syscall(3)              (BSD Compatibility Package)              syscall(3)

NAME
     syscall - indirect system call

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/cc [flag ...] file ... -lucb

     include <sys/syscall.h>

     int syscall(number, arg, ...)

DESCRIPTION
     syscall performs the system call whose assembly language interface has
     the specified number, and arguments arg ... Symbolic constants for
     system calls can be found in the header file
     /usr/include/sys/syscall.h.

RETURN VALUE
     When the C-bit is set, syscall returns -1 and sets the external vari-
     able errno [see introprm2(2)].

SEE ALSO
     introprm2(2), pipe(2).

































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