lib/alt_functions.h

This is lib/alt_functions.h, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is a supplementary file for Chapter 3.

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/* alt_functions.h

   Header file for alt_functions.c.
*/
#ifndef ALT_FUNCTIONS_H
#define ALT_FUNCTIONS_H         /* Prevent accidental double inclusion */

#if defined(__osf__) || defined(__hpux) || defined(_AIX) || \
        defined(__sgi) || defined(__APPLE__)
#define strsignal(sig) ALT_strsignal(sig)
#endif
char *ALT_strsignal(int sig);

#if defined(__hpux) || defined(__osf__)
#define hstrerror(err) ALT_hstrerror(err)
#endif
char *ALT_hstrerror(int sig);

#if defined(__hpux) || defined(__osf__)
#define posix_openpt(flags) ALT_posix_openpt(flags)
#endif
int ALT_posix_openpt(int flags);

#endif

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