where are the docs?

October 25, 2007 12:43 PM

How do I access the C documentation that's on my computer?

I'm running OSX 10.4.10 with all the devtools installed. Whenever I want to use a header file or one of the standard functions that I'm not familiar with, I head to Google. I suspect that there are man pages for most everything that comes in a standard C environment, but how do I get to them?

posted by tylermoody to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

In a Browser you should be able to open

/Developer/ADC Reference Library/index.html

That gets a lot
posted by bitdamaged at 12:54 PM on October 25, 2007

Best answer: apropos will also search the man database, e.g. 'apropos printf'.
posted by kcm at 1:02 PM on October 25, 2007

Yeah, open up a terminal and type man and you should be set. That's what I use.

If you use QuickSilver, there is an Apple Developer Docs plugin.
posted by chunking express at 1:49 PM on October 25, 2007

QuickSilver + Apple Developer Docs plugin does it for me, if we're talking about Apple-originated headers. For unix headers, open up a terminal and use man, man. Actually, start with the command "man man". It teaches you how to get the docs.
posted by Netzapper at 5:01 PM on October 25, 2007