Index (man pages section 2: System Calls)

man pages section 2: System Calls


Numbers and Symbols

	install a SPARC V9 user trap handler ( )


A

	access — determine accessibility of a file ( )

	access permission mode of file, change — chmod ( )

	accounting, enable or disable process accounting — acct ( )

	acct — enable or disable process accounting ( )

	acl — get or set a file's Access Control List (ACL) ( )

	adjtime — correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock ( )

	adjust local clock parameters — ntp_adjtime ( )

	alarm — schedule an alarm signal ( )

	audit — write an audit record ( )

	auditon — manipulate auditing ( )

	auditsvc() function ( )


B

	bind LWPs to a processor — processor_bind ( ) ( )

	bind LWPs to a set of processors — pset_bind ( )

	brk — change the amount of space allocated for the calling process's data segment ( )


C

	change owner and group of a file — chown ( )

	change owner and group of a file — fchown ( )

	change owner and group of a file — fchownat ( )

	change owner and group of a file — lchown ( )

	chdir — change working directory ( )

	child processes
		allows a parent process to control the execution of a child process — ptrace ( )
		get time — times ( )
		wait for child process to change state — waitid ( )
		wait for child process to change state — waitpid ( )
		wait for child process to stop or terminate — wait ( )

	chmod — change access permission mode of file ( )

	chown — change owner and group of a file ( )

	chroot — change root directory ( )

	clock, get local clock values — ntp_gettime ( )

	continue or suspend LWP execution
		— _lwp_continue ( )
		— _lwp_suspend ( )

	CPU-use, process execution time profile — profil ( )

	creat — create a new file or rewrite an existing one ( )

	create a new process — fork ( )
		fork1 ( )

	create a new file or rewrite an existing one — creat ( )

	create a new light-weight process — _lwp_create ( )

	create session and set process group ID — setsid ( )


D

	detach an LWP — _lwp_detach ( )

	determine accessibility of a file — access ( )

	determine if current executable is running setuid or setgid — issetugid ( )

	devices, I/O control functions — ioctl ( )

	directories
		change working directory — chdir ( )
		create a new one — mknod ( )
		get configurable pathname variables — pathconf ( )
		make a new one — mkdir ( )
		read directory entries and put in a file system independent format — getdents ( )
		remove — rmdir ( )

	discover all message queue identifiers — msgids ( )

	discover all semaphore identifiers — semids ( )

	discover all shared memory identifiers — shmids ( )

	dup — duplicate an open file descriptor ( )


E

	effective group ID, set — setregid() ( )

	effective user ID, set — setreuid() ( )

	exec — execute a file ( )

	execl — execute a file ( )

	execle — execute a file ( )

	execlp — execute a file ( )

	execute a file — exec ( )

	execute a file — execl ( )

	execute a file — execle ( )

	execute a file — execlp ( )

	execute a file — execv ( )

	execute a file — execve ( )

	execute a file — execvp ( )

	execv — execute a file ( )

	execve — execute a file ( )

	execvp — execute a file ( )

	exit — terminate process ( )

	_exit — terminate process ( )


F

	facl — get or set a file's Access Control List (ACL) ( )

	fchdir — change working directory ( )

	fchmod — change access permission mode of file ( )

	fchown — change owner and group of a file ( )

	fchownat — change owner and group of a file ( )

	fcntl — file control ( )

	file control — fcntl ( )

	file descriptor, duplicate an open one — dup ( )

	file pointer, read/write
		move — lseek ( ) ( )

	file system
		get information — statvfs, fstatvfs ( )
		get statistics — ustat ( )
		make a symbolic link to a file — symlink ( )
		returns information about the file system types configured in the system — sysfs ( )
		update super block — sync ( )

	files
		change access permission mode of file — chmod ( )
		change the name of a file — rename ( )
		get configurable pathname variables — pathconf ( )
		link to a file — link ( )
		move read/write file pointer — lseek ( ) ( )
		set file access and modification times — utime ( )

	fork — create a new process ( )

	fork, spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way — vfork ( )

	fork1 — create a new process ( )

	fpathconf — get configurable pathname variables ( )

	fstat — get file status ( )

	fstatat — get file status ( )

	fstatvfs — get file system information ( )

	futimesat — set file access and modification times ( )


