pseudoterminal interfaces NAME pty - pseudoterminal interfaces DESCRIPTION A pseudoterminal (sometimes abbreviated "pty") is a pair of virtual character devices that provide a bidi…...ory segment created using shmget (2), or a POSIX shared memory object built created using shm_open (3)). Before being used, an unnamed semaphore must be initialized using sem_in…...nicate information by sharing a region of memory. The interfaces employed in the API are: shm_open (3) Create and open a new object, or open an existing object. This is analogou…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…...BJECTS - _SC_SHARED_MEMORY_OBJECTS The following functions are present: mmap () munmap () shm_open () shm_unlink () --- - _POSIX_SHELL - _SC_SHELL If this option is in effect (a…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 Linux IPC namespaces NAME ipc_namespaces - overview of Linux IPC namespaces DESCRIPTION IPC namespaces isolate certain IPC resources, namely, System V IPC objects (see …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 …System V interprocess communication mechanisms NAME sysvipc - System V interprocess communication mechanisms DESCRIPTION System V IPC is the name given to three interprocess commun…System V interprocess communication mechanisms NAME sysvipc - System V interprocess communication mechanisms DESCRIPTION System V IPC is the name given to three interprocess commun…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…