How can I get information about a library?


 
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Old 01-13-2016
How can I get information about a library?

I'm a developer supporting a system that runs on HP-UX B.11.11 and I come across makefiles that link in various libraries such as libCsup_v2, librwtool_v2.

I'd like to know what these libraries are, what they are for, which APIs they support etc. Is there a way of finding out other than asking around? Or a handy website that provides an index of library names you can look up?
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Old 01-13-2016
Pretty generally -

If there is a header file in the /usr/include directory tree that supports libfoo calls, ex: foo.h, then in the manual pages there is a reference to the header file.

Code:
man  foo

will give you information. Some applications like perl have a separate reference command - e.g., perldoc

librwtool is very likely a Rogue Wave class library.
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