G

	get and set process audit information — getaudit ( )

	get and set process audit information — getaudit_addr ( )

	get and set process audit information — setaudit ( )

	get and set process audit information — setaudit_addr ( )

	get file status — fstat ( )

	get file status — fstatat ( )

	get file status — lstat ( )

	get file status — stat ( )

	get, put, or write extended accounting data — getacct ( )

	get, put, or write extended accounting data — putacct ( )

	get, put, or write extended accounting data — wracct ( )

	get and set process limits — ulimit ( )

	get information about a processor set — pset_info ( )

	get list of processor sets — pset_list ( )

	get LWP identifier — _lwp_self ( )

	get or change processor operational status — p_online ( )

	get or set a file's Access Control List (ACL)
		— acl ( )
		— facl ( )

	get process group ID of session leader — getsid ( )

	getacct — get, put, or write extended accounting data ( )

	getaudit — get and set process audit information ( )

	getaudit_addr — get and set process audit information ( )

	getauid — get user audit identity ( )

	getdents — read directory entries and put in a file system independent format ( )

	getegid — get effective group ID ( )

	geteuid — get effective user ID ( )

	getgid — get real group ID ( )

	getgroups — get supplementary group access list IDs ( )

	getitimer — get value of interval timer ( )

	getmsg — get next message off a stream ( )

	getpgid — get process group IDs ( )

	getpgrp — get process group IDs ( )

	getpid — get process IDs ( )

	getpmsg — get next message off a stream ( )

	getppid — get parent process IDs ( )

	getprojid — set or get task or project IDs ( )

	getrctl — set or get resource control values ( )

	getrlimit — control maximum system resource consumption ( )

	getsid — get process group ID of session leader ( )

	gettaskid — set or get task or project IDs ( )

	getuid — get real user ID ( )

	getustack — retrieve or change the address of per-LWP stack boundary information ( )

	group ID, set real and effective — setregid() ( )

	group IDs
		get — getgid, getegid ( )
		set — setgid ( )
		supplementary group access list IDs — getgroups, setgroups ( )


H

	halt system, — uadmin ( )

	hangup signal, the current controlling terminal — vhangup ( )


I

	I/O
		audit — audit ( )
		multiplexing — poll ( )

	initialize an LWP context — _lwp_makecontext ( )

	interprocess communication, — pipe ( )

	interval timer, get or set value of interval timer — getitimer, setitimer ( )

	ioctl — control device ( )

	issetugid — determine if current executable is running setuid or setgid ( )


K

	kill — send a signal to a process or a group of processes ( )


L

	lchown — change owner and group of a file ( )

	link — link to a file ( )

	link, symbolic, make one to a file — symlink ( )

	lseek — move extended read/write file pointer ( )

	lseek — move read/write file pointer ( )

	lstat — get file status ( )

	LWP, scheduler control — priocntl ( )

	_lwp_cond_broadcast — signal a condition variable ( )

	_lwp_cond_reltimedwait — wait on a condition variable ( )

	_lwp_cond_signal — signal a condition variable ( )

	_lwp_cond_timedwait — wait on a condition variable ( )

	_lwp_cond_wait — wait on a condition variable ( )

	_lwp_continue — continue or suspend LWP execution ( )

	_lwp_create — create a new light-weight process ( )

	_lwp_detach — detach an LWP ( )

	_lwp_exit — terminate the calling LWP ( )

	_lwp_getprivate — set/get LWP specific storage ( )

	_lwp_info — return the time-accounting information of a single LWP ( )

	_lwp_kill — send a signal to a LWP ( )

	_lwp_makecontext — initialize an LWP context ( ) ( )

