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scl_intro(3scl)						       scl_intro(3scl)

NAME
       scl_intro - introduction to Solaris Compatibility Libraries

DESCRIPTION
       In  addition to the standard UNIX application program interfaces (APIs)
       common to most UNIX systems, the Sun Solaris operating system  provides
       a  number  of  APIs specific to Solaris. An application that uses these
       APIs might require substantial changes before it can be compiled	 on  a
       UNIX system other than Solaris.

       The  Solaris  Compatibility Libraries (SCL) is a collection of C header
       files and libraries that implement many of the  key  APIs  specific  to
       Solaris.	 The purpose of the SCL is to enable Solaris applications that
       call these non-standard APIs to be built and  executed  on  Tru64  UNIX
       with minimal source code changes.

       The  functionality  provided  by the SCL is split into three main cate‐
       gories: A Tru64 UNIX port of SunSoft's transport-independent  RPC  (TI-
       RPC)   v2.3,  the  distribution	of  which  is  publicly	 available  at
       ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/rpc.  Refer to the README file included in
       that distribution for information describing the release.  An implemen‐
       tation of Solaris thread functions layered upon POSIX  threads  Various
       library	functions including asynchronous I/O, large file support, wide
       character and signal string functions

       These are further described in the SCL User's Guide and	in  the	 addi‐
       tional man pages supplied with SCL.

FEATURES
   The Solaris Compatibility Libraries Directory Tree
       The default location for the SCL directory tree is /usr/opt/solcomplib.
       You can use an alternative location, in which case  you	must  set  the
       SCL_ROOT_DIR environment variable to reference the alternative SCL root
       directory.

       The following diagram shows the directory structure for the SCL:

			       /usr/opt/solcomplib
					|
					|
       -+-----+-------+--------+------------+-------+------+------+--------+-
	|     |	      |	       |	    |	    |	   |	  |	   |
	|      |	|	 |	      |	      |	     |	    |	     |
       bin   doc     etc    examples	 include   lib	  man	shlib	source
	      |		       |	    |	    |
	      |		       |	    |	    |
	 -+-------+-	 -+----+-----+-	    |	   nls
	  |	  |	  |	     |	    |	    |
	  |	  |	  |	     |	    |	    |
	html	 ref	 rpc	  threads   |	   msg
		  |	  |		    |
		  |	  |		    |
		html	square		    |
					    |
					    |
			     -+-------+-----+---+--------+-
			      |	      |		|	 |
			      |	      |		|	 |
			    arpa     rpc     rpcsvc	sys

   Header Files
       The Solaris Compatibility Libraries provides numerous C language	 head‐
       ers  that  define  types and structures as well as the Solaris function
       prototypes.  Header files are located in the include directory  beneath
       the SCL root directory.

       To  use the SCL versions of the headers, your make files and build com‐
       mands must specify the SCL include directory before any other  directo‐
       ries.

       Many  of the SCL headers provide prototypes and definitions that are in
       addition to those in the	 standard  headers.  Consequently,  these  SCL
       headers	include	 the  standard headers by specifying an explicit path.
       The standard headers are assumed to reside in the  /usr/include	direc‐
       tory  tree.  If	your  Tru64  UNIX development environment differs from
       this, you must edit the SCL headers and change the directory  paths  to
       match those in your environment.

   Libraries
       The  SCL	 functionality	is  provided  as  a number of shared libraries
       residing in the shlib directory beneath the SCL root directory. To  use
       shared libraries, you must set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
       to include the SCL shlib path so that the SCL shared libraries  can  be
       located at run-time.

       In  addition  the SCL miscellaneous components are supplied as a static
       library residing in the lib directory.

       When building applications that use the SCL it is important to name the
       appropriate  SCL	 directory  with -L option on the cc or ld command, or
       within the makefile. The libraries to specify are: -lrpc -lxti for  RPC
       -lthread for threads -lsolmisc for miscellaneous functions

       If  linking  with  libsolmisc.a	(the static library), you also need to
       specify additional libraries: -lsolutil and possibly  -lrt,  -lexc  and
       -lrpcsvc.

       The shared libraries must be installed on every system that runs appli‐
       cations that make use of the SCL. You should either install the SCL  on
       these  systems  separately  or  package all required SCL libraries with
       your application distribution.

       For details on how to link SCL RPC applications, see the square example
       in the examples/rpc directory beneath the SCL root directory.

   Binaries
       A  number of commands and utilities are supplied with the SCL and these
       reside in the bin directory beneath the SCL root directory. You	should
       amend the value for PATH environment variable in order to locate these.

   Documentation
       Documentation  provided	with  SCL  can	be  found in the doc directory
       beneath the SCL root  directory.	 Documentation	comprises  the	User's
       Guide in a number of formats for online reading or printing.

       Reference  documentation	 can be found in the man directory beneath the
       SCL root directory. All functions  and  commands	 have  associated  man
       pages  which  can  be  referenced in the normal way after including the
       full path to the man directory in the definition of the	MANPATH	 envi‐
       ronment	variable.  For example $ setenv MANPATH /usr/man:/usr/opt/sol‐
       complib/man

       The SCL man pages have their own subsection,  for  example,  3scl.  Use
       this subsection with the man command to qualify the page if required.

       Additionally  the reference pages are supplied as HTML for online view‐
       ing.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Overviews: scl_rpc(3scl), scl_thread_intro(3scl)

       Manual: Solaris Compatibility Library User's Guide

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