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MAN 2

MachFunctions - Mach Functions
_exit - terminate a process
accept - accept a connection on a socket
access - determine accessibility of file
acct - turn accounting on or off
adjtime - correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
bind - bind a name to a socket
brk, sbrk - change data segment size
chdir - change current working directory
chmod - change mode of file
chown - change owner and group of a file
chroot - change root directory
close - delete a descriptor
connect - initiate a connection on a socket
creat - create a new file or rewrite an existing one
dup, dup2 - duplicate a descriptor
execve, execv - execute a file
fcntl - file control
flock - apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
fork, vfork - create a new process
fsync - synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk
getdirentries - gets directory entries in a filesystem independent format
getdomainname, setdomainname - get/set name of current domain
getdtablesize - get descriptor table size
getgid, getegid - get group identity
getgroups - get group access list
gethostid - get unique identifier of current host
gethostname, sethostname - get/set name of current host
getitimer, setitimer - get/set value of interval timer
getpagesize - get system page size
getpeername - get name of connected peer
getpgrp - get process group
getpid, getppid - get process identification
getpriority, setpriority - get/set program scheduling priority
getrlimit, setrlimit - control maximum system resource consumption
getrusage - get information about resource utilization
getsockname - get socket name
getsockopt, setsockopt - get and set options on sockets
gettimeofday, settimeofday - get/set date and time
getuid, geteuid - get user identity
intro - introduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctl - control device
.nf -
kill - send signal to a process
killpg - send signal to a process group
link - make a hard link to a file
listen - listen for connections on a socket
lseek - move read/write pointer
mach_swapon - add a file for system paging/swapping.
mkdir - make a directory
mkfifo - (POSIX only) make a FIFO special file
mknod - make a special file
mount - mount file system
nfssvc, async_daemon - NFS daemons
open - open a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
pathconf, fpathconf - (POSIX only) get configurable pathname variables
pipe - create an interprocess communication channel
profil - execution time profile
ptrace - process trace
read, readv - read input
readlink - read value of a symbolic link
reboot - reboot system or halt processor
recv, recvfrom, recvmsg - receive a message from a socket
rename - change the name of a file
rmdir - remove a directory
select - synchronous I/O multiplexing
send, sendto, sendmsg - send a message from a socket
setgroups - set group access list
setpgid - (POSIX only) set process group
setpgrp - set process group
setprivexec - allow other processes to exec set\-bit programs
setregid - set real and effective group ID
setreuid - set real and effective user ID's
setsid - (POSIX only) create session and set process group ID
shutdown - shut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigaction - (POSIX only) examine or specify the action to be associated with a specific
sigblock - block signals
sigpause - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigpending - (POSIX only) retrieve the set of pending signals for the calling process.
sigprocmask - (POSIX only) examine or change the signal mask of the calling process.
sigreturn - return from signal
sigsetmask - set current signal mask
sigstack - set and/or get signal stack context
sigsuspend - (POSIX only) suspend the process until delivery of a specified signal.
sigvec - software signal facilities
socket - create an endpoint for communication
socketpair - create a pair of connected sockets
stat, lstat, fstat - (BSD version) get file status
stat, fstat - (POSIX version) get file status
statfs - get file system statistics
swapon - add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
symlink - make symbolic link to a file
sync - update super-block
syscall - indirect system call
sysconf - (POSIX only) get configurable system variables
truncate - truncate a file to a specified length
umask - set file creation mode mask
uname - (POSIX only)get system name
unlink - remove directory entry
unmount - remove a file system
utimes - set file times
vhangup - virtually ``hangup'' the current control terminal
wait, wait3, wait4, WIFSTOPPED, WIFSIGNALED, WIFEXITED - wait for process to terminate or stop (BSD version)
wait, waitpid, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED, WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG - (POSIX version) wait for process to terminate or stop
write - write output