	_lwp_mutex_lock — mutual exclusion ( )

	_lwp_mutex_trylock — mutual exclusion ( )

	_lwp_mutex_unlock — mutual exclusion ( )

	_lwp_self — get LWP identifier ( )

	_lwp_sema_init — semaphore operations ( )

	_lwp_sema_post — semaphore operations ( )

	_lwp_sema_trywait — semaphore operations ( )

	_lwp_sema_wait — semaphore operations ( )

	_lwp_setprivate — set/get LWP specific storage ( )

	_lwp_suspend — continue or suspend LWP execution ( )

	_lwp_wait — wait for a LWP to terminate ( )


M

	make a directory, or a special or ordinary file — mknod ( )

	manage sets of processors
		— pset_assign ( )
		— pset_create ( )
		— pset_destroy ( )

	manipulate auditing — auditon ( )

	masks, set and get file creation mask — umask ( )

	memcntl — memory management control ( )

	meminfo — provide information about memory ( )

	memory, management control — memcntl ( )

	memory, shared
		control operations — shmctl ( )
		get segment identifier — sjmget ( )
		operations — shmop ( )

	memory management, change the amount of space allocated for the calling process's data segment — brk, sbrk ( )

	memory mapping, set protection — mprotect ( )

	memory pages
		determine residency — mincore ( )
		map — mmap ( )
		unmap — munmap ( )

	message control operations, — msgctl ( )

	message queue, get — msgget ( )

	message queue snapshot operation — msgsnap ( )

	message receive operation — msgrcv ( )

	message send operation — msgsnd ( )

	messages, send a message on a stream — putmsg ( )

	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 ( )

	mount a file system — mount ( )

	mprotect — set protection of memory mapping ( )

	msgctl — message control operations ( )

	msgget — get message queue ( )

	msgids — discover all message queue identifiers ( )

	msgrcv — message receive operation ( )

	msgsnap — message queue snapshot operation ( )

	msgsnd — message send operation ( )

	munmap — unmap pages of memory ( )

	mutual exclusion
		— _lwp_mutex_lock ( )
		— _lwp_mutex_trylock ( )
		— _lwp_mutex_unlock ( )


N

	nice — change priority of a time-sharing process ( )

	ntp_adjtime — adjust local clock parameters ( )

	ntp_gettime — get local clock values ( )


O

	open — open a file ( )

	open a file — open ( )

	open a file — openat ( )

	openat — open a file ( )

	operating system, get name of current one — uname ( )


P

	p_online — get or change processor operational status ( )

	pathconf — get configurable pathname variables ( )

	pathname, get configurable variables — pathconf ( )

	pause — suspend process until signal ( )

	pipe — create an interprocess channel ( )

	poll — input/output multiplexing ( )

	pread — read from file ( )

	priocntl — process scheduler control ( )

	priocntlset — generalized process scheduler control ( )

	process, time-sharing, change priority — nice ( )

	process accounting, enable or disable — acct ( )

	process group ID
		set — setpgid ( )
		set — setpgrp ( )

	process scheduler
		control — priocntl ( )
		generalized control — priocntlset ( )

	process statistics, process execution time profile — profil ( )

	processes
		allows a parent process to control the execution of a child process — ptrace ( )
		change priority of a time-sharing process — nice ( )
		create a new one — fork ( )
		create an interprocess channel — pipe ( )
		execution time profile — profil ( )
		generalized scheduler control — priocntlset ( )
		get identification — getpid, getpgrp, getppid, getpgid ( )
		get next message off a stream — getmsg ( )
		get or set value of interval timer — getitimer, setitimer ( )
		get real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs — getuid, geteuid, getgid, getegid ( )
		get time — times ( )
		read from file — read ( )
		read directory entries and put in a file system independent format — getdents ( )
		send a signal to a process or a group of processes — kill ( )
		set and get file creation mask — umask ( )
		set process group ID — setpgid ( )
		set process group ID — setpgrp ( )
		spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way — vfork ( )
		supplementary group access list IDs — getgroups, setgroups ( )
		suspend process until signal — pause ( )
		the current controlling terminal — vhangup ( )
		wait for child process to change state — waitid ( )
		wait for child process to change state — waitpid ( )
		wait for child process to stop or terminate — wait ( )

