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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: 386BSD versions of sources...
Date: 7 Sep 1993 16:43:49 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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References: <CCB4ru.7K@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> <2179@foxim.nl> <CCDDt4.3rv@unx.sas.com> <almCCDvz8.LAs@netcom.com>
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In <almCCDvz8.LAs@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes:
>Oh, I think you mean ftime(3).  flock is not deprecated, I believe.
>Here is a version of ftime for 386bsd which looks a little cleaner than the
>one included with C News:

That brings me up the question: ftime(), stty() etc. are in my personal
libcompat.a. Is there anyone else maintaining sources for such a library?
So we should join our efforts for everyone. I've also maintained a
small man page, with only a basic description for each function, and
the warning that a user is about using a deprecated function.

What else should be there?
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