What does the system call "dup" do?
What is the difference between dup and dup2
I have a fair idea of what it does but I am confused when its coming down to the exact details...
Please help me!:confused: (2 Replies)
open, creat, read, write, lseek and close
Are they all primitive?
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Hi,
I'm new to UNIX system calls. Can someone share your knowledge as to how exactly system calls should be executed?
Can they be typed like commands such as mkdir on the terminal itself? Also, are there any websites which will show me an example of the output to expect when a system call like... (1 Reply)
Hello,
how would i be able to call ps in C programming?
thanks,
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here's the complete system call, ps -o pid -p %d, getpit() (2 Replies)
I'm currently studying for my exam, and is practicing with sample exam questions.
However there is a question asking "Name THREE UNIX Directory system calls" and the answer given is "opendir, closedir and readdir", however the next question ask "Why is a write directory system call not included... (1 Reply)
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I'm trying to setup a cronjob to record system data using glance at certain times of the day. My question is, how would one export the "Global System Calls" information to a file? Below is the command I have been using and it works to export CPU information.
glance -f ... (0 Replies)
Hi i am very new to programming in UNIX and don't understand the difference between a system call and a normal function call. Also can I implement system calls from within a program? If so could someone please give me an example of a system call from within a program. Lastly, when creating a... (1 Reply)