syscall(3-BSD)    MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES     syscall(3-BSD)



NAME
     syscall - indirect system call

SYNOPSIS
     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 variable errno (see intro(2)).

SEE ALSO
     intro(2), pipe(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.



































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