Section 2

Index into this File Starting with these Letters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

- A -

• ACCEPT - accept a connection on a socket
• ACCESS - check user's permissions for a file
• ACCT - switch process accounting on or off
• ADJTIMEX - tune kernel clock
• ALARM - set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal

- B -

• BDFLUSH - start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
• BIND - bind a name to a socket
• BRK - change data segment size

- C -

• CACHEFLUSH - flush contents of instruction and/or data cache
• CAPGET - set/get process capabilities
• CHDIR - change working directory
• CHMOD - change permissions of a file
• CHOWN - change ownership of a file
• CHROOT - change root directory
• CLONE - create a child process
• CLOSE - close a file descriptor
• CONNECT - initiate a connection on a socket
• CREATE_MODULE - create a loadable module entry

- D -

• DELETE_MODULE - delete a loadable module entry
• DSEND - Send and receive LAM datalink
• DUP - duplicate a file descriptor

- E -

• EXECVE - execute program

- F -

• FCNTL - manipulate file descriptor
• FDATASYNC - synchronize a file's in-core data with that on disk
• FLOCK - apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
• FORK - create a child process
• FSYNC - synchronize a file's complete in-core state with that on disk

- G -

• GETCONTEXT - get or set the user context
• GETDENTS - get directory entries
• GETDOMAINNAME - get/set domain name
• GETDTABLESIZE - get descriptor table size
• GETGID - get group identity
• GETGROUPS - get/set list of supplementary group IDs
• GETHOSTID - get or set the unique identifier of the current host
• GETHOSTNAME - get/set host name
• GETITIMER - get or set value of an interval timer
• GETNODES - Get array of LAM node identifiers.
• GETNTYPE - getnodeid, getnodetype, getorigin, getncomp, getnotb,
• GETPAGESIZE - get system page size
• GETPEERNAME - get name of connected peer
• GETPID - get process identification
• GETPRIORITY - get/set program scheduling priority
• GETRENT - getrent, getrentc, getroute, getroute2, getrtype
• GETRESUID - get real, effective and saved user or group ID
• GETRLIMIT - get/set resource limits and usage
• GETSID - get session ID
• GETSOCKNAME - get socket name
• GETSOCKOPT - get and set options on sockets
• GETTIMEOFDAY - get / set time
• GETUID - get user identity
• GET_KERNEL_SYMS - retrieve exported kernel and module symbols
• GET_PRIORITY_MAX - get static priority range

- I -

• IDLE - make process 0 idle
• INIT_MODULE - initialize a loadable module entry
• INTRO - Introduction to system calls
• INTROC - introduction to LAM C programming functions
• INTROF - introduction to LAM Fortran programming routines
• IOCTL - control device
• IOPERM - set port input/output permissions
• IOPL - change I/O privilege level
• IPC - System V IPC system calls

- K -

• KATTACH - Attach/detach a process to/from the local LAM daemon.
• KCREATE - Create a LAM process from an executable program.
• KDOOM - Deliver a signal to a LAM process.
• KENTER - Enter process into LAM session.
• KEXIT - Terminate LAM process.
• KILL - send signal to a process
• KILLPG - send signal to a process group
• KINIT - Initialize a LAM process.
• KSEND - Send and receive local node LAM messages.
• KSTATE - Get synchronization status of a LAM process.

- L -

• LAMF_RFOPEN - Open or close a remote file. (LAM)
• LAMF_RFREAD - Read/write data from/to a remote file. (LAM)
• LAM_KSIGBLOCK - lam_ksigblock, lam_ksigsetmask, lam_ksigretry, lam_ksigsetretry, lam_kpause
• LAM_KSIGNAL - Specify a signal handler for a LAM signal.
• LAM_RFPOSIX - LAM POSIX-like remote file service
• LAM_RFRMFD - Control LAM specific file daemon services.
• LAM_RFSTATE - Report status of remote LAM file descriptors.
• LAM_RTRGET - Unload LAM trace data.
• LAM_RTRSTORE - Store LAM trace data.
• LAM_RTRSWEEP - Remove LAM trace data.
• LINK - make a new name for a file
• LISTEN - listen for connections on a socket
• LLSEEK - reposition read/write file offset
• LPATTACH - Attach, detach a LAM process from remote
• LSEEK - reposition read/write file offset

- M -

• MKDIR - create a directory
• MKNOD - create a directory or special or ordinary file
• MLOCK - disable paging for some parts of memory
• MLOCKALL - disable paging for calling process
• MMAP - map or unmap files or devices into memory
• MODIFY_LDT - get or set ldt
• MODULES - get_kernel_syms, create_module, init_module, delete_module
• MOUNT - mount and unmount filesystems.
• MPIL_COMM_ID - Get useful LAM information from
• MPIL_SIGNAL - Signal MPI processes under LAM.
• MPIL_SPAWN - Spawn MPI processes under LAM.
• MPIL_TRACE_ON - Start and stop LAM/MPI application tracing.
• MPI_SPAWN - Spawn MPI processes under LAM.
• MPROTECT - control allowable accesses to a region of memory
• MREMAP - re-map a virtual memory address
• MSGCTL - message control operations
• MSGGET - get a message queue identifier
• MSGOP - message operations
• MSYNC - synchronize a file with a memory map
• MUNLOCK - reenable paging for some parts of memory
• MUNLOCKALL - reenable paging for calling process

