Module nix::sys

Mostly platform-specific functionality

Modules

epoll

eventfd

inotify

Monitoring API for filesystem events.

ioctl

Provide helpers for making ioctl system calls.

mman

pthread

Low level threading primitives

ptrace

resource

Configure the process resource limits.

select

Portably monitor a group of file descriptors for readiness.

sendfile

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

signal

Operating system signals.

signalfd

Interface for the signalfd syscall.

socket

Socket interface functions

stat

statfs

Get filesystem statistics, non-portably

statvfs

Get filesystem statistics

sysinfo

termios

An interface for controlling asynchronous communication ports

time

timerfd

Timer API via file descriptors.

uio

Vectored I/O

utsname

Get system identification

wait

Wait for a process to change status