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Sys::Syscall(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Sys::Syscall(3pm)

NAME
       Sys::Syscall - access system calls that Perl doesn't normally provide access to

SYNOPSIS
	 use Sys::Syscall;

DESCRIPTION
       Use epoll, sendfile, from Perl.	Mostly Linux-only support now, but more syscalls/OSes planned for future.

Exports
       Nothing by default.

       May export: sendfile epoll_ctl epoll_create epoll_wait EPOLLIN EPOLLOUT EPOLLERR EPOLLHUP EPOLL_CTL_ADD	EPOLL_CTL_DEL EPOLL_CTL_MOD

       Export tags:  :epoll and :sendfile

Functions
   epoll support
       $ok = epoll_defined()
	   Returns true if epoll might be available.  (caller must still test with epoll_create)

       $epfd = epoll_create([ $start_size ])
	   Create a new epoll filedescriptor.  Returns -1 if epoll isn't available.

       $rv = epoll_ctl($epfd, $op, $fd, $events)
	   See manpage for epoll_ctl

       $count = epoll_wait($epfd, $max_events, $timeout, $arrayref)
	   See manpage for epoll_wait.	$arrayref is an arrayref to be modified with the items returned.  The values put into $arrayref are
	   arrayrefs of [$fd, $state].

   sendfile support
       $ok = sendfile_defined()
	   Returns true if sendfile should work on this operating system.

       $sent = sendfile($sock_fd, $file_fd, $max_send)
	   Sends up to $max_send bytes from $file_fd to $sock_fd.  Returns bytes actually sent, or -1 on error.

COPYRIGHT
       This module is Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Six Apart, Ltd.

       All rights reserved.

       You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
       If you need more liberal licensing terms, please contact the maintainer.

Contributing
       Want to contribute?  See:

	 L<http://contributing.appspot.com/sys-syscall>

WARRANTY
       This is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

AUTHORS
       Brad Fitzpatrick <brad@danga.com>

perl v5.10.1							    2010-04-19							 Sys::Syscall(3pm)