.TH "Bobcat" "7" "2005\-2012" "libbobcat1\-dev_3\&.01\&.00\-x\&.tar\&.gz" "C++ Classes"

.PP 
.SH "NAME"
Bobcat \- Overview of classes in the Bobcat library
.PP 
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The classes of the \fBBobcat\fP library may be used after including 
\fBbobcat/classname\fP in sources\&. 
.PP 
All classes and other elements are defined in the \fBFBB\fP namespace\&. For
some classes  \fImanipulators\fP are available, which are defined in the \fBFBB\fP
namespace\&. An overview of all manipulators defined in the \fBFBB\fP namespace is
provided by \fBman \-e bobcat manipulators\fP\&.
.PP 
Next to this section the section \fBCATEGORIES\fP groups classes that
somehow belong together in various categories\&.
.PP 
The following classes and template functions are available:
.PP 
\fBFBB::Align\fP: Specifies \fBTable(Buf)\fP column and element
alignments\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat align\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Arg\fP: Interfaces the command line arguments, allowing for
short\- and long options\&. The class is implemented as a \fISingleton\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat arg\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ArgConfig\fP: Inherits from \fBArg\fP and \fBConfigFile\fP allowing for
options to be specified as command line options and/or configuration file
options\&.  The class is implemented as a \fISingleton\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat argconfig\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::A2x\fP: Ascii\-to\-x conversions of any type supporting extractions
from \fBi[string]stream\fP objects\&. 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat a2x\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::BigInt\fP: Wrapper class around the openssl BN_ functions for
unlimited integer precision arithmetic\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat bigint\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::binary_search\fP: A modification of the STL \fIbinary_search\fP
algorithm returning the location of the searched value in a sorted series
of values\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat binarysearch\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::BinOps\fP: A series of function templates implementing binary
operators for classes that implement the matching binary assignment
operators themselves\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat binops\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::CGI\fP: a class implementing the facilities accessing the data made 
available through the Common Gateway Interface\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cgi\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Cidr\fP: a class testing whether IP4 Internet addresses belong to
address ranges defined by Classless Inter\-Domain Routing (CIDR) address
block specifications\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cidr\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ClientSocket\fP: a socket for tcp\-communication with a server\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat clientsocket\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::CmdFinder\fP: Command\-function associations\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cmdfinder\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::CmdFinderBase\fP: Base class for \fBCmdFinder\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cmdfinderbase\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ConfigFile\fP: Processing standard configuration files\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat configfile\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::DateTime\fP: Manipulations with date and time values\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat datetime\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::DecryptBuf\fP: Decrypting information\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat decryptbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::DigestBuf\fP: Computeting message digests\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat digestbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::EncryptBuf\fP: Encrypting information\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat encryptbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Errno\fP: Defines objects which may be thrown as an exception\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat errno\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Fork\fP: Defines \fBfork\fP(2) as part of a Template Algorithm Design
Pattern\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat fork\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::GetHostent\fP: Obtains \fBhostent\fP struct from hostname or
\-address\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat gethostent\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Glob\fP: Obtain a list of files matching a certain pattern\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat glob\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::HmacBuf\fP: Computing HMAC message digests\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hmacbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Hostname\fP: Derived from \fBHostent\fP, allows the initialization
from a \fBstd::string\fP, or from an \fBFBB::InetAddrress\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hostname\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::IFdStream\fP: stream extracting information from a device whose
file descriptor is available\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ifdstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::IFdStreambuf\fP: Input stream buffer initialized by a file
descriptor\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ifdstreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Indent\fP: Class and manipulators performing text indentation\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat indent\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::InetAddress\fP: Base class (no public constructor) for objects
representing an internet address as used with sockets\&. Contains address
and portnumbers\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat inetaddress\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::IOStream\fP: class combining \fBstd::istream\fP and \fBstd::ostream\fP
features\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat iostream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::IOStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization allowing combined 
input and output operations\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat iostreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::IRandStream\fP: stream to extract random numbers from\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat irandstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Hash\&.\&.\&.\fP: Various template classes implementing mapping containers
using hashing\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hash\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Hostent\fP: Wrapper around the \fBhostent\fP struct\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hostent\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::level\fP: Manipulator setting the log\-level of \fBFBB::Log\fP
objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat level\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::lm\fP: Manipulator setting the left margin of \fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP
objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat lm\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::LocalClientSocket\fP: a Unix domain socket for 
tcp\-communication with a Unix domain (local) server\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localclientsocket\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::LocalServerSocket\fP: defines a Unix domain socket to which
clients on the local host can connect\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localserversocket\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::LocalSocketBase\fP: Base class for \fBLocalClientSocket\fP and
\fBLocalServerSocket\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localsocketbase\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Log\fP: \fBstd::ostream\fP handling log messages\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat log\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::LogBuffer\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP handling log messages\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat logbuffer\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::MailHeaders\fP: extracts mail headers from SMTP\-email\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mailheaders\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Mbuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization for inserting messages,
mainly used by \fBFBB::Mstream\fP objects\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Milter\fP: interfaces the sendmail mail filter facilities\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat milter\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::mlm\fP: Manipulator modifying the left margin of
\fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mlm\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Mstream\fP: Inserts messages into streams\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::MultiStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specializations performing
insertions to multiple \fBstd::ostream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat multistreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OFdStream\fP: stream inserting information into a device whose
file descriptor is available\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofdstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OFdStreambuf\fP: Output stream buffer initialized by a file
descriptor\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofdstreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OFilterStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization implementing
an \fBstd::ostream\fP filtering design pattern\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofilterstreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP: \fBstd::ostream\fP using an \fBOFoldStreambuf\fP as its
streambuf\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofoldstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OFoldStreambuf\fP: \fBOFilterStreambuf\fP (\fBstd::streambuf\fP)
specialization folding text lines between left and right margins\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofoldstreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OHexStreambuf\fP: \fBOHexStreambuf\fP (\fBstd::streambuf\fP)
specialization inserting characters into a stream by their hex values\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ohexstreambuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::OneKey\fP: Single keystroke input, not requiring `Return\(cq\&\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat onekey\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Pattern\fP: Performs regular expression pattern matching\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat pattern\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Pipe\fP: Defines a system level pipe\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat pipe\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Process\fP: Runs child processes, defining pipes between parents and
child processes\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat process\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::PtrIter\fP: Input iterator whose dereferenced value returns a
pointer rather than a reference to an element\&. Also offers: a \fIptrIter\fP
function template\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ptriter\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Randbuffer\fP: implements a \fBstreambuf\fP generating random 
numbers\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat randbuffer\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Ranger\fP: class creating ranges that are accepted by range\-based
for\-loops\&. Also offered: a \fIranger\fP function template\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ranger\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ReadLineBuf\fP: implements a \fBstreambuf\fP using the Gnu
\fIreadline\fP library to allow editing an \fIstd::istream\fP\(cq\&s contents\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinebuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ReadLineHistory\fP: provides access to the history of lines read
from a \fIReadLineBuf\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinehistory\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ReadLineStream\fP: \fIstd::istream\fP class using a \fIReadLineBuf\fP 
for its \fIstd::streambuf\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinestream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Redirector\fP: Defines system level file redirection\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat redirector\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::repeat\fP: Two short extensions of the STL
\fIfor_each\fP generic algorithm\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat repeat\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Selector\fP: Offers timed delays and multiple file I/O\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat selector\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::ServerSocket\fP: defines a socket to which clients can connect\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat serversocket\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::SocketBase\fP: Base class for \fBClientSocket\fP and \fBServerSocket\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat socketbase\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Stat\fP: Determines file characteristics\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat stat\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::String\fP: Offers extended \fBstd::string\fP functionality\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat string\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::StringLine\fP: Offers \fIoperator>>\fP extracting lines from
\fIstd::istream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat stringline\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Syslogbuf\fP: streambuf to
