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Process Control Extensions
POSIX
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posix_access
— Determine accessibility of a file
posix_ctermid
— Get path name of controlling terminal
posix_eaccess
— Determine accessibility of a file
posix_errno
— Alias of posix_get_last_error
posix_fpathconf
— Returns the value of a configurable limit
posix_get_last_error
— Retrieve the error number set by the last posix function that failed
posix_getcwd
— Pathname of current directory
posix_getegid
— Return the effective group ID of the current process
posix_geteuid
— Return the effective user ID of the current process
posix_getgid
— Return the real group ID of the current process
posix_getgrgid
— Return info about a group by group id
posix_getgrnam
— Return info about a group by name
posix_getgroups
— Return the group set of the current process
posix_getlogin
— Return login name
posix_getpgid
— Get process group id for job control
posix_getpgrp
— Return the current process group identifier
posix_getpid
— Return the current process identifier
posix_getppid
— Return the parent process identifier
posix_getpwnam
— Return info about a user by username
posix_getpwuid
— Return info about a user by user id
posix_getrlimit
— Return info about system resource limits
posix_getsid
— Get the current sid of the process
posix_getuid
— Return the real user ID of the current process
posix_initgroups
— Calculate the group access list
posix_isatty
— Determine if a file descriptor is an interactive terminal
posix_kill
— Send a signal to a process
posix_mkfifo
— Create a fifo special file (a named pipe)
posix_mknod
— Create a special or ordinary file (POSIX.1)
posix_pathconf
— Returns the value of a configurable limit
posix_setegid
— Set the effective GID of the current process
posix_seteuid
— Set the effective UID of the current process
posix_setgid
— Set the GID of the current process
posix_setpgid
— Set process group id for job control
posix_setrlimit
— Set system resource limits
posix_setsid
— Make the current process a session leader
posix_setuid
— Set the UID of the current process
posix_strerror
— Retrieve the system error message associated with the given errno
posix_sysconf
— Returns system runtime information
posix_times
— Get process times
posix_ttyname
— Determine terminal device name
posix_uname
— Get system name