	processes and protection
		— setregid() ( )
		— setreuid() ( )

	processor_bind — bind LWPs to a processor ( ) ( )

	processor_info — determine type and status of a processor ( )

	profil — process execution time profile ( )

	profiling utilities, execution time profile — profil ( )

	provide information about memory — meminfo ( )

	pset_assign — manage sets of processors ( )

	pset_bind — bind LWPs to a set of processors ( )

	pset_create — manage sets of processors ( )

	pset_destroy — manage sets of processors ( )

	pset_getattr — set or get processor set attributes ( )

	pset_info — get information about a processor set ( )

	pset_list — get list of processor sets ( )

	pset_setattr — set or get processor set attributes ( )

	ptrace — allows a parent process to control the execution of a child process ( )

	putacct — get, put, or write extended accounting data ( )

	putmsg — send a message on a stream ( )

	putpmsg — send a message on a stream ( )

	pwrite — write on a file ( )


R

	read from file — read ( )
		pread ( )
		readv ( )

	read the contents of a symbolic link — readlink ( )

	read/write file pointer
		move — lseek ( ) ( )

	readlink — read the contents of a symbolic link ( )

	read — read from file ( )

	real group ID, set — setregid() ( )

	real user ID, set — setreuid() ( )

	reboot system, — uadmin ( )

	remount root file system, — uadmin ( )

	remove directory entry — unlink ( )

	remove directory entry — unlinkat ( )

	rename — change the name of a file ( )

	resolve all symbolic links of a path name — resolvepath ( )

	resolvepath — resolve all symbolic links of a path name ( )

	retrieve or change the address of per-LWP stack boundary information — getustack ( )

	retrieve or change the address of per-LWP stack boundary information — setustack ( )

	rmdir — remove a directory ( )

	root directory, change — chroot ( )


S

	sbrk — change the amount of space allocated for the calling process's data segment ( )

	schedule an alarm signal — alarm ( )

	semaphore operations — semop ( )

	semaphore operations — semtimedop ( )

	semaphore operations
		— _lwp_sema_init ( )
		— _lwp_sema_post ( )
		— _lwp_sema_trywait ( )
		— _lwp_sema_wait ( )

	semaphores
		control operations — semctl ( )
		get a set — semget ( )

	semctl — semaphore control operations ( )

	semget — get set of semaphores ( )

	semids — discover all semaphore identifiers ( )

	semop — semaphore operations ( )

	semtimedop — semaphore operations ( )

	send a signal to a LWP — _lwp_kill ( )

	set file access and modification times — futimesat ( )

	set file access and modification times — utimes ( )

	set or get processor set attributes — pset_getattr ( )

	set or get processor set attributes — pset_setattr ( )

	set or get resource control values — getrctl ( )

	set or get resource control values — setrctl ( )

	set or get task or project IDs — getprojid ( )

	set or get task or project IDs — gettaskid ( )

	set or get task or project IDs — settaskid ( )

	set/get LWP specific storage
		— _lwp_getprivate ( )
		— _lwp_setprivate ( )

	setaudit — get and set process audit information ( )

	setaudit_addr — get and set process audit information ( )

	setauid — set user audit identity ( )

	setegid — set effective group ID ( )

	seteuid — set effective user ID ( )

	setgid — set group ID ( )

	setgroups — set supplementary group access list IDs ( )

	setitimer — set value of interval timer ( )

	setpgid — set process group ID ( )

	setpgrp — set process group ID ( )

	setrctl — set or get resource control values ( )

	setregid() — set real and effective group ID ( )

	setreuid() — set real and effective user IDs ( )

	setrlimit — control maximum system resource consumption ( )

