Unix Software from Plan 9 (original) (raw)

Unix Software from Plan 9

These are ports of Plan 9's UTF-8, formatted print, buffered I/O, and regular expression libraries, along with mk, a simple replacement for make.

supported systems


Digital Unix OSF1 (Alpha), Linux (x86 and PowerPC), FreeBSD (x86), NetBSD (x86), Mac OS X (Power PC), OpenBSD (x86), SunOS (Sparc)

installation


Links to source tgzs are below. On supported systems, extract and make install. The default installation target is /usr/local. To install elsewhere,make PREFIX=/usr/elsewhere install. On unsupported systems, you will need to createMake._YourOS_-YourArch. See the existing ones for examples. If you write one for a new system, please send it to us for inclusion in the tar files.

libutf libfmt


Libfmt is a port of Plan 9's formatted print library. As a base it provides all the syntax of ANSI C's printf but adds the ability for client programs to install new print verbs. One such print verb (installed by default) is %r, which prints the system error string. Instead of perror("foo"), you can writefprint(2, "foo: %r\n");. This is especially nice when you write verbs to format the data structures used by your particular programs. Needs libutf.manual: print(3),fmtinstall(3),quote(3),fmtstrtod(3) download: <libfmt.tgz> license: MIT

Libfmt is a port of Plan 9's formatted print library. As a base it provides all the syntax of ANSI C's printf but adds the ability for client programs to install new print verbs. One such print verb (installed by default) is %r, which prints the system error string. Instead of perror("foo"), you can writefprint(2, "foo: %r\n");. This is especially nice when you write verbs to format the data structures used by your particular programs. Needs libutf.manual: print(3),fmtinstall(3),quote(3),fmtstrtod(3) download: <libfmt.tgz> license: MIT

libbio


Libbio is a port of Plan 9's buffered I/O library. It provides most of the same functionality as stdio or sfio, but with a simpler interface and smaller footprint. Needs libutf and libfmt.manual: bio(3) download: <libbio.tgz> license: MIT

libregexp9


Libregexp9 is a port of Plan 9's Unicode-capable regular expression library. It is small and simple and provides the traditional extended regular expressions (without modern complications like{} and various \x character classes). It supports Unicode via wide character or UTF-8 encoding. Needs libutf and libfmt.manual: regexp9(3),regexp9(7) download: <libregexp9.tgz> license: MIT


Mk is a simple replacement for make. Needs libutf, libfmt, libbio, and libregexp9.manual: mk(1) download: <mk.tgz> license: MIT

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