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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: nadoom on May 04, 2006, 02:30:21 AM

Title: libc.so.6 what is it?
Post by: nadoom on May 04, 2006, 02:30:21 AM

any linux heads know what this is? what does it do? what is contained with in it?!

I know its soem sort of library, but what is its significance?  

would i be right in saying it contains functions? such as strcat?

please help meee.

nadoom

Title: Re: libc.so.6 what is it?
Post by: SamuraiCrow on May 04, 2006, 03:06:58 AM

Libc is the C standard library which contains string functions and printf and similar such functions.  The .so suffix means shared object.  That is similar to a .library file on AmigaOS.

Title: Re: libc.so.6 what is it?
Post by: nadoom on May 04, 2006, 03:09:34 AM

ok cheers

got an assignment due in on friday about CVE-2005-0709 MySQL vunrabilities and i havent got a clue!! but im learning fast.. oh yes!