pseudoterminal interfaces NAME pty - pseudoterminal interfaces DESCRIPTION A pseudoterminal (sometimes abbreviated "pty") is a pair of virtual character devices that provide a bidi…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…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…first-in first-out special file, named pipe NAME fifo - first-in first-out special file, named pipe DESCRIPTION A FIFO special file (a named pipe) is similar to a pipe, except that…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…overview of pipes and FIFOs NAME pipe - overview of pipes and FIFOs DESCRIPTION Pipes and FIFOs (also known as named pipes) provide a unidirectional interprocess communication chan…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 …how a pathname is resolved to a file NAME path_resolution - how a pathname is resolved to a file DESCRIPTION Some UNIX/Linux system calls have as parameter one or more filenames. A…unprivileged access-control NAME Landlock - unprivileged access-control DESCRIPTION Landlock is an access-control system that enables any processes to securely restrict themselves …symbolic link handling NAME symlink - symbolic link handling DESCRIPTION Symbolic links are files that act as pointers to other files. To understand their behavior, you must first …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 …monitoring filesystem events NAME fanotify - monitoring filesystem events DESCRIPTION The fanotify API provides notification and interception of filesystem events. Use cases includ…SPU filesystem NAME spufs - SPU filesystem DESCRIPTION The SPU filesystem is used on PowerPC machines that implement the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture in order to access Syner…roff language reference for mandoc NAME roff — roff language reference for mandoc DESCRIPTION The roff language is a general purpose text formatting language. Since traditional imp…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…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…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…per-user keyring NAME user-keyring - per-user keyring DESCRIPTION The user keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of a user. Each UID the kernel deals with has its own …overview of Linux namespaces NAME namespaces - overview of Linux namespaces DESCRIPTION A namespace wraps a global system resource in an abstraction that makes it appear to the pro…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…