LIST OF SYSTEM CALLS

Name Description

access(2) determine accessibility of a file

acct(2) enable or disable process accounting

acl(2) get or set a file’s Access Control List (ACL)

adjtime(2) correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock

alarm(2) set a process alarm clock

audit(2) write a record to the audit log

auditon(2) manipulate auditing

auditsvc(2) write audit log to specified file descriptor

brk(2) change the amount of space allocated for the calling process’s data segment

chdir(2) change working directory

chmod(2) change access permission mode of file

chown(2) change owner and group of a file

chroot(2) change root directory

close(2) close a file descriptor

creat(2) create a new file or rewrite an existing one

dup(2) duplicate an open file descriptor

exec(2) execute a file

execl(2) See exec(2)

execle(2) See exec(2)

execlp(2) See exec(2)

execv(2) See exec(2)

execve(2) See exec(2)

execvp(2) See exec(2)

_exit(2) See exit(2)

exit(2) terminate process

facl(2) See acl(2)

fchdir(2) See chdir(2)

fchmod(2) See chmod(2)

fchown(2) See chown(2)

fchroot(2) See chroot(2)

fcntl(2) file control

fork(2) create a new process

fork1(2) See fork(2)

fpathconf(2) get configurable pathname variables

fstat(2) See stat(2)

fstatvfs(2) See statvfs(2)

getaudit(2) get and set process audit information

getauid(2) get and set user audit identity

getcontext(2) get and set current user context

getdents(2) read directory entries and put in a file system independent format

getegid(2) See getuid(2)

geteuid(2) See getuid(2)

getgid(2) See getuid(2)

getgroups(2) get or set supplementary group access list IDs

getitimer(2) get or set value of interval timer

getmsg(2) get next message off a stream

getpgid(2) See getpid(2)

getpgrp(2) See getpid(2)

getpid(2) get process, process group, and parent process IDs

getpmsg(2) See getmsg(2)

getppid(2) See getpid(2)

getrlimit(2) control maximum system resource consumption

getsid(2) get process group ID of session leader

getuid(2) get real user, effective user, real group, and effective group IDs

ioctl(2) control device

kill(2) send a signal to a process or a group of processes

lchown(2) See chown(2)

link(2) link to a file

llseek(2) move extended read/write file pointer

lseek(2) move read/write file pointer

lstat(2) See stat(2)

_lwp_cond_broadcast(2) See _lwp_cond_signal(2)

_lwp_cond_signal(2) signal a condition variable

_lwp_cond_timedwait(2) See _lwp_cond_wait(2)

_lwp_cond_wait(2) wait on a condition variable

_lwp_continue(2) See _lwp_suspend(2)

_lwp_create(2) create a new light-weight process

_lwp_exit(2) terminate the calling LWP

_lwp_getprivate(2) See _lwp_setprivate(2)

_lwp_info(2) return the time-accounting information of a single LWP

_lwp_kill(2) send a signal to a LWP

_lwp_makecontext(2) initialize an LWP context

_lwp_mutex_lock(2) mutual exclusion

_lwp_mutex_trylock(2) See _lwp_mutex_lock(2)

_lwp_mutex_unlock(2) See _lwp_mutex_lock(2)

_lwp_self(2) get LWP identifier

_lwp_sema_init(2) See _lwp_sema_wait(2)

_lwp_sema_post(2) See _lwp_sema_wait(2)

_lwp_sema_trywait(2) See _lwp_sema_wait(2)

_lwp_sema_wait(2) semaphore operations

_lwp_setprivate(2) set/get LWP specific storage

_lwp_sigredirect(2) See _signotifywait(2)

_lwp_suspend(2) continue or suspend LWP execution

_lwp_wait(2) wait for a LWP to terminate

memcntl(2) memory management control

mincore(2) determine residency of memory pages

mkdir(2) make a directory

mknod(2) make a directory, or a special or ordinary file

mmap(2) map pages of memory

mount(2) mount a file system

mprotect(2) set protection of memory mapping

msgctl(2) message control operations

msgget(2) get message queue

msgrcv(2) message receive operation

msgsnd(2) message send operation

munmap(2) unmap pages of memory

nice(2) change priority of a process

ntp_adjtime(2) adjust local clock parameters

ntp_gettime(2) get local clock values

open(2) open a file

pathconf(2) See fpathconf(2)

pause(2) suspend process until signal

pipe(2) create an interprocess channel

poll(2) input/output multiplexing

p_online(2) change processor operational status

pread(2) See read(2)

priocntl(2) process scheduler control

priocntlset(2) generalized process scheduler control

processor_bind(2) bind LWPs to a processor

processor_info(2) determine type and status of a processor

profil(2) execution time profile

pset_assign(2) See pset_create(2)

pset_bind(2) bind LWPs to a set of processors

pset_create(2) manage sets of processors

pset_destroy(2) See pset_create(2)

pset_info(2) get information about a processor set

ptrace(2) allows a parent process to control the execution of a child process

putmsg(2) send a message on a stream

putpmsg(2) See putmsg(2)

pwrite(2) See write(2)

read(2) read from file

readlink(2) read the contents of a symbolic link

readv(2) See read(2)

rename(2) change the name of a file

resolvepath(2) resolve all symbolic links of a path name

rmdir(2) remove a directory

sbrk(2) See brk(2)

semctl(2) semaphore control operations

semget(2) get set of semaphores

semop(2) semaphore operations

setaudit(2) See getaudit(2)

setauid(2) See getauid(2)

setcontext(2) See getcontext(2)

setegid(2) See setuid(2)

seteuid(2) See setuid(2)

setgid(2) See setuid(2)

setgroups(2) See getgroups(2)

setitimer(2) See getitimer(2)

setpgid(2) set process group ID

setpgrp(2) set process group ID

setregid(2) set real and effective group IDs

setreuid(2) set real and effective user IDs

setrlimit(2) See getrlimit(2)

setsid(2) create session and set process group ID

setuid(2) set user and group IDs

shmat(2) See shmop(2)

shmctl(2) shared memory control operations

shmdt(2) See shmop(2)

shmget(2) get shared memory segment identifier

shmop(2) shared memory operations

sigaction(2) detailed signal management

sigaltstack(2) set or get signal alternate stack context

_signotifywait(2) deliver process signals to specific LWPs

sigpending(2) examine signals that are blocked and pending

sigprocmask(2) change and/or examine caller’s signal mask

sigsend(2) send a signal to a process or a group of processes

sigsendset(2) See sigsend(2)

sigsuspend(2) install a signal mask and suspend caller until signal

sigwait(2) wait until a signal is posted

stat(2) get file status

statvfs(2) get file system information

stime(2) set system time and date

swapctl(2) manage swap space

symlink(2) make a symbolic link to a file

sync(2) update super block

sysfs(2) get file system type information

sysinfo(2) get and set system information strings

time(2) get time

times(2) get process and child process times

uadmin(2) administrative control

ulimit(2) get and set process limits

umask(2) set and get file creation mask

umount(2) unmount a file system

uname(2) get name of current operating system

unlink(2) remove directory entry

ustat(2) get file system statistics

utime(2) set file access and modification times

utimes(2) set file access and modification times

vfork(2) spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way

vhangup(2) virtually “hangup” the current controlling terminal

wait(2) wait for child process to stop or terminate

waitid(2) wait for child process to change state

waitpid(2) wait for child process to change state

write(2) write on a file

writev(2) See write(2)

yield(2) yield execution to another lightweight process

SunOS 5.6