access | determine accessibility of a file |
acct | enable or disable process accounting |
adjtime | correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock |
alarm | set a process alarm clock |
brk | change data segment space allocation |
chdir | change working directory |
chmod | change mode of file |
chown | change owner and group of a file |
chroot | change root directory |
close | close a file descriptor |
creat | create a new file or rewrite an existing one |
dup | duplicate an open file descriptor |
exec | execute a file |
exit | terminate process |
fcntl | file control |
fork | create a new process |
fpathconf | get configurable pathname variables |
fsync | synchronize a file's in-memory state with that on the physical medium |
getcontext | get and set current user context |
getdents | read directory entries and put in a file system independent format |
getgroups | get or set supplementary group access list IDs |
getmsg | get next message off a stream |
getpid | get process, process group, and parent process IDs |
getrlimit | control maximum system resource consumption |
getsid | get session ID |
getuid | get real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs |
intro | introduction to system calls and error numbers |
ioctl | control device |
kill | send a signal to a process or a group of processes |
link | link to a file |
lseek | move read/write file pointer |
memcntl | memory management control |
mincore | determine residency of memory pages |
mkdir | make a directory |
mknod | make a directory, or a special or ordinary file |
mmap | map pages of memory |
mount | mount a file system |
mprotect | set protection of memory mapping |
msgctl | message control operations |
msgget | get message queue |
msgop | message operations |
munmap | unmap pages of memory. |
nice | change priority of a time-sharing process |
open | open for reading or writing |
pause | suspend process until signal |
pipe | create an interprocess channel |
plock | lock into memory or unlock process, text, or data |
poll | input/output multiplexing |
priocntl | process scheduler control |
priocntlset | generalized process scheduler control |
profil | execution time profile |
ptrace | process trace |
putmsg | send a message on a stream |
read | read from file |
readlink | read the value of a symbolic link |
rename | change the name of a file |
rmdir | remove a directory |
semctl | semaphore control operations |
semget | get set of semaphores |
semop | semaphore operations |
setpgid | set process group ID |
setpgrp | set process group ID |
setsid | set session ID |
setuid | set user and group IDs |
shmctl | shared memory control operations |
shmget | get shared memory segment identifier |
shmop | shared memory operations |
sigaction | detailed signal management |
sigaltstack | set or get signal alternate stack context |
signal | simplified signal management |
sigpending | examine signals that are blocked and pending |
sigprocmask | change or examine signal mask |
sigsend | send a signal to a process or a group of processes |
sigsuspend | install a signal mask and suspend process until signal |
stat | get file status |
statvfs | get file system information |
stime | set time |
swapctl | manage swap space |
symlink | make a symbolic link to a file |
sync | update super block |
sysfs | get file system type information |
sysinfo | get and set system information strings |
sysm68k | machine-specific functions |
termios | general terminal interface |
time | get time |
times | get process and child process times |
uadmin | administrative control |
ulimit | get and set user limits |
umask | set and get file creation mask |
umount | unmount a file system |
uname | get name of current UNIX system |
unlink | remove directory entry |
ustat | get file system statistics |
utime | set file access and modification times |
vfork | spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way |
wait | wait for child process to stop or terminate |
waitid | wait for child process to change state |
waitpid | wait for child process to change state |
write | write on a file |