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Not_available "symbol"
may be raised by ExtUnix.All.func
if the wrapped C function or constant is not available on this platform.
ExtUnix.Specific
includes only functions available on the current platform and will not raise Not_available
. Note that libc wrappers underlying ExtUnix.Specific
functions may still raise ENOSYS
(Not implemented) error even though the function is available.
type ('a, 'b) carray = ('a, 'b, Bigarray.c_layout) Bigarray.Array1.t
type of bigarray used by BA submodules that read from files into bigarrays or write bigarrays into files. The only constraint here is Bigarray.c_layout
. Naming: "bigarray with C layout" -> "carray".
type 'a carray8 =
('a, Bigarray.int8_unsigned_elt, Bigarray.c_layout) Bigarray.Array1.t
type of bigarray used by BA submodules that work with endianness and memory. Constraints are: 1. Bigarray.c_layout
, 2. bigarray contains 8-bit integers. Naming: "bigarray with C layout and 8-bit elements" -> "carray8".
type open_flag = Unix.open_flag
val eventfd : int -> Unix.file_descr
val eventfd_read : Unix.file_descr -> int64
val eventfd_write : Unix.file_descr -> int64 -> unit
module Uname : sig ... end
Author: Sylvain Le Gall sylvain\@le-gall.net
val uname : unit -> Uname.t
val fsync : Unix.file_descr -> unit
synchronize a file's in-core state with storage device
val fdatasync : Unix.file_descr -> unit
causes all buffered modifications to file metadata and data to be written to the underlying file systems
val syncfs : Unix.file_descr -> unit
like sync
, but synchronizes just the file system containing file referred to by the open file descriptor fd
val dirfd : Unix.dir_handle -> Unix.file_descr
type statvfs = {
f_bsize : int;
file system block size
*)f_blocks : int64;
size of file system in blocks
*)f_bfree : int64;
free blocks
*)f_bavail : int64;
free blocks for unprivileged users
*)f_files : int64;
inodes
*)f_ffree : int64;
free inodes
*)f_favail : int64;
free inodes for unprivileged users
*)f_fsid : int64;
file system ID
*)f_flag : int;
mount flags (raw value)
*)f_flags : st_flag list;
mount flags (decoded)
*)f_namemax : int;
}
Update atime relative to mtime/ctime.
val statvfs : string -> statvfs
maximum filename length
val fstatvfs : Unix.file_descr -> statvfs
val openat :
Unix.file_descr ->
string ->
open_flag list ->
Unix.file_perm ->
Unix.file_descr
val fstatat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> at_flag list -> Unix.stats
Supported flags : AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT
val unlinkat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> at_flag list -> unit
Supported flags : AT_REMOVEDIR
val renameat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> Unix.file_descr -> string -> unit
val mkdirat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> unit
val linkat :
Unix.file_descr ->
string ->
Unix.file_descr ->
string ->
at_flag list ->
unit
Supported flags : AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW
val symlinkat : string -> Unix.file_descr -> string -> unit
val readlinkat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> string
val fchownat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> at_flag list -> unit
val fchmodat : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> at_flag list -> unit
val int_of_file_descr : Unix.file_descr -> int
val file_descr_of_int : int -> Unix.file_descr
val is_open_descr : Unix.file_descr -> bool
val fadvise : Unix.file_descr -> int -> int -> advice -> unit
predeclare an access pattern for file data
val fallocate : Unix.file_descr -> int -> int -> unit
fallocate fd off len
allocates disk space to ensure that subsequent writes between off
and off + len
in fd
will not fail because of lack of disk space. The file size is modified if off + len
is bigger than the current size.
val unsafe_all_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
all_pread fd off buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
all_pread
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Returns less than the number of characters requested on EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK or End-of-file but only ever returns 0 on End-of-file. Continues the read operation on EINTR. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception in all other cases.
val all_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_single_pread :
Unix.file_descr ->
int ->
Bytes.t ->
int ->
int ->
int
single_pread fd off buf ifs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
single_pread
attempts to read only once. Returns the number of characters read or raises an Unix.Unix_error exception.
val single_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
pread fd off buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
pread
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be read before an error occurs. Continues the read operation on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_intr_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
intr_pread fd off buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
intr_pread
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be read before an error occurs. Does NOT continue on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val intr_pread : Unix.file_descr -> int -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_all_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
all_pwrite fd off buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
all_pwrite
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Returns less than the number of characters requested on EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK but never 0. Continues the write operation on EINTR. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception in all other cases.