	setsid — create session and set process group ID ( )

	settaskid — set or get task or project IDs ( )

	setuid — set user ID ( )

	setustack — retrieve or change the address of per-LWP stack boundary information ( )

	shared memory
		control operations — shmctl ( )
		get segment identifier — sjmget ( )
		operations — shmop ( )

	shmctl — shared memory control operations ( )

	shmget — get shared memory segment identifier ( )

	shmids — discover all shared memory identifiers ( )

	shmop — shared memory operations ( )

	shutdown, — uadmin ( )

	sigaction — detailed signal management ( )

	sigaltstack — set or get signal alternate stack context ( )

	signal a condition variable
		— _lwp_cond_broadcast ( )
		— _lwp_cond_signal ( )

	signal alternate stack, set or get context — sigaltstack ( )

	signal management, detailed — sigaction ( )

	signal mask
		change and/or examine — sigprocmask ( )
		install, and suspend process until signal — sigsuspend ( )

	signals, examine blocked and pending ones — sigpending ( )

	sigpending — examine signals that are blocked and pending ( )

	sigprocmask — change and/or examine calling process's signal mask ( )

	sigsend — send a signal to a process or a group of processes ( )

	sigsendset — provides an alternate interface to sigsend for sending signals to sets of processes ( )

	sigsuspend — install a signal mask and suspend process until signal ( )

	sigwait( ) — wait until a signal is posted ( )

	special files, create a new one — mknod ( )

	stat — get file status ( )

	statistics, get for mounted file system — ustat ( )

	statvfs — get file system information ( )

	stime — set system time and date ( )

	STREAMS
		get next message off a stream — getmsg ( )
		I/O control functions — ioctl ( )
		send a message on a stream — putmsg ( )

	super block, update — sync ( )

	swap space, manage — swapctl ( )

	swapctl — manage swap space ( )

	symbolic link, make one to a file — symlink ( )

	symlink — make a symbolic link to a file ( )

	sync — update super block ( )

	sysinfo — get and set system information strings ( )

	system administration, administrative control — uadmin ( )

	system clock, synchronization — adjtime ( )

	system information, get and set strings — sysinfo ( )

	system operation, update super block — sync ( )

	system resources, control maximum system resource consumption — getrlimit, setrlimit ( )


T

	terminate process
		— _exit ( )
		— exit ( )

	terminate the calling LWP — _lwp_exit ( )

	time — get time ( )

	time
		correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock — adjtime ( )
		set system time and date — stime ( )

	time-accounting, single LWP — _lwp_info ( )

	times — get process and child process times ( )


U

	ulimit — get and set process limits ( )

	umask — set and get file creation mask ( )

	umount — unmount a file system ( )

	umount2 — unmount a file system ( )

	uname — get name of current operating system ( )

	unlink — remove directory entry ( )

	unlinkat — remove directory entry ( )

	unmount a file system — umount2 ( )

	unmount a file system — umount ( )

	user audit identity
		get user audit identity — getauid ( )
		set user audit identity — setauid ( )

	user ID, set real and effective — setreuid() ( )

	user IDs
		get — getuid, geteuid ( )
		set — setuid ( )

	utime — set file access and modification times ( )

	utimes — set file access and modification times ( )


V

	vfork — spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way ( )

	vhangup — the current controlling terminal ( )


W

	wait — wait for child process to stop or terminate ( )

	wait on a condition variable — _lwp_cond_reltimedwait ( )

	wait on a condition variable — _lwp_cond_timedwait ( )

	wait on a condition variable — _lwp_cond_wait ( )

	wait for a LWP to terminate — _lwp_wait ( )

	waitid — wait for child process to change state ( )

	waitpid — wait for child process to change state ( )

	wracct — get, put, or write extended accounting data ( )

	write on a file
		— write ( ) ( ) ( )

	write — write on a file ( )


Y

	yield — yield execution to another lightweight process ( )

	yield execution to another lightweight process — yield ( )