- N -

• NANOSLEEP - pause execution for a specified time
• NFSSERVCTL - syscall interface to kernel nfs daemon
• NICE - change process priority
• NPROBE - Report if a LAM bufferd network message is ready to be received.
• NSEND - Send and receive LAM network

- O -

• OBSOLETE - obsolete system calls
• OPEN - open and possibly create a file or device
• OUTB - port output

- P -

• PAUSE - wait for signal
• PERSONALITY - set the process execution domain
• PHYS - allow a process to access physical addresses [NOT IMPLEMENTED]
• PIPE - create pipe
• PIVOT_ROOT - change the root file system
• POLL - wait for some event on a file descriptor
• PRCTL - operations on a process
• PREAD - read from or write to a file descriptor at a given offset
• PROFIL - execution time profile
• PSEND - psend, precv, psendopen, precvopen, psendclose, precvclose
• PTRACE - process trace

- Q -

• QUERY_MODULE - query the kernel for various bits pertaining to modules.
• QUOTACTL - manipulate disk quotas

- R -

• RBFLOOK - Retrieve a copy of a buffered LAM message packet.
• RBFPARMS - rbfparms, rbfsweep, rbfsweep1, rbfudie, rbfwipe
• RBFSTATE - Report status of remote LAM buffers.
• READ - read from a file descriptor
• READDIR - read directory entry
• READLINK - read value of a symbolic link
• READV - read or write a vector
• REBOOT - reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del
• RECHO - Send messages to LAM echo server.
• RECV - receive a message from a socket
• RENAME - change the name or location of a file
• RFLAT - Tag and load storage on LAM remote nodes.
• RGET - Find tagged storage on a LAM remote node.
• RLOAD - Load a file onto a LAM remote node.
• RMDIR - delete a directory
• RPCREATE - Create a LAM process on a remote node.
• RPDOOM - Signal LAM processes on a remote node.
• RPGO - Create a LAM process on a remote node from tagged storage.
• RPLOADGO - Load and execute a LAM program on a remote node.
• RPSPAWN - Spawn a LAM process onto a remote node.
• RPSTATE - Report status of LAM processes on a remote node.
• RPWAIT - Wait for a child LAM process to terminate.
• RRSETRENTS - Set LAM route information.
• RR_GET_INTERVAL - get the SCHED_RR interval for the named process

- S -

• SCHED_SETPARAM - set and get scheduling parameters
• SELECT - synchronous I/O multiplexing
• SEMCTL - semaphore control operations
• SEMGET - get a semaphore set identifier
• SEMOP - semaphore operations
• SEND - send a message from a socket
• SENDFILE - transfer data between file descriptors
• SETFSGID - set group identity used for file system checks
• SETFSUID - set user identity used for file system checks
• SETGID - set group identity
• SETPGID - set/get process group
• SETREGID - set real and / or effective group ID
• SETRESUID - set real, effective and saved user or group ID
• SETREUID - set real and / or effective user ID
• SETSCHEDULER - yield the processor
• SETSID - creates a session and sets the process group ID
• SETUID - set user identity
• SETUP - setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
• SHMCTL - shared memory control
• SHMGET - allocates a shared memory segment
• SHMOP - shared memory operations
• SHUTDOWN - shut down part of a full-duplex connection
• SIGACTION - POSIX signal handling functions.
• SIGALTSTACK - get or set alternate signal stack content
• SIGBLOCK - manipulate the signal mask
• SIGNAL - ANSI C signal handling
• SIGPAUSE - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
• SIGRETURN - return from signal handler and cleanup stack frame
• SIGVEC - BSD software signal facilities
• SOCKET - create an endpoint for communication
• SOCKETPAIR - create a pair of connected sockets
• STAT - get file status
• STATFS - get file system statistics
• STIME - set time
• SWAPON - start/stop swapping to file/device
• SYMLINK - make a new name for a file
• SYNC - commit buffer cache to disk.
• 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 - read and/or clear kernel message ring buffer; set console_loglevel

- T -

• TIME - get time in seconds
• TIMES - get process times
• TRROR - Print LAM system error message.
• TRUNCATE - truncate a file to a specified length
• TSEND - Send and receive LAM transport messages.

- U -

• UMASK - set file creation mask
• UNAME - get name and information about current kernel
• UNDOCUMENTED - undocumented system calls
• UNIMPLEMENTED - afs_syscall, break, ftime, gtty, lock, mpx, phys, prof, profil,
• UNLINK - delete a name and possibly the file it refers to
• USELIB - select shared library
• USTAT - get file system statistics
• UTIME - change access and/or modification times of an inode

- V -

• VFORK - create a child process and block parent
• VHANGUP - virtually hangup the current tty
• VM86 - enter virtual 8086 mode

- W -

• WAIT - wait for process termination
• WAIT4 - wait for process termination, BSD style
• WRITE - write to a file descriptor

- Z -

• _EXIT - terminate the current process