...ons. UNIX 98 pseudoterminals An unused UNIX 98 pseudoterminal master is opened by calling posix_openpt (3). (This function opens the master clone device, /dev/ptmx ; see pts (4)…...() pathconf() pclose() perror() popen() posix_fadvise() posix_fallocate() posix_madvise() posix_openpt() posix_spawn() posix_spawnp() posix_trace_clear() posix_trace_close() pos…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 …async-signal-safe functions NAME signal-safety - async-signal-safe functions DESCRIPTION An async-signal-safe function is one that can be safely called from within a signal handler…C and UNIX Standards NAME standards - C and UNIX Standards DESCRIPTION The STANDARDS section that appears in many manual pages identifies various standards to which the documented …feature test macros NAME feature_test_macros - feature test macros DESCRIPTION Feature test macros allow the programmer to control the definitions that are exposed by system header…feature test macros NAME feature_test_macros - feature test macros DESCRIPTION Feature test macros allow the programmer to control the definitions that are exposed by system header…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 …Native POSIX Threads Library NAME nptl - Native POSIX Threads Library DESCRIPTION NPTL (Native POSIX Threads Library) is the GNU C library POSIX threads implementation that is used…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…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…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…System V terminal driver interface NAME termio - System V terminal driver interface DESCRIPTION termio is the name of the old System V terminal driver interface. This interface def…overview of system data types NAME system_data_types - overview of system data types DESCRIPTION siginfo_t Include : <signal.h> . Alternatively, <sys/wait.h> . typedef struct { int…file inode information NAME inode - file inode information DESCRIPTION Each file has an inode containing metadata about the file. An application can retrieve this metadata using st…overview of Linux IPC namespaces NAME ipc_namespaces - overview of Linux IPC namespaces DESCRIPTION IPC namespaces isolate certain IPC resources, namely, System V IPC objects (see …POSIX asynchronous I/O overview NAME aio - POSIX asynchronous I/O overview DESCRIPTION The POSIX asynchronous I/O (AIO) interface allows applications to initiate one or more I/O op…overview of signals NAME signal - overview of signals DESCRIPTION Linux supports both POSIX reliable signals (hereinafter "standard signals") and POSIX real-time signals. Signal di…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 …