From intro(2):
"This chapter describes the Linux system calls."
| Title | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| _Exit | Terminate the calling process | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| __clone | Create a child process | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| __clone2 | Create a child process | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| _exit | Terminate the calling process | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| _llseek | Reposition read/write file offset | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| _newselect | Select, pselect, FD_CLR, FD_ISSET, FD_SET, FD_ZERO | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| _syscall | Invoking a system call without library support (OBSOLETE) | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| _sysctl | Read/write system parameters | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| accept | Accept a connection on a socket | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| access | Check real user's permissions for a file | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| acct | Switch process accounting on or off | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| adjtimex | Tune kernel clock | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| afs_syscall | Afs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil, | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| alarm | Set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| alloc_hugepages | Allocate or free huge pages | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| arch_prctl | Set architecture-specific thread state | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| bdflush | Start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| bind | Bind a name to a socket | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| break | Afs_syscall, break, ftime, getpmsg, gtty, lock, madvise1, mpx, prof, profil, | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| brk | Change data segment size | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| cacheflush | Flush contents of instruction and/or data cache | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| capget | Set/get capabilities | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| capset | Set/get capabilities | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| chdir | Change working directory | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| chmod | Change permissions of a file | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| chown | Change ownership of a file | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| chown32 | Change ownership of a file | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| chroot | Change root directory | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| clock_getres | Clock and time functions | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| clock_gettime | Clock and time functions | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| clock_settime | Clock and time functions | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| clone | Create a child process | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| clone2 | Create a child process | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| close | Close a file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| connect | Initiate a connection on a socket | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| creat | Open and possibly create a file or device | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| create_module | Create a loadable module entry | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| delete_module | Delete a loadable module entry | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| dup | Duplicate a file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| dup2 | Duplicate a file descriptor | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| epoll_create | Open an epoll file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| epoll_ctl | Control interface for an epoll descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| epoll_pwait | Wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor | 1 year, 3 months ago |
| epoll_wait | Wait for an I/O event on an epoll file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| eventfd | Create a file descriptor for event notification | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| execve | Execute program | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| exit | Terminate the current process | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| exit_group | Exit all threads in a process | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| faccessat | Check user's permissions of a file relative to a | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fadvise64 | Predeclare an access pattern for file data | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fadvise64_64 | Predeclare an access pattern for file data | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fallocate | Manipulate file space | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fchdir | Change working directory | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fchmod | Change permissions of a file | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fchmodat | Change permissions of a file relative to a directory | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fchown | Change ownership of a file | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fchown32 | Change ownership of a file | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fchownat | Change ownership of a file relative to a directory | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fcntl | Manipulate file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fcntl64 | Manipulate file descriptor | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fdatasync | Synchronize a file's in-core state with storage device | 1 year, 1 month ago |
| fgetxattr | Retrieve an extended attribute value | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| flistxattr | List extended attribute names | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| flock | Apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fork | Create a child process | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| free_hugepages | Allocate or free huge pages | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fremovexattr | Remove an extended attribute | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fsetxattr | Set an extended attribute value | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fstat | Get file status | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fstat64 | Get file status | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fstatat | Get file status relative to a directory file descriptor | 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
| fstatat64 | Get file status relative to a directory file descriptor | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fstatfs | Get file system statistics | 3 years, 10 months ago |
| fstatfs64 | Get file system statistics | 1 year, 2 months ago |
| fstatvfs | Get file system statistics | 3 years, 10 months ago |