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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, 10 months ago
__cloneCreate a child process1 year, 2 months ago
__clone2Create a child process1 year, 1 month ago
_exitTerminate the calling process5 months, 3 weeks ago
_llseekReposition read/write file offset3 years, 10 months ago
_newselectSelect, pselect, FD_CLR, FD_ISSET, FD_SET, FD_ZERO3 years, 10 months ago
_syscallInvoking a system call without library support (OBSOLETE)5 months, 3 weeks ago
_sysctlRead/write system parameters3 years, 10 months ago
acceptAccept a connection on a socket5 months, 3 weeks ago
accessCheck real user's permissions for a file5 months, 3 weeks ago
acctSwitch process accounting on or off5 months, 3 weeks ago
adjtimexTune kernel clock5 months, 3 weeks ago
afs_syscallAfs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil,3 years, 10 months ago
alarmSet an alarm clock for delivery of a signal5 months, 3 weeks ago
alloc_hugepagesAllocate or free huge pages5 months, 3 weeks ago
arch_prctlSet architecture-specific thread state5 months, 3 weeks ago
bdflushStart, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon5 months, 3 weeks ago
bindBind a name to a socket5 months, 3 weeks ago
breakAfs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil,3 years, 10 months ago
brkChange data segment size5 months, 3 weeks ago
cacheflushFlush contents of instruction and/or data cache5 months, 3 weeks ago
capgetSet/get capabilities5 months, 3 weeks ago
capsetSet/get capabilities3 years, 10 months ago
chdirChange working directory5 months, 3 weeks ago
chmodChange permissions of a file5 months, 3 weeks ago
chownChange ownership of a file5 months, 3 weeks ago
chown32Change ownership of a file1 year, 2 months ago
chrootChange root directory5 months, 3 weeks ago
clock_getresClock and time functions1 year, 1 month ago
clock_gettimeClock and time functions1 year, 1 month ago
clock_settimeClock and time functions1 year, 1 month ago
cloneCreate a child process5 months, 3 weeks ago
clone2Create a child process1 year, 1 month ago
closeClose a file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
connectInitiate a connection on a socket5 months, 3 weeks ago
creatOpen and possibly create a file or device3 years, 10 months ago
create_moduleCreate a loadable module entry5 months, 3 weeks ago
delete_moduleDelete a loadable module entry5 months, 3 weeks ago
dupDuplicate a file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
dup2Duplicate a file descriptor3 years, 10 months ago
epoll_createOpen an epoll file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
epoll_ctlControl interface for an epoll descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
epoll_pwaitWait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor1 year, 3 months ago
epoll_waitWait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
eventfdCreate a file descriptor for event notification5 months, 3 weeks ago
execveExecute program5 months, 3 weeks ago
exitTerminate the current process3 years, 10 months ago
exit_groupExit all threads in a process5 months, 3 weeks ago
faccessatCheck user's permissions of a file relative to a5 months, 3 weeks ago
fadvise64Predeclare an access pattern for file data1 year, 2 months ago
fadvise64_64Predeclare an access pattern for file data1 year, 2 months ago
fallocateManipulate file space5 months, 3 weeks ago
fchdirChange working directory3 years, 10 months ago
fchmodChange permissions of a file3 years, 10 months ago
fchmodatChange permissions of a file relative to a directory5 months, 3 weeks ago
fchownChange ownership of a file3 years, 10 months ago
fchown32Change ownership of a file1 year, 2 months ago
fchownatChange ownership of a file relative to a directory5 months, 3 weeks ago
fcntlManipulate file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
fcntl64Manipulate file descriptor1 year, 2 months ago
fdatasyncSynchronize a file's in-core state with storage device1 year, 1 month ago
fgetxattrRetrieve an extended attribute value3 years, 10 months ago
flistxattrList extended attribute names3 years, 10 months ago
flockApply or remove an advisory lock on an open file5 months, 3 weeks ago
forkCreate a child process5 months, 3 weeks ago
free_hugepagesAllocate or free huge pages3 years, 10 months ago
fremovexattrRemove an extended attribute3 years, 10 months ago
fsetxattrSet an extended attribute value3 years, 10 months ago
fstatGet file status3 years, 10 months ago
fstat64Get file status1 year, 2 months ago
fstatatGet file status relative to a directory file descriptor5 months, 3 weeks ago
fstatat64Get file status relative to a directory file descriptor1 year, 2 months ago
fstatfsGet file system statistics3 years, 10 months ago
fstatfs64Get file system statistics1 year, 2 months ago
fstatvfsGet file system statistics3 years, 10 months ago
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