Module nix::sys

Mostly platform-specific functionality

Modules

epollevent

eventfdevent

inotifyinotify

Monitoring API for filesystem events.

ioctlioctl

Provide helpers for making ioctl system calls.

memfdfs

Interfaces for managing memory-backed files.

mmanmman

Memory management declarations.

pthreadpthread

Low level threading primitives

ptraceptrace

resourceresource

Configure the process resource limits.

selectpoll

Portably monitor a group of file descriptors for readiness.

sendfilezerocopy

Send data from a file to a socket, bypassing userland.

signal

Operating system signals.

signalfdsignal

Interface for the signalfd syscall.

socketsocket

Socket interface functions

statfs

statfsfs

Get filesystem statistics, non-portably

statvfsfs

Get filesystem statistics

sysinfo

termiosterm

An interface for controlling asynchronous communication ports

time

timerfdtime

Timer API via file descriptors.

uiouio

Vectored I/O

utsnamefeature

Get system identification

waitprocess

Wait for a process to change status