Functions¶

The functions understood include:

accept fildes addr addrlen

The accept(2) system call.

accept4 fildes [[ sock_addr sock_addr_size ] flags ]

The accept4(2) system call.

access pathname

The access(2) system call.

acct pathname

The acct(2) system call.

acl_from_text text

The acl_from_text(3) system call.

acl_get_fd fildes

The acl_get_fd(3) system call.

acl_get_file pathname type

The acl_get_file(3) system call.

acl_set_fd fildes acl

The acl_set_fd(3) system call.

acl_set_file pathname type acl

The acl_set_file(3) system call.

acl_to_text acl len_p

The acl_to_text(3) system call.

adjtime delta olddelta

The adjtime(2) system call.

adjtimex data

The adjtimex(2) system call.

asprintf

The asprintf(3) system call.

bind fildes addr sockaddr_size

The bind(2) system call.

calloc nmemb size

The calloc(3) system call.

chdir pathname

The chdir(2) system call.

chmod pathname permission‐mode

The chmod(2) system call.

chown pathname owner group

The chown(2) system call.

chroot pathname

The chroot(2) system call.

close fildes

The close(2) system call.

closedir dir

The closedir(3) system call.

connect fildes serv_addr serv_addr_size

The connect(2) system call.

creat pathname [ permission‐mode

The creat(2) system call.

dirfd dir

The dirfd(3) system call.

dup fildes

The dup(2) system call.

dup2 oldfd newfd

The dup2(2) system call.

endgrent

The endgrent(3) system call.

eventfd initval flags

The eventfd(2) system call.

execlp pathname arg...

The execlp(3) system call.

execv pathname argv

The execv(3) system call.

execve pathname arg...

The execve(2) system call.

execvp pathname arg...

The execvp(3) system call.

fchdir pathname

The fchdir(2) system call.

fchmod fildes mode

The fchmod(2) system call.

fchown fildes owner group

The fchown(2) system call.

fchownat dirfd pathname owner group flags

The fchownat(2) system call.

fclose fp

The fclose(3) system call.

fcntl fildes command [ arg ]

The fcntl(2) system call.

fdopen fd mode

The fdopen(3) system call.

fdopendir fildes

The fdopendir(3) system call.

feof fp

The feof(3) system call.

ferror fp

The ferror(3) system call.

fflush fp

The fflush(3) system call.

fgetc fp

The fgetc(3) system call.

fgetpos fp pos

The fgetpos(3) system call.

fgets data data_size fp

The fgets(3) system call.

fileno fp

The fileno(3) system call.

flock fildes command

The flock(2) system call.

fork

The fork(2) system call.

fpathconf fildes name

The fpathconf(3) system call.

fpurge fp

The fpurge(3) system call.

fread ptr size nmemb fp

The fread(3) system call.

fopen pathname mode

The fopen(2) system call. The pathname argument may need to be quoted to insulate white space and punctuation from the shell. The mode argument (a textual equivalent of the open system call's flags argument). See fopen(3) for more information.

fputc c [ fp ]

The fputc(3) system call.

fputs s fp

The fputs(3) system call.

freopen pathname flags fp

The freopen(3) system call.

fseek fp offset whence

The fseek(3) system call.

fseeko fp offset whence

The fseeko(3) system call.

fsetpos fp pos

The fsetpos(3) system call.

fstat pathname

The fstat(2) system call.

fstatat fildes pathname data flags

The fstatat(2) system call.

fstatfs fildes data

The fstatfs(2) system call.

fstatvfs fildes data

The fstatvfs(2) system call.

fsync fildes

The fsync(2) system call.

ftell fp

The ftell(3) system call.

ftello fp

The ftello(3) system call.

ftime tp

The ftime(3) system call.

ftruncate fildes length

The ftruncate(2) system call.

futimens fildes data

The futimens(3) system call.

futimes fildes tv[0] data[1]

The futimes(3) system call.

futimesat fildes pathname data

The futimesat(2) system call.

getc fp

The getc(3) system call.

getchar

The getchar(3) system call.

getcwd buf size

The getcwd(2) system call.