val all_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_single_pwrite :
Unix.file_descr ->
int ->
string ->
int ->
int ->
int
single_pwrite fd off buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
single_pwrite
attempts to write only once. Returns the number of characters written or raises an Unix.Unix_error exception.
val single_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
pwrite fd off buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
pwrite
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be written before an error occurs. Continues the write operation on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_intr_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
intr_pwrite fd off buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
at offset off
(from the start of the file) into the string buf
at offset ofs
. The file offset is not changed.
intr_pwrite
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be written before an error occurs. Does NOT continue on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val intr_pwrite : Unix.file_descr -> int -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_all_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
all_read fd buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
all_read
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Returns less than the number of characters requested on EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK or End-of-file but only ever returns 0 on End-of-file. Continues the read operation on EINTR. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception in all other cases.
val all_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_single_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
single_read fd buf ifs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
single_read
attempts to read only once. Returns the number of characters read or raises an Unix.Unix_error exception.
val single_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
read fd buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
read
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be read before an error occurs. Continues the read operation on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_intr_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
intr_read fd buf ofs len
reads up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
intr_read
repeats the read operation until all characters have been read or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be read before an error occurs. Does NOT continue on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val intr_read : Unix.file_descr -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_all_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
all_write fd buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
all_write
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Returns less than the number of characters requested on EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK but never 0. Continues the write operation on EINTR. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception in all other cases.
val all_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_single_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
single_write fd buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
single_write
attempts to write only once. Returns the number of characters written or raises an Unix.Unix_error exception.
val single_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
write fd buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
write
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be written before an error occurs. Continues the write operation on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
val unsafe_intr_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
intr_write fd buf ofs len
writes up to len
bytes from file descriptor fd
into the string buf
at offset ofs
.
intr_write
repeats the write operation until all characters have been written or an error occurs. Raises an Unix.Unix_error exception if 0 characters could be written before an error occurs. Does NOT continue on EINTR. Returns the number of characters written in all other cases.
val intr_write : Unix.file_descr -> string -> int -> int -> int
module LargeFile : sig ... end
File operations on large files. This sub-module provides 64-bit variants of the functions ExtUnix.fadvise (for predeclaring an access pattern for file data), ExtUnix.fallocate (for allocating disk space for a file), ExtUnix.all_pread, ExtUnix.single_pread, ExtUnix.pread, ExtUnix.intr_pread, ExtUnix.all_pwrite, ExtUnix.single_pwrite, ExtUnix.pwrite and ExtUnix.intr_pwrite (for reading from or writing to a file descriptor at a given offset). These alternate functions represent positions and sizes by 64-bit integers (type int64) instead of regular integers (type int), thus allowing operating on files whose sizes are greater than max_int.
val mount :
source:string ->
target:string ->
fstype:string ->
mount_flag list ->
data:string ->
unit
val umount2 : string -> umount2_flag list -> unit
module Ioctl : sig ... end
Control the underlying device parameters of special files
val ttyname : Unix.file_descr -> string
setpgid pid pgid
sets the process group of the process specified by pid
to pgid
. If pid
is zero, then the process ID of the calling process is used. If pgid
is zero, then the PGID of the process specified by pid
is made the same as its process ID.
getpgid pid
returns the PGID of the process specified by pid
. If pid
is zero, the process ID of the calling process is used.
getsid pid
returns the session ID of the process specified by pid
. If pid
is zero, the process ID of the calling process is used.
setreuid ruid euid
sets real and effective user IDs of the calling process. Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective user ID forces the system to leave that ID unchanged.
setregid rgid egid
sets real and effective group IDs of the calling process. Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective group ID forces the system to leave that ID unchanged.
setresuid ruid euid suid
sets real, effective and saved user IDs of the calling process. Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective user ID forces the system to leave that ID unchanged.
setresgid rgid egid sgid
sets real, effective and saved group IDs of the calling process. Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective group ID forces the system to leave that ID unchanged.
