man pages section 2: System Calls
    
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 facl -- get or set a file's Access Control List (ACL) ( Index Term Link )
 
 fchdir -- change working directory ( Index Term Link )
 
 fchmod -- change access permission mode of file ( Index Term Link )
 
 fchown -- change owner and group of a file ( Index Term Link )
 
 fcntl - file control ( Index Term Link )
 
 file control - fcntl ( Index Term Link )
 
 file descriptor, duplicate an open one - dup ( Index Term Link )
 
 file pointer, read/write
  move - lseek ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 file status, get -- stat, lstat, fstat ( Index Term Link )
 
 file system
  get information -- statvfs, fstatvfs ( Index Term Link )
  get statistics - ustat ( Index Term Link )
  make a symbolic link to a file - symlink ( Index Term Link )
  remove link - unlink ( Index Term Link )
  returns information about the file system types configured in the system - sysfs ( Index Term Link )
  update super block - sync ( Index Term Link )
 
 files
  change access permission mode of file -- chmod ( Index Term Link )
  change owner and group of a file -- chown ( Index Term Link )
  change the name of a file - rename ( Index Term Link )
  create a new file or rewrite an existing one - creat ( Index Term Link )
  execute -- exec ( Index Term Link )
  get configurable pathname variables -- pathconf ( Index Term Link )
  link to a file - link ( Index Term Link )
  move read/write file pointer - lseek ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  set file access and modification times - utime ( Index Term Link )
 
 fork -- create a new process ( Index Term Link )
 
 fork, spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way - vfork ( Index Term Link )
 
 fork1 -- create a new process ( Index Term Link )
 
 fpathconf -- get configurable pathname variables ( Index Term Link )
 
 fstat -- get status on open file known by file descriptor ( Index Term Link )
 
 fstatvfs -- get file system information ( Index Term Link )