optional parts of the POSIX standard NAME posixoptions - optional parts of the POSIX standard DESCRIPTION The POSIX standard (the information below is from POSIX.1-2001) describes …globbing pathnames NAME glob - globbing pathnames DESCRIPTION Long ago, in UNIX V6, there was a program /etc/glob that would expand wildcard patterns. Soon afterward this became a …overview of POSIX message queues NAME mq_overview - overview of POSIX message queues DESCRIPTION POSIX message queues allow processes to exchange data in the form of messages. This…overview of Linux user namespaces NAME user_namespaces - overview of Linux user namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). User namespaces isolate se…Specifying revisions and ranges for Git NAME gitrevisions - Specifying revisions and ranges for Git SYNOPSIS gitrevisions DESCRIPTION Many Git commands take revision parameters as …retrieve rows from a query using a cursor NAME FETCH - retrieve rows from a query using a cursor SYNOPSIS FETCH [ direction ] [ FROM | IN ] cursor_name where direction can be one o…POSIX.2 regular expressions NAME regex - POSIX.2 regular expressions DESCRIPTION Regular expressions ("RE"s), as defined in POSIX.2, come in two forms: modern REs (roughly those of…POSIX.2 regular expressions NAME regex - POSIX.2 regular expressions DESCRIPTION Regular expressions ("RE"s), as defined in POSIX.2, come in two forms: modern REs (roughly those of…dumping mawk's byte-code NAME mawk-code - dumping mawk's byte-code SYNOPSIS At startup, mawk compiles the script into byte-code. After that, it interprets the compiled byte-code. U…monitoring filesystem events NAME inotify - monitoring filesystem events DESCRIPTION The inotify API provides a mechanism for monitoring filesystem events. Inotify can be used to m…close a cursor NAME CLOSE - close a cursor SYNOPSIS CLOSE { name | ALL } DESCRIPTION CLOSE frees the resources associated with an open cursor. After the cursor is closed, no subseq…POSIX threads NAME pthreads - POSIX threads DESCRIPTION POSIX.1 specifies a set of interfaces (functions, header files) for threaded programming commonly known as POSIX threads, or…define a new data type NAME CREATE_TYPE - define a new data type SYNOPSIS CREATE TYPE name AS ( [ attribute_name data_type [ COLLATE collation ] [, ... ] ] ) CREATE TYPE name AS EN…position a cursor NAME MOVE - position a cursor SYNOPSIS MOVE [ direction ] [ FROM | IN ] cursor_name where direction can be one of: NEXT PRIOR FIRST LAST ABSOLUTE count RELATIVE c…monitoring filesystem events NAME fanotify - monitoring filesystem events DESCRIPTION The fanotify API provides notification and interception of filesystem events. Use cases includ…A tutorial introduction to Git NAME gittutorial - A tutorial introduction to Git SYNOPSIS git * DESCRIPTION This tutorial explains how to import a new project into Git, make change…overview of POSIX semaphores NAME sem_overview - overview of POSIX semaphores DESCRIPTION POSIX semaphores allow processes and threads to synchronize their actions. A semaphore is …overview of Non-Uniform Memory Architecture NAME numa - overview of Non-Uniform Memory Architecture DESCRIPTION Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) refers to multiprocessor systems wh…Linux IPv4 protocol implementation NAME ip - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netinet/ip.h> /* superset of prev…overview of POSIX shared memory NAME shm_overview - overview of POSIX shared memory DESCRIPTION The POSIX shared memory API allows processes to communicate information by sharing a…