getdomainname data data_size

The getdomainname(2) system call.

getgrent

The getgrent(3) system call.

getgrouplist user group groups ngroups

The getgrouplist(3) system call.

getgroups data_size data

The getgroups(2) system call.

gethostbyname name

The gethostbyname(3) system call.

gethostid

The gethostid(3) system call.

gethostname [ data data_size ]

The gethostname(2) system call.

getpeername fildes sock_addr sock_addr_size

The getpeername(2) system call.

getpgid pid

The getpgid(2) system call.

getpgrp pid

The getpgrp(2) system call.

getpriority which who

The getpriority(2) system call.

getresgid rgid egid sgid

The getresgid(2) system call.

getresuid ruid euid suid

The getresuid(2) system call.

getrlimit resource rlim

The getrlimit(2) system call.

getrusage who usage

The getrusage(2) system call.

getsockname fildes [ sock_addr [ sock_addr_size ]]

The getsockname(2) system call.

getsockopt fildes level name data data_size

The getsockopt(2) system call.

gettimeofday [ tv [ tz ] ]

The gettimeofday(2) system call.

getw fp

The getw(3) system call.

iconv cd inbuf inbytesleft outbuf outbytesleft

The iconv(3) system call.

iconv_close cd

The iconv_close(3) system call.

iconv_open tocode fromcode

The iconv_open(3) system call.

ioctl fildes request data

The ioctl(2) system call.

kill pid sig

The kill(2) system call.

lchmod pathname mode

The lchmod(2) system call.

lchown pathname owner group

The lchown(2) system call.

lchownat fildes pathname uid gid

The lchownat(2) system call.

link oldpath newpath

The link(2) system call.

linkat old_fildes old_path new_fildes new_path flags

The linkat(2) system call.

listen fildes backlog

The listen(2) system call.

lseek fildes offset whence

The lseek(2) system call.

lstat pathname

The lstat(2) system call.

lutimes pathname data

The lutimes(3) system call.

malloc size

The malloc(3) system call.

mkdir pathname [ mode ]

The mkdir(2) system call.

mkdtemp pathname

The mkdtemp(3) system call.

mknod pathname mode dev

The mknod(2) system call.

mkostemp templat flags

The mkostemp(3) system call.

mkstemp templat

The mkstemp(3) system call.

mktemp pathname

The mktemp(3) system call.

mmap data data_size prot flags fildes offset

The mmap(2) system call.

mount source target file_systems_type flags data

The mount(2) system call.

munmap data data_size

The munmap(2) system call.

nanosleep req rem

The nanosleep(2) system call.

nice inc

The nice(2) system call.

open pathname flags [ mode ]

The open(2) system call. The pathname argument may need to be quoted to insulate white space and punctuation from the shell. The flags argument may be numeric or symbolic. The mode argument may be numeric or symbolic.

openat fildes pathname flags mode

The openat(2) system call. The flags argument may be numeric or symbolic. The mode argument may be numeric or symbolic.

opendir pathname

The opendir(3) system call.

pathconf pathname name

The pathconf(3) system call.

pclose fp

The pclose(3) system call.

pipe pipefd

The pipe(2) system call.

pipe2 fildes flags

The pipe2(2) system call.

poll fds nfds timeout

The poll(2) system call.

popen command flags

The popen(3) system call.

pread fildes data data_size offset

The pread(2) system call.

ptrace request pid addr data

The ptrace(2) system call.

putc c fp

The putc(3) system call.

putchar c

The putchar(3) system call.

putenv string

The putenv(3) system call.

puts s

The puts(3) system call.

putw value fp

The putw(3) system call.

pwrite fildes data data_size offset

The pwrite(2) system call.

raise sig

The raise(3) system call.

read fildes data data‐size

The read(2) system call.

realloc ptr size

The realloc(3) system call.

realpath pathname resolved_pathname

The realpath(3) system call.

rename oldpath newpath

The rename(2) system call.

readv fildes iov ...

