The C Common Libraries provide an abstraction layer for data types, libc system calls, and data structures used throughout the Globus Toolkit and useful for applications that use the Globus Toolkit.

2. Feature summary

Globus Callback - Portable event handling layer for signal handling and periodic and one-shot events in a single- more multi-threaded environment.
Globus Error - An abstraction for providing context-specific information in error response in C.
Portable Threading API for POSIX and Windows
URL String Parser
Configuration handlers for command-line, environment-variable, and configuration file based application configuration.

3. Summary of Changes in C Common Libraries

3.1. New Features: C Common Libraries

None.

3.2. Improvements: C Common Libraries

None.

4. Fixed Bugs for C Common Libraries

RIC-223: Some commands in globus_common have no manpage
RIC-225: Missing default value for shell script variable in globus-sh-exec
RIC-228: potentially unsafe format strings in common

5. Known Problems in C Common Libraries

None.

6. Technology dependencies

C Common Libraries only depend on the globus_core module.

7. Tested platforms

The C common libraries work on any platform on which the toolkit is supported. See supported platforms.

8. Backward compatibility summary

API changes since GT version 5.2.0

None.

All of the GT 3.2 API is still functional in GT 5.2.1.

9. Associated Standards

There are no standards implemented by the C common libraries.

10. For More Information

See the C API pages for more information about this component.