Buffer generating \fBsyslog\fP(3) messages\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat syslogbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::SyslogStream\fP: stream to
Output stream inserting \fBsyslog\fP(3) messages\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat syslogbuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::fswap\fP: templates implementing memory bytes based swap
functionality 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat fswap\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Table\fP: Display tables row\- or column\-wise\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat table\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::TableBuf\fP: Display tables row\- or column\-wise\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablebuf\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::TableLines\fP: Support class for the class \fBTable(Buf)\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablelines\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::TableSupport\fP: Support class for the class \fBTable(Buf)\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablesupport\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::TempStream\fP: Temporary fstream\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tempstream\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::TypeTrait\fP: Traits class template to determine various
characteristics of types\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat typetrait\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::User\fP: Determines the current user\(cq\&s parameters from
\fI/etc/passwd\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat user\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::Xpointer\fP: sets and retrieves the X\-windows pointer\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat xpointer\fP)
.PP 
\fBFBB::X2a\fP: x\-to\-Ascii conversions of any type supporting insertions
into \fBo[string]stream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat x2a\fP)
.PP 
.SH "CATEGORIES"

.PP 
This section groups classes that somehow belong together\&. The following
categories are offered:
.IP o 
\fBCOMMAND LINE INTERFACE AND CONFIGURATION FILES\fP
.IP o 
\fBCONVERSIONS\fP
.IP o 
\fBDATE AND TIME\fP        
.IP o 
\fBERRORS AND MESSAGE HANDLING\fP
.IP o 
\fBGENERIC ALGORITHM EXTENSIONS\fP
.IP o 
\fBINTERNET / NETWORKING\fP
.IP o 
\fBOPENSSL AND ENCRYPTION\fP
.IP o 
\fBPATTERN MATCHING\fP
.IP o 
\fBPROCESSES\fP
.IP o 
\fBSTREAMS AND FILES\fP
.IP o 
\fBTABLES\fP
.IP o 
\fBVARIOUS OTHER CLASSES\fP

.PP 
.IP o 
\fBCOMMAND LINE INTERFACE AND CONFIGURATION FILES\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::Arg\fP: Interfaces the command line arguments, allowing for
short\- and long options\&. The class is implemented as a \fISingleton\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat arg\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::ArgConfig\fP: Inherits from \fBArg\fP and \fBConfigFile\fP allowing for
options to be specified as command line options and/or configuration file
options\&.  The class is implemented as a \fISingleton\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat argconfig\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::CmdFinder\fP: Command\-function associations\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cmdfinder\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::CmdFinderBase\fP: Base class for \fBCmdFinder\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cmdfinderbase\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::ConfigFile\fP: Processing standard configuration files\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat configfile\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBCONVERSIONS\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::A2x\fP: Ascii\-to\-x conversions of any type supporting extractions
from \fBi[string]stream\fP objects\&. 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat a2x\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::BigInt\fP: Wrapper class around the openssl BN_ functions for
unlimited integer precision arithmetic\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat bigint\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::X2a\fP: x\-to\-Ascii conversions of any type supporting insertions
into \fBo[string]stream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat x2a\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBDATE AND TIME\fP        
.IP 
\fBFBB::DateTime\fP: Manipulations with date and time values\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat datetime\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBERRORS AND MESSAGE HANDLING\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::Errno\fP: Defines objects which may be thrown as an exception\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat errno\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::level\fP: Manipulator setting the log\-level of \fBFBB::Log\fP
objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat level\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Log\fP: \fBstd::ostream\fP handling log messages\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat log\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::LogBuffer\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP handling log messages\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat logbuffer\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Syslogbuf\fP: streambuf to
Buffer generating \fBsyslog\fP(3) messages\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat syslogbuf\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::SyslogStream\fP: stream to
Output stream inserting \fBsyslog\fP(3) messages\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat syslogbuf\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBGENERIC ALGORITHM EXTENSIONS\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::binary_search\fP: A modification of the STL \fIbinary_search\fP
algorithm returning the location of the searched value in a sorted series
of values\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat binarysearch\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::repeat\fP: Two short extensions of the STL 
\fIfor_each\fP generic algorithm\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat repeat\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBINTERNET / NETWORKING\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::CGI\fP: a class implementing the facilities accessing the data made 
available through the Common Gateway Interface\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cgi\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Cidr\fP: a class testing whether IP4 Internet addresses belong to
address ranges defined by Classless Inter\-Domain Routing (CIDR) address
block specifications\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat cidr\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::ClientSocket\fP: a socket for tcp\-communication with a server\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat clientsocket\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::GetHostent\fP: Obtains \fBhostent\fP struct from hostname or
\-address\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat gethostent\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Hostname\fP: Derived from \fBHostent\fP, allows the initialization
