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From: John Smith <smith@metrocon.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: "_p" in library files
Date: 15 Jun 1997 00:08:05 GMT
Organization: MetroCon Communications, Inc. METROCON.COM
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  Some of the library files in /usr/lib have a ending in "_p (eg:
  libc_p.a).  What does the p stand for and how do i use these libraries?