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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)a.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93 .\" .ds RH Summary of facilities .bp .SH \s+2I. Summary of facilities\s0 .PP .de h .br .if n .ne 8 \fB\\$1 \\$2\fP .br .. .nr H1 0 .NH Kernel primitives .LP .h 1.1. "Process naming and protection .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). sethostid set UNIX host id gethostid get UNIX host id sethostname set UNIX host name gethostname get UNIX host name getpid get process id fork create new process exit terminate a process execve execute a different process getuid get user id geteuid get effective user id setreuid set real and effective user id's getgid get accounting group id getegid get effective accounting group id getgroups get access group set setregid set real and effective group id's setgroups set access group set getpgrp get process group setpgrp set process group .TE .in -5 .h 1.2 "Memory management .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). memory management definitions sbrk change data section size sstk\(dg change stack section size getpagesize get memory page size mmap\(dg map pages of memory msync\(dg flush modified mapped pages to filesystem munmap\(dg unmap memory mprotect\(dg change protection of pages madvise\(dg give memory management advice mincore\(dg determine core residency of pages msleep\(dg sleep on a lock mwakeup\(dg wakeup process sleeping on a lock .TE .FS \(dg Not supported in 4.3BSD. .FE .in -5 .h 1.3 "Signals .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). signal definitions sigvec set handler for signal kill send signal to process killpgrp send signal to process group sigblock block set of signals sigsetmask restore set of blocked signals sigpause wait for signals sigstack set software stack for signals .TE .in -5 .h 1.4 "Timing and statistics .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). time-related definitions gettimeofday get current time and timezone settimeofday set current time and timezone getitimer read an interval timer setitimer get and set an interval timer profil profile process .TE .in -5 .h 1.5 "Descriptors .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). getdtablesize descriptor reference table size dup duplicate descriptor dup2 duplicate to specified index close close descriptor select multiplex input/output fcntl control descriptor options wrap\(dg wrap descriptor with protocol .TE .FS \(dg Not supported in 4.3BSD. .FE .in -5 .h 1.6 "Resource controls .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). resource-related definitions getpriority get process priority setpriority set process priority getrusage get resource usage getrlimit get resource limitations setrlimit set resource limitations .TE .in -5 .h 1.7 "System operation support .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). mount mount a device file system swapon add a swap device umount umount a file system sync flush system caches reboot reboot a machine acct specify accounting file .TE .in -5 .NH System facilities .LP .h 2.1 "Generic operations .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). read read data write write data scatter-gather related definitions readv scattered data input writev gathered data output standard control operations ioctl device control operation .TE .in -5 .h 2.2 "File system .PP Operations marked with a * exist in two forms: as shown, operating on a file name, and operating on a file descriptor, when the name is preceded with a ``f''. .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). file system definitions chdir change directory chroot change root directory mkdir make a directory rmdir remove a directory open open a new or existing file mknod make a special file portal\(dg make a portal entry unlink remove a link stat* return status for a file lstat returned status of link chown* change owner chmod* change mode utimes change access/modify times link make a hard link symlink make a symbolic link readlink read contents of symbolic link rename change name of file lseek reposition within file truncate* truncate file access determine accessibility flock lock a file .TE .in -5 .h 2.3 "Communications .in +5 .TS lw(1.6i) aw(3i). standard definitions socket create socket bind bind socket to name getsockname get socket name listen allow queuing of connections accept accept a connection connect connect to peer socket socketpair create pair of connected sockets sendto send data to named socket send send data to connected socket recvfrom receive data on unconnected socket recv receive data on connected socket sendmsg send gathered data and/or rights recvmsg receive scattered data and/or rights shutdown partially close full-duplex connection getsockopt get socket option setsockopt set socket option .TE .in -5 .h 2.4 "Terminals, block and character devices .in +5 .in -5 .h 2.5 "Processes and kernel hooks .in +5