from a \fBstd::string\fP, or from an \fBFBB::InetAddrress\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hostname\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::InetAddress\fP: Base class (no public constructor) for objects
representing an internet address as used with sockets\&. Contains address
and portnumbers\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat inetaddress\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Hostent\fP: Wrapper around the \fBhostent\fP struct\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hostent\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::LocalClientSocket\fP: a Unix domain socket for 
tcp\-communication with a Unix domain (local) server\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localclientsocket\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::LocalServerSocket\fP: defines a Unix domain socket to which
clients on the local host can connect\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localserversocket\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::LocalSocketBase\fP: Base class for \fBLocalClientSocket\fP and
\fBLocalServerSocket\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat localsocketbase\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::MailHeaders\fP: extracts mail headers from SMTP\-email\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mailheaders\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Milter\fP: interfaces the sendmail mail filter facilities\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat milter\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::ServerSocket\fP: defines a socket to which clients can connect\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat serversocket\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::SocketBase\fP: Base class for \fBClientSocket\fP and \fBServerSocket\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat socketbase\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBOPENSSL AND ENCRYPTION\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::BigInt\fP: Wrapper class around the openssl BN_ functions for
unlimited integer precision arithmetic\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat bigint\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::DecryptBuf\fP: Decrypting information\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat decryptbuf\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::DigestBuf\fP: Computing message digests\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat digestbuf\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::EncryptBuf\fP: Encrypting information\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat encryptbuf\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::HmacBuf\fP: Computing HMAC message digests\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hmacbuf\fP)
.IP 
.IP o 
\fBPATTERN MATCHING\fP
.IP 
\fBFBB::Glob\fP: Obtain a list of files matching a certain pattern\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat glob\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Pattern\fP: Performs regular expression pattern matching\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat pattern\fP)
.IP 
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\fBPROCESSES\fP
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\fBFBB::Fork\fP: Defines \fBfork\fP(2) as part of a Template Algorithm Design
Pattern\&. 
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(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat fork\fP)
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\fBFBB::Process\fP: Runs child processes, defining pipes between parents and
child processes\&. 
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(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat process\fP)
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\fBSTREAMS AND FILES\fP
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\fBFBB::DigestBuf\fP: Computeting message digests\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat digestbuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::IFdStream\fP: stream extracting information from a device whose
file descriptor is available\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ifdstream\fP)
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\fBFBB::IFdStreambuf\fP: Input stream buffer initialized by a file
descriptor\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ifdstreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::IOStream\fP: class combining \fBstd::istream\fP and \fBstd::ostream\fP
features\&. 
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(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat iostream\fP)
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\fBFBB::IOStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization allowing combined 
input and output operations\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat iostreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::IRandStream\fP: stream to extract random numbers from\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat irandstream\fP)
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\fBFBB::lm\fP: Manipulator setting the left margin of \fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP
objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat lm\fP)
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\fBFBB::Mbuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization for inserting messages,
mainly used by \fBFBB::Mstream\fP objects\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mbuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::mlm\fP: Manipulator modifying the left margin of
\fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mlm\fP)
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\fBFBB::Mstream\fP: Inserts messages into streams\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat mstream\fP)
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\fBFBB::MultiStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specializations performing
insertions to multiple \fBstd::ostream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat multistreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::OFdStream\fP: stream inserting information into a device whose
file descriptor is available\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofdstream\fP)
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\fBFBB::OFdStreambuf\fP: Output stream buffer initialized by a file
descriptor\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofdstreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::OFilterStreambuf\fP: \fBstd::streambuf\fP specialization implementing
an \fBstd::ostream\fP filtering design pattern\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofilterstreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::OFoldStream\fP: \fBstd::ostream\fP using an \fBOFoldStreambuf\fP as its
streambuf\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofoldstream\fP)
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\fBFBB::OFoldStreambuf\fP: \fBOFilterStreambuf\fP (\fBstd::streambuf\fP)
