On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:28:15AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
> On 09/22/10 11:24 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 08:49:25AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
> >>On 09/21/10 06:23 PM, Peter Taps wrote:
> >>>Folks,
> >>>
> >>>Is the API for zfs documented anywhere?
> >>>
> >>>Specifically, I am looking at zpool_create() method. I have looked at
> >>>the source code for zpool command line. However, it is not clear on
> >>>what the last three parameters to the function are and how to fill
> >>>them.
> >>>
> >>The best documentation for libzfs functions is the user command code
> >>that uses them.
> >And they are not public, and may change in completely incompatible ways 
> >without
> >notice.  That's why all of the symbols are versioned "SUNWprivate_1.1".
> >
> Where is this versioning documented?
> 
> There's nothing in the header and libzfs doesn't have a man page.

The lack of a manpage is the first clue that it's not a public interface.
Most private-only libraries don't ship a "libfoo.so" symlink, but for some
reason libzfs.so exists;  not sure why.

Cheers,
- jonathan
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