1472 INDEX
LC_MESSAGES locale category, 202
LC_MONETARY environment variable, 203
LC_MONETARY locale category, 202
LC_NAME locale category, 202
LC_NUMERIC environment variable, 203
LC_NUMERIC locale category, 202
LC_PAPER locale category, 202
LC_TELEPHONE locale category, 202
LC_TIME environment variable, 203
LC_TIME locale category, 202
lchown(), 286, 292–293, 345
prototype, 292
ld command, 833
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL environment variable, 695
LD_BIND_NOW environment variable, 861
LD_DEBUG environment variable, 874–875
LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT environment variable, 875
LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable,
840, 853, 854
LD_PRELOAD environment variable, 873
LD_RUN_PATH environment variable, 851
ldconfig command, 848–849
ldd command, 843
lease, file, 615, 800, 1135, 1142
least privilege, 784
Leffler, S.J., 1442
LEGACY (SUSv3 specification), 15
Lemon (2001), 1328, 1441
Lemon (2002), 1185, 1441
Lemon, J., 1441
Leroy, X., 689
level-triggered notification, 1329–1330
Levine (2000), 857, 1441
Levine, J., 1441
Lewine (1991), 222, 1441
Lewine, D., 1441
Lezcano, D., 1437
LFS (Large File Summit), 104
lgamma(), 657
lgammaf(), 657
lgammal(), 657
lgetxattr(), 315, 345
prototype, 315
Liang (1999), 837, 1441
Liang, S., 1441
libcap package, 807
libcap-ng package, 808
Libenzi, D., xxxix
Libes (1989), 20, 1441
Libes, D., 1441
libevent library, 1328
library function, 46
error handling, 50
Libtool program, 857
limit C shell command, 448Lindner, F., 1437
link, 27, 257, 339–342
creating, 344–346
diagram, 343
removing, 346–348
link count (file), 281, 341
link editing, 840
link(), 286, 344–346, 426, 1145
prototype, 344
linkat(), 365, 426
linker, 833, 1441
linking, 840
Linux
distributions, 10
hardware ports, 10
history, 5–10, 1443
kernel, 6–7
mailing list, 1423
version numbering, 8–9
programming-related newsgroups, 1423
standards conformance, 18
Linux Documentation Project, 1422
Linux Foundation, 18
Linux Standard Base (LSB), 19
LinuxThreads, 457, 592, 603, 604, 609,
687, 688, 689–692, 695
Pthreads nonconformances, 690
Linux/x86-32, 5
Lions (1996), 24, 1441
Lions, J., 1441
list_files.c, 356, 373
list_files_readdir_r.c, 1429
LISTEN state (TCP), 1269
listen(), 426, 1152, 1156–1157
diagram, 1156
example of use, 1168, 1222, 1229
prototype, 1156
listxattr(), 316, 345
example of use, 318
prototype, 316
little-endian byte order, 1198
diagram, 1198
Liu, C., 1437
LKML (Linux kernel mailing list), 1423
llistxattr(), 316, 345
prototype, 316
ln command, 341
LNEXT terminal special character, 1296,
1298, 1305, 1307
locale, 200–204, 615
specifying to a program, 203–204
locale command, 203
localeconv(), 202, 657
localhost, 1187
locality of reference, 118