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FvwmAuto (2.0): the FVWM auto-raise module
_exit (2): terminate the calling process
accept (2): accept a connection on a socket
access (2): check access permissions of a file or pathname
acct (2): enable or disable process accounting
adjtime (2): correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
bind (2): bind a name to a socket
brk, sbrk (2): change data segment size
chdir, fchdir (2): change current working directory
chflags, fchflags (2): set file flags
chmod, fchmod (2): change mode of file
chown, fchown (2): change owner and group of a file
chroot (2): change root directory
close (2): delete a descriptor
connect (2): initiate a connection on a socket
creat (2): create a new file
dup, dup2 (2): duplicate an existing file descriptor
execve (2): execute a file
fcntl (2): file control
fcore (2): write a core dump to a file
flock (2): apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
fork (2): create a new process
fsync (2): synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk
getdirentries (2): get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
getdtablesize (2): get descriptor table size
getfh (2): get file handle
getgid, getegid (2): get group process identification
getgroups (2): get group access list
getitimer, setitimer (2): get/set value of interval timer
getlogin, setlogin (2): get/set login name
getpeername (2): get name of connected peer
getpgrp (2): get process group
getpid, getppid (2): get parent or calling process identification
getpriority, setpriority (2): get/set program scheduling priority
getrlimit, setrlimit (2): control maximum system resource consumption
getrusage (2): get information about resource utilization
getsockname (2): get socket name
getsockopt, setsockopt (2): get and set options on sockets
gettimeofday, settimeofday (2): get/set date and time
getuid, geteuid (2): get user identification
intro (2): introduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctl (2): control device
kill (2): send signal to a process
killpg (2): send signal to a process group
ktrace (2): process tracing
link (2): make a hard file link
listen (2): listen for connections on a socket
lseek (2): reposition read/write file offset
madvise (2): give advice about use of memory
mincore (2): get advice about use of memory
mkdir (2): make a directory file
mkfifo (2): make a fifo file
mknod (2): make a special file node
mlock, munlock (2): lock (unlock) physical pages in memory
mmap (2): map files or devices into memory
mount, unmount (2): mount or dismount a filesystem
mprotect (2): control the protection of pages
msgctl (2): message control operations
msgget (2): get message queue
msgrcv (2): receive a message from a message queue
msgsnd (2): send a message to a message queue
msync (2): synchronize a mapped region
munmap (2): remove a mapping
nfssvc (2): NFS services
ns_sign, ns_sign_tcp, ns_sign_tcp_init, ns_verify, ns_verify_tcp, ns_verify_tcp_init, ns_find_tsig (2): TSIG system
open (2): open or create a file for reading or writing
pathconf, fpathconf (2): get configurable pathname variables
pipe (2): create descriptor pair for interprocess communication
profil (2): control process profiling
pselect select (2): synchronous I/O multiplexing
ptrace (2): debug user processes
quotactl (2): manipulate filesystem quotas
read, readv (2): read input
readlink (2): read value of a symbolic link
reboot (2): reboot system or halt processor
recv, recvfrom, recvmsg (2): receive a message from a socket
rename (2): change the name of a file
revoke (2): revoke file access
rmdir (2): remove a directory file
semctl (2): control operations on a semaphore set
semget (2): obtain a semaphore id
semop (2): atomic array of operations on a semaphore set
send, sendto, sendmsg (2): send a message from a socket
setgroups (2): set group access list
setpgid, setpgrp (2): set process group
setregid (2): set real and effective group ID
setreuid (2): set real and effective user ID's
setsid (2): create session and set process group ID
setuid, seteuid, setgid, setegid, (2): set user and group ID
shmat, shmdt (2): attach or detach shared memory
shmctl (2): shared memory control
shmget (2): obtain a shared memory identifier
shutdown (2): shut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigaction (2): software signal facilities
sigaltstack (2): set and/or get signal stack context
sigblock (2): block signals
sigpause (2): atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigpending (2): get pending signals
sigprocmask (2): manipulate current signal mask
sigreturn (2): return from signal
sigsetmask (2): set current signal mask
sigstack (2): set and/or get signal stack context
sigsuspend (2): atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigvec (2): software signal facilities
sigwait (2): wait for a signal
socket (2): create an endpoint for communication
socketpair (2): create a pair of connected sockets
stat, lstat, fstat (2): get file status
statfs (2): get file system statistics
swapon (2): add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
symlink (2): make symbolic link to a file
sync (2): synchronize disk block in-core status with that on disk
syscall, __syscall (2): indirect system call
truncate, ftruncate (2): truncate a file to a specified length
umask (2): set file creation mode mask
undelete (2): attempt to recover a deleted file
unlink (2): remove directory entry
utimes (2): set file access and modification times
vfork (2): spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
wait, waitpid, wait4, wait3 (2): wait for process termination
write, writev (2): write output