val tcgetpgrp : Unix.file_descr -> int
val tcsetpgrp : Unix.file_descr -> int -> unit
type sysinfo = {
uptime : int;
Seconds since boot
*)loads : float * float * float;
1, 5, and 15 minute load averages
*)totalram : int;
Total usable main memory size
*)freeram : int;
Available memory size
*)bufferram : int;
Memory used by buffers
*)totalswap : int;
Total swap space size
*)freeswap : int;
swap space still available
*)procs : int;
Number of current processes
*)totalhigh : int;
Total high memory size
*)freehigh : int;
Available high memory size
*)mem_unit : int;
}
NB all memory fields in this structure are the multiplies of mem_unit
bytes
val sysinfo : unit -> sysinfo
val string_of_socket_int_option_ : socket_int_option_ -> string
Extra socket options with integer value not covered in Unix
module. NB Not all options available on all platforms, use have_sockopt
to check at runtime (even when function is defined in Specific
module)
val make_socket_int_option : socket_int_option -> socket_int_option_
Permits multiple AF_INET or AF_INET6 sockets to be bound to an identical socket address.
val make_socket_bool_option : socket_bool_option -> socket_int_option_
val have_sockopt_bool : socket_bool_option -> bool
val have_sockopt_int : socket_int_option -> bool
val have_sockopt : socket_int_option -> bool
obsolete, compatibility
val setsockopt : Unix.file_descr -> socket_bool_option -> bool -> unit
Set a boolean-valued option in the given socket
val getsockopt : Unix.file_descr -> socket_bool_option -> bool
Get the current value for the boolean-valued option in the given socket
val setsockopt_int : Unix.file_descr -> socket_int_option -> int -> unit
Set an integer-valued option in the given socket
val getsockopt_int : Unix.file_descr -> socket_int_option -> int
Get the current value for the integer-valued option in the given socket
module Poll : sig ... end
val poll :
(Unix.file_descr * Poll.t) array ->
?n:int ->
float ->
(Unix.file_descr * Poll.t) list
val signalfd :
?fd:Unix.file_descr ->
sigs:int list ->
flags:int list ->
unit ->
Unix.file_descr
signalfd ?fd sigs flags ()
If the first optional argument is omitted, then a new file descriptor is allocated. Otherwise, the given file descriptor is modified (in which case it must have been created with signalfd
previously). When you are done with the fd, remember to Unix.close
it. Do not forget to block sigs
with Unix.sigprocmask
to prevent signal handling according to default dispositions.
val signalfd_read : Unix.file_descr -> ssi
Blocking read(2) on a signalfd. Has undefined behaviour on non-signalfds. Every successful read consumes a pending signal.
val ssi_signo_sys : ssi -> int
Get the signal value. This form is compatible with the signal values defined in the standard Sys
module.
See signalfd(2) for the details of the remaining functions. Most of these integers are actually unsigned.
val ssi_signo : ssi -> int32
val ssi_errno : ssi -> int32
val ssi_code : ssi -> int32
val ssi_pid : ssi -> int32
val ssi_uid : ssi -> int32
val ssi_fd : ssi -> Unix.file_descr
val ssi_tid : ssi -> int32
val ssi_band : ssi -> int32
val ssi_overrun : ssi -> int32
val ssi_trapno : ssi -> int32
val ssi_status : ssi -> int32
val ssi_int : ssi -> int32
val ssi_ptr : ssi -> int64
val ssi_utime : ssi -> int64
val ssi_stime : ssi -> int64
val ssi_addr : ssi -> int64
val string_of_resource : resource -> string
get resource name
module Rlimit : sig ... end
Limits
val getpriority : which_prio_t -> priority
Get nice value
val setpriority : which_prio_t -> priority -> unit
Set nice value
val mlockall : mlockall_flag list -> unit
Lock all pages mapped into the address space of the calling process.
val memalign : int -> int -> Bigarray.int8_unsigned_elt carray8
memalign alignment size
creates a Bigarray.Array1.t
of size
bytes, which data is aligned to alignment
(must be a power of 2)
Author: Goswin von Brederlow
val strptime : string -> string -> Unix.tm
This function is the converse of the strftime
function. strptime fmt data
convert a string containing time information data
into a tm
struct according to the format specified by fmt
.
val asctime : Unix.tm -> string
Return the ascii representation of a given tm
argument. The ascii time is returned in the form of a string like 'Wed Jun 30, 21:21:21 2005\n'
val strftime : string -> Unix.tm -> string
This functions is the converse of the strptime
function. strftime fmt data
convert a a tm
structure data
into a string according to the format specified by fmt
.
