unistd - nix

Modules

alarm Alarm signal scheduling.

Structs

AccessFlags Options for access()
Pid Process identifier

Enums

ForkResult Represents the successful result of calling fork
UnlinkatFlags Flags for unlinkat function.
Whence Directive that tells lseek and lseek64 what the offset is relative to.

Functions

access Checks the file named by path for accessibility according to the flags given by amode See access(2)
chdir Change the current working directory of the calling process (see chdir(2)).
chroot Change a process's root directory
close Close a file descriptor.
daemon Daemonize this process by detaching from the controlling terminal (see daemon(3)).
dup Create a copy of the specified file descriptor.
dup2 Create a copy of oldfd using newfd.
dup2_raw Create a copy of oldfd with any fd value you want.
dup2_stderr Duplicate fd with Stderr, i.e., Stderr redirection.
dup2_stdin Duplicate fd with Stdin, i.e., Stdin redirection.
dup2_stdout Duplicate fd with Stdout, i.e., Stdout redirection.
dup3 Create a new copy of the specified file descriptor using the specified fd and flags.
dup3_raw Create a new copy of the specified file descriptor using the specified fd and flags.
eaccess Checks the file named by path for accessibility according to the flags given by mode using effective UID, effective GID and supplementary group lists.
execv Replace the current process image with a new one (see exec(3)).
execve Replace the current process image with a new one (see execve(2)).
execveat Execute program relative to a directory file descriptor (see execveat(2)).
execvp Replace the current process image with a new one and replicate shell PATH searching behavior (see exec(3)).
execvpe Replace the current process image with a new one and replicate shell PATH searching behavior (see execvpe(3)).
faccessat Checks the file named by dirfd and path for accessibility according to the flags given by mode
fchdir Change the current working directory of the process to the one given as an open file descriptor (see fchdir(2)).
fdatasync Synchronize the data of a file
fexecve Replace the current process image with a new one (see fexecve(2)).
fork Create a new child process duplicating the parent process (see fork(2)).
fsync Synchronize changes to a file
ftruncate Truncate a file to a specified length
getcwd Returns the current directory as a PathBuf
getpgid Get process group
getpgrp Get the group id of the calling process (see getpgrp(3)).
getpid Get the pid of this process (see getpid(2)).
getppid Get the pid of this processes' parent (see getpid(2)).
getsid Get the process group ID of a session leader getsid(2).
gettid Get the caller's thread ID (see gettid(2).
isatty Determines if the file descriptor refers to a valid terminal type device.
linkat Link one file to another file
lseek Move the read/write file offset.
lseek64 Move the read/write file offset.
mkdir Creates new directory path with access rights mode. (see mkdir(2))
mkfifo Creates new FIFO special file (named pipe) with path path and access rights mode.
mkfifoat Creates new FIFO special file (named pipe) with access rights set to mode in the path specified by dirfd and path.
mkstemp Creates a regular file which persists even after process termination
pause Suspend the thread until a signal is received.
pipe Create an interprocess channel.
pipe2 Like pipe, but allows setting certain file descriptor flags.
read Read from a raw file descriptor.
setpgid Set a process group ID (see setpgid(2)).
setsid Create new session and set process group id (see setsid(2)).
sleep Suspend execution for an interval of time
symlinkat Creates a symbolic link to path1 in the path specified by dirfd and path2.
sync Commit filesystem caches to disk
syncfs Commit filesystem caches containing file referred to by the open file descriptor fd to disk
tcgetpgrp Get the terminal foreground process group (see tcgetpgrp(3)).
tcsetpgrp Set the terminal foreground process group (see tcgetpgrp(3)).
truncate Truncate a file to a specified length
ttyname Get the name of the terminal device that is open on file descriptor fd (see ttyname(3)).
unlink Remove a directory entry
unlinkat Remove a directory entry
write Write to a raw file descriptor.

Type Aliases

LinkatFlags