overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object NAME vdso - overview of the virtual ELF dynamic shared object SYNOPSIS #include <sys/auxv.h> void *vdso = (uintptr_t) getauxval(AT…semantic markup language for formatting manual pages NAME mdoc — semantic markup language for formatting manual pages DESCRIPTION The mdoc language supports authoring of manual pag…mandoc special characters NAME mandoc_char — mandoc special characters DESCRIPTION This page documents the roff(7) escape sequences accepted by mandoc(1) to represent special chara…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…overview of standard C libraries on Linux NAME libc - overview of standard C libraries on Linux DESCRIPTION The term “libc” is commonly used as a shorthand for the “standard C libr…universal character set NAME unicode - universal character set DESCRIPTION The international standard ISO/IEC 10646 defines the Universal Character Set (UCS). UCS contains all char…change the definition of a collation NAME ALTER_COLLATION - change the definition of a collation SYNOPSIS ALTER COLLATION name REFRESH VERSION ALTER COLLATION name RENAME TO new_na…description of the filesystem hierarchy NAME hier - description of the filesystem hierarchy DESCRIPTION A typical Linux system has, among others, the following directories: / This …list of file suffixes NAME suffixes - list of file suffixes DESCRIPTION It is customary to indicate the contents of a file with the file suffix, which (typically) consists of a per…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…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…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…auditing API for the dynamic linker NAME rtld-audit - auditing API for the dynamic linker SYNOPSIS #define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <link.h> DESCRIPTIO…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…sockets for local interprocess communication NAME unix - sockets for local interprocess communication SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/un.h> unix_socket = socket(AF_U…overview of Memory Protection Keys NAME pkeys - overview of Memory Protection Keys DESCRIPTION Memory Protection Keys (pkeys) are an extension to existing page-based memory permiss…legacy formatting language for manual pages NAME man — legacy formatting language for manual pages DESCRIPTION The man language was the standard formatting language for AT&T UNIX m…conventions for writing Linux man pages NAME man-pages - conventions for writing Linux man pages SYNOPSIS man [ section ] title DESCRIPTION This page describes the conventions that…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…