val timegm : Unix.tm -> float
Inverse of Unix.gmtime
val posix_openpt : open_flag list -> Unix.file_descr
This function opens a pseudo-terminal device.
val grantpt : Unix.file_descr -> unit
This function grants access to the slave pseudo-terminal.
val unlockpt : Unix.file_descr -> unit
This function unlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair.
val ptsname : Unix.file_descr -> string
This function get the name of the slave pseudo-terminal.
val ptrace : int -> ptrace_request -> unit
setenv name value overwrite
adds the variable name
to the environment with the value value
, if name
does not already exist or overwrite
is true
unsetenv name
removes variable name
from the environment. If name
does not exist in the environment, then the function succeeds, and the environment is unchanged.
mkdtemp template
creates a unique temporary directory (with permissions 0700). Last six characters of template
must be "XXXXXX".
val mkstemp : ?suffix:string -> string -> Unix.file_descr * string
mkstemp ?(suffix="") prefix
generates a unique temporary filename in the form prefix
XXXXXXsuffix
, creates and opens the file, and returns an open file descriptor and name for the file.
val mkostemp :
?suffix:string ->
?flags:open_flag list ->
string ->
Unix.file_descr * string
mkostemp ?(suffix="") ?(flags=[]) prefix
generates a unique temporary filename in the form prefix
XXXXXXsuffix
, creates and opens the file with flags
, and returns an open file descriptor and name for the file.
module BigEndian : sig ... end
module LittleEndian : sig ... end
module HostEndian : sig ... end
val read_credentials : Unix.file_descr -> int * int * int
Reads sender credentials from a file descriptor, returning a 3-element tuple containing the sender process' PID, UID and GID.
val fexecve : Unix.file_descr -> string array -> string array -> 'a
fexecve fd args env
executes the program in file represented by file descriptor fd
with arguments args
and environment variables given by env
. As with the execv*
functions, on success fexecve
never returns; the current process is replaced by the new one.
val sendmsg : Unix.file_descr -> ?sendfd:Unix.file_descr -> string -> unit
Send a message and optionally a file descriptor through a socket. Passing file descriptors requires UNIX domain sockets and a non-empty message.
val recvmsg_fd : Unix.file_descr -> Unix.file_descr option * string
Recieve a message and possibly a file descriptor from a socket.
val sendfd : sock:Unix.file_descr -> fd:Unix.file_descr -> unit
sendfd sock fd
sends a file descriptor fd
through a UNIX domain socket sock
. This will send a sentinel message at the same time, otherwise sendmsg
will not pass the file descriptor.
val recvfd : Unix.file_descr -> Unix.file_descr
Receive a file descriptor sent through a UNIX domain socket, ignoring the message.
exception Recvfd of Unix.file_descr * string
Receive a message sent through a UNIX domain socket. Raises Recvfd(fd, msg) if a file descriptor is recieved.
val recvmsg : Unix.file_descr -> string
val recvmsg_nofd : Unix.file_descr -> string
Receive a message sent through a UNIX domain socket. Closes and ignores file descriptors.
val sysconf : sysconf_name -> int64
get configuration information at runtime, may raise Not_available
for non-standard options (see above) even in Specific
module
splice functions flags
val splice :
Unix.file_descr ->
int option ->
Unix.file_descr ->
int option ->
int ->
splice_flag list ->
int
splice fd_in off_in fd_out off_out len flags
moves data between two file descriptors without copying between kernel address space and user address space. It transfers up to len
bytes of data from the file descriptor fd_in
to the file descriptor fd_out
, where one of the descriptors must refer to a pipe.
If fd_in
refers to a pipe, then off_in
must be None
. If fd_in
does not refer to a pipe and off_in
is None
, then bytes are read from fd_in
starting from the current file offset, and the current file offset is adjusted appropriately. If fd_in
does not refer to a pipe and off_in
is Some n
, then n
mspecifies the starting offset from which bytes will be read from fd_in
; in this case, the current file offset of fd_in
is not changed. Analogous statements apply for fd_out
and off_out
.
val tee : Unix.file_descr -> Unix.file_descr -> int -> splice_flag list -> int
tee fd_in fd_out len flags
duplicates up to len
bytes of data from the pipe fd_in
to the pipe fd_out
. It does not consume the data that is duplicated from fd_in
; therefore, that data can be copied by a subsequent splice.
module BA : sig ... end