caddr_t

[Boyd Roberts]

In article <1991Mar8.192533.717 at citib.com> scairns at citib.com (Scott Cairns) writes:
>Can anyone give me a consise description of exactly
>what "caddr_t" is?  It's not in K & R (version 1).

It's usually typedef-ed to be `char *'.

It's used in the kernel, so if you're not coding for the kernel, don't
use it.  The `wchan' argument to sleep()% is a `caddr_t'.


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% Kernel sleep routine, not sleep(3).