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- determine accessibility of file
- alarm(2)
- schedule signal after specified time
- brk(2), sbrk(2)
- change data segment size
- chdir(2)
- change current working directory
- chmod(2)
- change mode of file
- chown(2)
- change owner and group of a file
- chroot(2)
- change root directory
- close(2)
- delete a descriptor
- creat(2)
- create a new file
- dup(2), dup2(2)
- duplicate a descriptor
- execve(2)
- execute a file
- exit(2), _exit(2)
- terminate a process
- factor(1)
- factor an integer less than 2**31
- fcntl(2)
- miscellaneous file descriptor control functions
- fork(2)
- create a new process
- getgid(2), getegid(2)
- get group identity
- getpid(2), getppid(2)
- get process identification
- getuid(2), geteuid(2)
- get user identity
- intro(2), errno(2)
- introduction to system calls and error numbers
- ioctl(2)
- control device
- kill(2)
- send signal to a process
- link(2)
- make a hard link to a file
- lseek(2)
- move read/write pointer
- mkdir(2)
- make a directory file
- mknod(2), mkfifo(2)
- make a special file
- mount(2), umount(2)
- mount or umount a file system
- open(2)
- open a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
- pause(2)
- stop until signal
- pipe(2)
- create an interprocess communication channel
- ptrace(2)
- process trace
- read(2)
- read input
- reboot(2)
- close down the system or reboot
- rename(2)
- change the name of a file
- rmdir(2)
- remove a directory file
- setsid(2), getpgrp(2)
- create process group, get process group id
- setuid(2), setgid(2)
- set user or group ID's
- sigactio(2), sigaction(2), signal(2)
- manage signal state and handlers
- sigpendi(2), sigpending(2)
- report pending signals
- sigprocm(2), sigprocmask(2)
- manipulate the signal mask
- sigsuspe(2), sigsuspend(2)
- suspend until signalled
- stat(2), lstat(2), fstat(2)
- get file status
- sync(2)
- update super-block
- time(2), stime(2)
- get/set date and time
- times(2)
- get process times
- umask(2)
- set file creation mode mask
- uname(2)
- get system info
- unlink(2)
- remove directory entry
- utime(2)
- set file times
- wait(2), waitpid(2)
- wait for process to terminate
- write(2)
- write output