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9. n Commands

2. System Calls: A-E | F-H | I-L | M-N | O-R | S | T-Z

sbrk
sched_get_priority_max
sched_get_priority_min
sched_getparam
sched_getscheduler
sched_rr_get_interval - get the SCHED_RR interval for the named process
sched_setparam
sched_setscheduler
sched_yield - yield the processor
select
select_tut
semctl - semaphore control operations
semget - get a semaphore set identifier
semop - semaphore operations
send
sendfile - transfer data between file descriptors
sendmsg
sendto
setcontext
setdomainname
setegid
seteuid
setfsgid - set group identity used for file system checks
setfsuid - set user identity used for file system checks
setgid - set group identity
setgroups
sethostid
sethostname
setitimer
setpgid
setpgrp
setpriority
setregid
setresgid
setresuid
setreuid
setrlimit
setsid - creates a session and sets the process group ID
setsockopt
settimeofday
setuid - set user identity
setup - setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
sgetmask - ANSI C signal handling
shmat - shared memory operations
shmctl - shared memory control
shmdt - shared memory operations
shmget - allocates a shared memory segment
shmop - shared memory operations
shutdown - shut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigaction
sigaltstack - get or set alternate signal stack content
sigblock
siggetmask
sigmask
signal - ANSI C signal handling
sigpause - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigpending
sigprocmask
sigqueue - queue a signal and data to a process
sigreturn - return from signal handler and cleanup stack frame
sigsetmask
sigsuspend
sigtimedwait
sigvec - BSD software signal facilities
sigwaitinfo
socket - create an endpoint for communication
socketcall - socket system calls
socketpair - create a pair of connected sockets
ssetmask - ANSI C signal handling
stat
statfs
stime - set time
stty
swapoff
swapon
symlink - make a new name for a file
sync - commit buffer cache to disk.
syscall
syscalls - list of all system calls
sysctl - read/write system parameters
sysfs - get file system type information
sysinfo - returns information on overall system statistics
syslog

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