specialization folding text lines between left and right margins\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ofoldstreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::OHexStreambuf\fP: \fBOHexStreambuf\fP (\fBstd::streambuf\fP)
specialization inserting characters into a stream by their hex values\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ohexstreambuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::Pipe\fP: Defines a system level pipe\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat pipe\fP)
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\fBFBB::Randbuffer\fP: implements a \fBstreambuf\fP generating random 
numbers\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat randbuffer\fP)
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\fBFBB::ReadLineBuf\fP: implements a \fBstreambuf\fP using the Gnu
\fIreadline\fP library to allow editing an \fIstd::istream\fP\(cq\&s contents\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinebuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::ReadLineHistory\fP: provides access to the history of lines read
from a \fIReadLineBuf\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinehistory\fP)
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\fBFBB::ReadLineStream\fP: \fIstd::istream\fP class using a \fIReadLineBuf\fP 
for its \fIstd::streambuf\fP\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat readlinestream\fP)
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\fBFBB::Redirector\fP: Defines system level file redirection\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat redirector\fP)
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\fBFBB::Selector\fP: Offers timed delays and multiple file I/O\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat selector\fP)
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\fBFBB::Stat\fP: Determines file characteristics\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat stat\fP)
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\fBFBB::TempStream\fP: Temporary fstream\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tempstream\fP)
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\fBTABLES\fP
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\fBFBB::Align\fP: Specifies \fBTable(Buf)\fP column and element
alignments\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat align\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Table\fP: Display tables row\- or column\-wise\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat table\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::TableBuf\fP: Display tables row\- or column\-wise\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablebuf\fP)
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\fBFBB::TableLines\fP: Support class for the class \fBTable(Buf)\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablelines\fP)
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\fBFBB::TableSupport\fP: Support class for the class \fBTable(Buf)\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat tablesupport\fP)
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\fBVARIOUS OTHER CLASSES\fP
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\fBFBB::BinOps\fP: A series of function templates implementing binary
operators for classes that implement the matching binary assignment
operators themselves\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat binops\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::fswap\fP: templates implementing memory bytes based swap
functionality 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat fswap\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Indent\fP: Class and manipulators performing text indentation\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat indent\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::Hash\&.\&.\&.\fP: Various template classes implementing mapping containers
using hashing\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat hash\fP)
.IP 
\fBFBB::OneKey\fP: Single keystroke input, not requiring `Return\(cq\&\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat onekey\fP)
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\fBFBB::PtrIter\fP: Input iterator whose dereferenced value returns a
pointer rather than a reference to an element\&. Also offers: a \fIptrIter\fP
function template\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ptriter\fP)
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\fBFBB::Ranger\fP: class creating ranges that are accepted by range\-based
for\-loops\&. Also offered: a \fIranger\fP function template\&. 
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat ranger\fP)
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\fBFBB::String\fP: Offers extended \fBstd::string\fP functionality\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat string\fP)
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\fBFBB::StringLine\fP: Offers \fIoperator>>\fP extracting lines from
\fIstd::istream\fP objects\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat stringline\fP)
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\fBFBB::TypeTrait\fP: Traits class template to determine various
characteristics of types\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat typetrait\fP)
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\fBFBB::User\fP: Determines the current user\(cq\&s parameters from
\fI/etc/passwd\fP\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat user\fP)
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\fBFBB::Xpointer\fP: sets and retrieves the X\-windows pointer\&.
.br 
(Manpage: \fBman \-e bobcat xpointer\fP)
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.SH "FILES"
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\fB/usr/include/bobcat/<classname>\fP:
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\fB/usr/lib/libbobcat\&.*\fP:
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(shared, static libraries)

.PP 
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The individual \fBbobcat/<class>\fP header files, with man\-pages accessible
using \fIman \-e bobcat class\fP (all lowercase names)
.PP 
.SH "BUGS"
No Reported Bugs\&.
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.SH "DISTRIBUTION FILES"
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\fIbobcat_3\&.01\&.00\-x\&.dsc\fP: detached signature;
.IP o 
\fIbobcat_3\&.01\&.00\-x\&.tar\&.gz\fP: source archive;
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\fIbobcat_3\&.01\&.00\-x_i386\&.changes\fP: change log;
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\fIlibbobcat1_3\&.01\&.00\-x_*\&.deb\fP: debian package holding the
libraries;
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\fIlibbobcat1\-dev_3\&.01\&.00\-x_*\&.deb\fP: debian package holding the
libraries, headers and manual pages;
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\fIhttp://sourceforge\&.net/projects/bobcat\fP: public archive location;

.PP 
.SH "BOBCAT"
Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken\(cq\&s Own Base Classes And Templates\(cq\&\&.
.PP 
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
This is free software, distributed under the terms of the 
GNU General Public License (GPL)\&.
.PP 
.SH "AUTHOR"
Frank B\&. Brokken (\fBf\&.b\&.brokken@rug\&.nl\fP)\&.
.PP