Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Programming Interfaces Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Advanced File I/O

The following table lists the tasks performed by advanced file I/O interfaces.

Table 5-2  Advanced File I/O Interfaces
Interface Name
Purpose
link(2) , linkat(2)
Link to a file
access(2) , faccessat(2)
Determine accessibility of a file
mknod(2)
Make a special or ordinary file
chmod(2) , fchmodat(2)
Change mode of file
chown(2), lchown(2), fchown(2) , fchownat(2)
Change owner and group of a file
utime(2)
Set file access and modification times
stat(2), lstat(2), fstat(2) , fstatat(2)
Get file status
fcntl(2)
Perform file control functions
ioctl(2)
Control device
fpathconf(2)
Get configurable path name variables
opendir(3C), readdir(3C), closedir(3C)
Perform directory operations
mkdir(2) , mkdirat(2)
Make a directory
readlink(2) , readlinkat(2)
Read the value of a symbolic link
rename(2) , renameat(2)
Change the name of a file
rmdir(2) , unlinkat(2)
Remove a directory
symlink(2) , symlinkat(2)
Make a symbolic link to a file

See syscall Provider in Oracle Solaris 11.2 Dynamic Tracing Guide for related information.

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