syscall


BSD mandoc
4BSD

NAME

syscall - indirect system call

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <sys/syscall.h> Fd #include <unistd.h> Ft int Fn syscall int number ...

DESCRIPTION

Fn Syscall performs the system call whose assembly language interface has the specified Fa number with the specified arguments. Symbolic constants for system calls can be found in the header file Ao Pa sys/syscall.h Ac .

RETURN VALUES

The return value is defined by the system call being invoked. In general, a 0 return value indicates success. A -1 return value indicates an error, and an error code is stored in errno

HISTORY

The Fn syscall function call appeared in BSD 4.0