syscall(3BSD)        (BSD System Compatibility)        syscall(3BSD)


       NAME
             syscall - (BSD) indirect system call

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/cc [flag . . . ] file . . .
             #include <sys/syscall.h>
             int syscall(int number, int 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 VALUES
             When the C-bit is set, syscall returns -1 and sets the
             external variable errno [see intro(2)].

       REFERENCES
             intro(2), pipe(2)




























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