Module nix::unistd

Safe wrappers around functions found in libc "unistd.h" header

Enums

ForkResult	Represents the successful result of calling fork
Whence

Functions

chdir	Change the current working directory of the calling process (see chdir(2)).
chown	Change the ownership of the file at path to be owned by the specified owner (user) and group (see chown(2)).
chroot
close
daemon	Daemonize this process by detaching from the controlling terminal (see daemon(3)).
dup	Create a copy of the specified file descriptor (see dup(2)).
dup2	Create a copy of the specified file descriptor using the specified fd (see dup(2)).
dup3	Create a new copy of the specified file descriptor using the specified fd and flags (see dup(2)).
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)).
execvp	Replace the current process image with a new one and replicate shell PATH searching behavior (see exec(3)).
fchdir	Change the current working directory of the process to the one given as an open file descriptor (see fchdir(2)).
fdatasync
fork	Create a new child process duplicating the parent process (see fork(2)).
fsync
ftruncate
getcwd	Returns the current directory as a PathBuf
getegid
geteuid
getgid
gethostname	Get the host name and store it in the provided buffer, returning a pointer the CStr in that buffer on success (see gethostname(2)).
getpgid
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)).
gettid	Get the caller's thread ID (see gettid(2).
getuid
isatty
lseek
lseek64
mkdir	Creates new directory path with access rights mode.
mkstemp	Creates a regular file which persists even after process termination
pause
pipe
pipe2
pivot_root
read
setgid
sethostname	Set the system host name (see gethostname(2)).
setpgid	Set a process group ID (see setpgid(2)).
setresgid	Sets the real, effective, and saved gid. (see setresuid(2))
setresuid	Sets the real, effective, and saved uid. (see setresuid(2))
setsid	Create new session and set process group id (see setsid(2)).
setuid
sleep
tcgetpgrp	Get the terminal foreground process group (see tcgetpgrp(3)).
tcsetpgrp	Set the terminal foreground process group (see tcgetpgrp(3)).
unlink
write