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Programming Interfaces Guide     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Memory and CPU Management

2.  Session Description Protocol API

3.  Process Scheduler

4.  Locality Group APIs

5.  Input/Output Interfaces

Files and I/O Interfaces

Basic File I/O

Advanced File I/O

File System Control

Using File and Record Locking

Choosing a Lock Type

Selecting Advisory or Mandatory Locking

Cautions About Mandatory Locking

Supported File Systems

Opening a File for Locking

Setting a File Lock

Setting and Removing Record Locks

Getting Lock Information

Process Forking and Locks

Deadlock Handling

Terminal I/O Functions

6.  Interprocess Communication

7.  Socket Interfaces

8.  Programming With XTI and TLI

9.  Packet Filtering Hooks

10.  Transport Selection and Name-to-Address Mapping

11.  Real-time Programming and Administration

12.  The Oracle Solaris ABI and ABI Tools

A.  UNIX Domain Sockets

Index

Chapter 5

Input/Output Interfaces

This chapter introduces file input/output operations, as provided on systems that do not provide virtual memory services. The chapter discusses the improved input/output method provided by the virtual memory facilities. The chapter describes the older method of locking files and records in Using File and Record Locking.