From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   root  wrote:   
   > Giovanni  wrote:   
   >> On 12/5/24 18:30, root wrote:   
   >>> I asked Gemini to give me a c program to convert date format to epoch   
   >>> time and conversely. It provided a program that uses strptime()   
   >>> which gcc on Slackware 15.0 does not recognize. My version   
   >>> of gcc is gcc version 11.2.0 (GCC). I don't have an installation   
   >>> with current so I can't check if a later version of gcc will   
   >>> work. Anyone here use strptime?   
   >>> Thanks.   
   >>   
   >> I never used it but but I see that is included in the standard library.   
   >>   Did you try "man strptime"?   
   >>   
   >> Ciao   
   >> Giovanni   
   >   
   > I never thought to do man strptime. Right at the top   
   > it gives the XOPEN thing. I was trying various   
   > lib things.   
      
   When encountering something on a Linux machine (esp.  a library   
   function) for which you are unfamiliar, your very first thought should   
   *always* be: "lets check for a man page".   
      
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