The readv(2) system call.

select nfds readfds writefds exceptfds timeout

The select(2) system call.

setbuf fp data

The setbuf(3) system call.

setbuffer fp data size

The setbuffer(3) system call.

setdomainname data data_size

The setdomainname(2) system call.

setenv name value overwrite

The setenv(3) system call.

setgid gid

The setgid(2) system call.

setgrent

The setgrent(3) system call.

setgroups data_size data

The setgroups(2) system call.

sethostname name [ name_size ]

The sethostname(2) system call.

setlinebuf fp

The setlinebuf(3) system call.

setpgid [ pid [ pgid ]]

The setpgid(2) system call.

setpgrp pid pgid

The setpgrp(2) system call.

setpriority which who prio

The setpriority(2) system call.

setregid rgid egid

The setregid(2) system call.

setreuid ruid euid

The setreuid(2) system call.

setresgid rgid egid sgid

The setresgid(2) system call.

setresuid ruid euid suid

The setresuid(2) system call.

setreuid ruid euid

The setreuid(2) system call.

setsid

The setsid(2) system call.

setsockopt fildes level name data data_size

The setsockopt(2) system call.

settimeofday tv tz

The settimeofday(2) system call.

setuid uid

The setuid(2) system call.

setvbuf fp data mode size

The setvbuf(3) system call.

shmat shmid shmaddr shmflg

The shmat(2) system call.

shmctl shmid command data

The shmctl(2) system call.

signalfd fildes mask flags

The signalfd(2) system call.

sleep seconds

The sleep(3) system call.

socket domain type protocol

The socket(2) system call.

socketpair domain type protocol sv

The socketpair(2) system call.

stat pathname

The stat(2) system call.

statfs pathname data

The statfs(2) system call.

statvfs pathname data

The statvfs(2) system call.

stime t

The stime(2) system call.

strcoll s1 s2

The strcoll(3) system call.

strdup data

The strdup(3) system call.

strerror

The error given will be printed out with all known detail.

strndup data data_size

The strndup(3) system call.

strtod nptr endptr

The strtod(3) system call.

strtof nptr endptr

The strtof(3) system call.

strtol nptr endptr base

The strtol(3) system call.

strtold nptr endptr

The strtold(3) system call.

strtoll nptr endptr base

The strtoll(3) system call.

strtoul nptr endptr base

The strtoul(3) system call.

strtoull nptr endptr base

The strtoull(3) system call.

symlink oldpath newpath

The symlink(2) system call.

system command

The system(3) system call.

tcdrain fildes

The tcdrain(3) system call.

tcflow fildes action

The tcflow(3) system call.

tcflush fildes selector

The tcflush(3) system call.

tcgetattr fildes data

The tcgetattr(3) system call.

tcsendbreak fildes duration

The tcsendbreak(3) system call.

tcsetattr fildes options data

The tcsetattr(3) system call.

telldir dir

The telldir(3) system call.

tempnam dir prefix

The tempnam(3) system call.

time t

The time(2) system call.

timerfd_create clockid flags

The timerfd_create(2) system call.

tmpfile

The tmpfile(3) system call.

tmpnam pathname

The tmpnam(3) system call.

truncate pathname size

The truncate(2) system call.

usleep usec

The usleep(3) system call.

uname data

The uname(2) system call.

ungetc c fp

The ungetc(3) system call.

unlink pathname

The unlink(2) system call.

unsetenv name

The unsetenv(3) system call.

ustat dev ubuf

The ustat(2) system call.

utime pathname [ times ]

The utime(2) system call.

utimens pathname [ data ]

The utimens(2) system call.

utimensat [ fildes ] pathname [ data [ flags ]]

The utimensat(2) system call.

utimes pathname data

The utimes(2) system call.

vasprintf data format ap

The vasprintf(3) system call.

vfork

The vfork(2) system call.

wait status

The wait(2) system call.

wait3 status options rusage

The wait3(2) system call.

wait4 pid status options rusage

The wait4(2) system call.

waitpid pid status options

The waitpid(2) system call.

write fildes data data‐size

The write(2) system call.

writev fildes data data‐size

The writev(2) system call.

Do not include the perentheses used to make the call.