Module nix::sys

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Mostly platform-specific functionality

Modules

epollevent
eventfdevent
inotifyinotify

Monitoring API for filesystem events.

ioctlioctl

Provide helpers for making ioctl system calls.

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.

Operating system signals.

signalfdsignal

Interface for the signalfd syscall.

socketsocket

Socket interface functions

Get filesystem statistics, non-portably

Get filesystem statistics

An interface for controlling asynchronous communication ports

Timer API via file descriptors.

uiouio

Vectored I/O

utsnamefeature

Get system identification

waitprocess

Wait for a process to change status