | 14.3 Working with Directory Trees |
| directory stream | 14.2 Accessing Directories |
| disadvantages of alloca | 3.2.5.3 Disadvantages of alloca |
| DISCARD character | 17.4.9.4 Other Special Characters |
| division by zero | 20.5.1 FP Exceptions |
| DNS | 30.1 Host Identification |
| DNS server unavailable | 28.2.2 Actions in the NSS configuration |
| domain (of socket) | 16.1 Socket Concepts |
| domain error | 20.5.4 Error Reporting by Mathematical Functions |
| domain name | 30.1 Host Identification |
| Domain Name System | 30.1 Host Identification |
| dot notation, for Internet addresses | 16.6.2.1 Internet Host Addresses |
| DSUSP character | 17.4.9.2 Characters that Cause Signals |
| duplicating file descriptors | 13.12 Duplicating Descriptors |
| dynamic memory allocation | 3.2.1 Memory Allocation in C Programs |
| dynamic memory allocation | 3.2.1.1 Dynamic Memory Allocation |
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| EBCDIC | 6.1 Introduction to Extended Characters |
| echo of terminal input | 17.4.7 Local Modes |
| effective group ID | 29.2 The Persona of a Process |
| effective user ID | 29.2 The Persona of a Process |
| efficiency and malloc | 3.2.2.6 Efficiency Considerations for malloc |
| efficiency and obstacks | 3.2.4.7 Extra Fast Growing Objects |
| efficiency of chunks | 3.2.4.10 Obstack Chunks |
| EINTR, and restarting interrupted primitives | 24.5 Primitives Interrupted by Signals |
| elapsed time | 21.1 Time Basics |
| elapsed time | 21.2 Elapsed Time |
| encryption | 5.10 Trivial Encryption |
| end of file, on a stream | 12.15 End-Of-File and Errors |
| end-of-file, on a file descriptor | 13.2 Input and Output Primitives |
| environment | 25.4 Environment Variables |
| environment access | 25.4.1 Environment Access |
| environment representation | 25.4.1 Environment Access |
| environment variable | 25.4 Environment Variables |
| environment vectors, null-character separated | 5.12 Argz and Envz Vectors |
| envz vectors (environment vectors) | 5.12 Argz and Envz Vectors |
| EOF character | 17.4.9.1 Characters for Input Editing |
| EOL character | 17.4.9.1 Characters for Input Editing |
| EOL2 character | 17.4.9.1 Characters for Input Editing |
| epoch | 21.4.1 Simple Calendar Time |
| ERASE character | 17.4.9.1 Characters for Input Editing |
| errno | 25.5 System Calls |
| error codes | 2. Error Reporting |
| error messages, in argp | 25.3.5.2 Functions For Use in Argp Parsers |
| error reporting | 2. Error Reporting |
| errors, mathematical | 20.5.4 Error Reporting by Mathematical Functions |
| establishing a handler | 24.3 Specifying Signal Actions |
| ethers | 28.1 NSS Basics |
| EUC | 6.1 Introduction to Extended Characters |
| EUC-JP | 6.5.4 The iconv Implementation in the GNU C library |
| exception | 20.5.1 FP Exceptions |
| exception | 24.2.1 Program Error Signals |
| exclusive lock | 13.15 File Locks |
| exec functions | 26.5 Executing a File |
| execing a program | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| executable | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| executing a file | 26.5 Executing a File |
| exit status | 25.6.2 Exit Status |
| exit status value | 25.6 Program Termination |
| exiting a program | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| expansion of shell words | 10.4 Shell-Style Word Expansion |
| exponent (of floating point number) | A.5.3.1 Floating Point Representation Concepts |
| exponentiation functions | 19.4 Exponentiation and Logarithms |
| extending printf | 12.13 Customizing printf |
| extracting file descriptor from stream | 13.4 Descriptors and Streams |
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| fcntl function | 13.11 Control Operations on Files |
| FDL, GNU Free Documentation License | H. GNU Free Documentation License |
| feature test macros | 1.3.4 Feature Test Macros |
| field splitting | 10.4.1 The Stages of Word Expansion |
| FIFO special file | 15. Pipes and FIFOs |
| file access permission | 14.9.6 How Your Access to a File is Decided |
| file access time | 14.9.9 File Times |
| file attribute modification time | 14.9.9 File Times |
| file attributes | 14.9.1 The meaning of the File Attributes |
| file creation mask | 14.9.7 Assigning File Permissions |
| file descriptor flags | 13.13 File Descriptor Flags |
| file descriptor sets, for select | 13.8 Waiting for Input or Output |
| file descriptors, standard | 13.4 Descriptors and Streams |
| file locks | 13.15 File Locks |
| file modification time | 14.9.9 File Times |
| file name | 11.2 File Names |
| file name component | 11.2.1 Directories |
| file name errors | 11.2.3 File Name Errors |
| file name resolution | 11.2.2 File Name Resolution |
| file name translation flags | 13.14.2 Open-time Flags |
| file names, multiple | 14.4 Hard Links |
| file owner | 14.9.4 File Owner |
| file permission bits | 14.9.5 The Mode Bits for Access Permission |
| file pointer | 12.1 Streams |
| file position | 11.1.2 File Position |
| file positioning on a file descriptor | 13.3 Setting the File Position of a Descriptor |
| file positioning on a stream | 12.18 File Positioning |
| file status flags | 13.14 File Status Flags |
| files, accessing | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| filtering i/o through subprocess | 15.2 Pipe to a Subprocess |
| flag character (printf) | 12.12.2 Output Conversion Syntax |
| flag character (scanf) | 12.14.2 Input Conversion Syntax |
| flags for sigaction | 24.3.5 Flags for sigaction |
| flags, file name translation | 13.14.2 Open-time Flags |
| flags, open-time action | 13.14.2 Open-time Flags |
| floating point | 20.3 Floating Point Numbers |
| floating point, IEEE | A.5.3.3 IEEE Floating Point |
| floating type measurements | A.5.3 Floating Type Macros |
| floating-point classes | 20.4 Floating-Point Number Classification Functions |
| floating-point exception | 24.2.1 Program Error Signals |
| flow control, terminal | 17.6 Line Control Functions |
| flushing a stream | 12.20.2 Flushing Buffers |
| flushing terminal output queue | 17.6 Line Control Functions |
| foreground job | 27.1 Concepts of Job Control |
| foreground job, launching | 27.6.4 Foreground and Background |
| forking a process | 26.2 Process Creation Concepts |
| format string, for printf | 12.12 Formatted Output |
| format string, for scanf | 12.14 Formatted Input |
| formatted input from a stream | 12.14 Formatted Input |
| formatted messages | 12.22 Formatted Messages |
| formatted output to a stream | 12.12 Formatted Output |
| FP arithmetic | 20.8.5 Setting and modifying single bits of FP values |
| FQDN | 30.1 Host Identification |
| frame, real memory | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| free documentation | F. Free Software Needs Free Documentation |
| freeing (obstacks) | 3.2.4.4 Freeing Objects in an Obstack |
| freeing memory | 3.1 Process Memory Concepts |
| freeing memory allocated with malloc | 3.2.2.3 Freeing Memory Allocated with malloc |
| fully buffered stream | 12.20.1 Buffering Concepts |
| function prototypes (variadic) | A.2.2.1 Syntax for Variable Arguments |
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