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Linux Man Pages: System Calls

From intro(2):

"This chapter describes the Linux system calls."

Section 2

Titlesort iconDescriptionLast updated
_ExitTerminate the calling process3 years, 11 months ago
__cloneCreate a child process1 year, 3 months ago
__clone2Create a child process1 year, 3 months ago
_exitTerminate the calling process7 months, 1 week ago
_llseekReposition read/write file offset3 years, 11 months ago
_newselectSelect, pselect, FD_CLR, FD_ISSET, FD_SET, FD_ZERO3 years, 11 months ago
_syscallInvoking a system call without library support (OBSOLETE)7 months, 1 week ago
_sysctlRead/write system parameters3 years, 11 months ago
acceptAccept a connection on a socket7 months, 1 week ago
accessCheck real user's permissions for a file7 months, 1 week ago
acctSwitch process accounting on or off7 months, 1 week ago
adjtimexTune kernel clock7 months, 1 week ago
afs_syscallAfs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil,3 years, 11 months ago
alarmSet an alarm clock for delivery of a signal7 months, 1 week ago
alloc_hugepagesAllocate or free huge pages7 months, 1 week ago
arch_prctlSet architecture-specific thread state7 months, 1 week ago
bdflushStart, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon7 months, 1 week ago
bindBind a name to a socket7 months, 1 week ago
breakAfs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil,3 years, 11 months ago
brkChange data segment size7 months, 1 week ago
cacheflushFlush contents of instruction and/or data cache7 months, 1 week ago
capgetSet/get capabilities7 months, 1 week ago
capsetSet/get capabilities3 years, 11 months ago
chdirChange working directory7 months, 1 week ago
chmodChange permissions of a file7 months, 1 week ago
chownChange ownership of a file7 months, 1 week ago
chown32Change ownership of a file1 year, 3 months ago
chrootChange root directory7 months, 1 week ago
clock_getresClock and time functions1 year, 3 months ago
clock_gettimeClock and time functions1 year, 3 months ago
clock_settimeClock and time functions1 year, 3 months ago
cloneCreate a child process7 months, 1 week ago
clone2Create a child process1 year, 3 months ago
closeClose a file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
connectInitiate a connection on a socket7 months, 1 week ago
creatOpen and possibly create a file or device3 years, 11 months ago
create_moduleCreate a loadable module entry7 months, 1 week ago
delete_moduleDelete a loadable module entry7 months, 1 week ago
dupDuplicate a file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
dup2Duplicate a file descriptor3 years, 11 months ago
epoll_createOpen an epoll file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
epoll_ctlControl interface for an epoll descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
epoll_pwaitWait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor1 year, 4 months ago
epoll_waitWait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
eventfdCreate a file descriptor for event notification7 months, 1 week ago
execveExecute program7 months, 1 week ago
exitTerminate the current process3 years, 11 months ago
exit_groupExit all threads in a process7 months, 1 week ago
faccessatCheck user's permissions of a file relative to a7 months, 1 week ago
fadvise64Predeclare an access pattern for file data1 year, 3 months ago
fadvise64_64Predeclare an access pattern for file data1 year, 3 months ago
fallocateManipulate file space7 months, 1 week ago
fchdirChange working directory3 years, 11 months ago
fchmodChange permissions of a file3 years, 11 months ago
fchmodatChange permissions of a file relative to a directory7 months, 1 week ago
fchownChange ownership of a file3 years, 11 months ago
fchown32Change ownership of a file1 year, 3 months ago
fchownatChange ownership of a file relative to a directory7 months, 1 week ago
fcntlManipulate file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
fcntl64Manipulate file descriptor1 year, 3 months ago
fdatasyncSynchronize a file's in-core state with storage device1 year, 3 months ago
fgetxattrRetrieve an extended attribute value3 years, 11 months ago
flistxattrList extended attribute names3 years, 11 months ago
flockApply or remove an advisory lock on an open file7 months, 1 week ago
forkCreate a child process7 months, 1 week ago
free_hugepagesAllocate or free huge pages3 years, 11 months ago
fremovexattrRemove an extended attribute3 years, 11 months ago
fsetxattrSet an extended attribute value3 years, 11 months ago
fstatGet file status3 years, 11 months ago
fstat64Get file status1 year, 3 months ago
fstatatGet file status relative to a directory file descriptor7 months, 1 week ago
fstatat64Get file status relative to a directory file descriptor1 year, 3 months ago
fstatfsGet file system statistics3 years, 11 months ago
fstatfs64Get file system statistics1 year, 3 months ago
fstatvfsGet file system statistics3 years, 11 months ago
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