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      - daemon()
        Run a process in the background
      - daylight
        Indicator of support for daylight saving time in the locale
      - DebugBreak()
        Enter the process debugger
      - DebugKDBreak()
        Enter the kernel debugger
      - DebugKDOutput()
        Print text with the kernel debugger
      - delay()
        Suspend a calling thread for a given length of time
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        Control a device
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        Calculate the difference between two times
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        Control an open directory
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        Data structure for a directory entry
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        Extract the file descriptor for a DIR stream
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        Find the parent directory part of a file pathname
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        Block while waiting for an event
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        Return a dispatch context
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        Free a dispatch context
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        Allocate a dispatch structure and create the channel associated with it
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        Allocate a dispatch structure, specifying a channel ID
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        Destroy a dispatch handle, without cleaning up the dispatch framework
      - dispatch_handler()
        Handle events received by dispatch_block()
      - dispatch_timeout()
        Set a timeout
      - dispatch_unblock()
        Unblock a thread that is blocked on a dispatch handle
      - div()
        Calculate a quotient and remainder
      - dl_iterate_phdr()
        Iterate over the shared objects that are loaded into a process's address space
      - dladdr()
        Translate an address to symbolic information
      - dlclose()
        Close a shared object
      - dlerror()
        Get dynamic loading diagnostic information
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        Open a shared library
      - dlsym()
        Get the address of a symbol in a shared object
      - dprintf()
        Write output to a file associated with a file descriptor
      - drand48()
        Generate a pseudo-random double
      - dup()
        Duplicate a file descriptor
      - dup2()
        Duplicate a file descriptor, specifying the new descriptor
      - dupfd()
        Duplicate a file descriptor from another process
      - dupfd_getinfo()
        Fetch the information registered by calling dupfd_register()
      - dupfd_register()
        Register a file descriptor to be duplicated by another process
      - dupfd_unregister()
        Unregister a handle that was returned by a call to dupfd_register()
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  - WPA Control Interface Reference
    This document provides a reference for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) control interface, which provides a C API for the WPA/IEEE 802.11i protocols in Wi-Fi client stations. Application developers who want to control WPA operations and get associated status and event data should read this reference.
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DebugKDBreak()

QNX SDP8.0C Library ReferenceAPIDeveloper

Enter the kernel debugger

Synopsis:

#include <sys/neutrino.h>

void DebugKDBreak( void );

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The DebugKDBreak() kernel call activates the kernel debugger if it's present in your boot image. If not, nothing happens.

Blocking states

None.

Classification:

QNX OS


Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes

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