System call | Description
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int fork() | Create a process, return child’s PID.
int exit(int status) | Terminate the current process; status reported to wait(). No return.
int wait(int *status) | Wait for a child to exit; exit status in *status; returns child PID.
int kill(int pid) | Terminate process PID. Returns 0, or -1 for error.
int getpid() | Return the current process’s PID.
int sleep(int n) | Pause for n clock ticks.
int exec(char *file, char *argv[]) | Load a file and execute it with arguments; only returns if error.
char *sbrk(int n) | Grow process’s memory by n bytes. Returns start of new memory.
int open(char *file, int flags) | Open a file; flags indicate read/write; returns an fd (file descriptor).
int write(int fd, char *buf, int n) | Write n bytes from buf to file descriptor fd; returns n.
int read(int fd, char *buf, int n) | Read n bytes into buf; returns number read; or 0 if end of file.
int close(int fd) | Release open file fd.
int dup(int fd) | Return a new file descriptor referring to the same file as fd.
int pipe(int p[]) | Create a pipe, put read/write file descriptors in p[0] and p[1].
int chdir(char *dir) | Change the current directory.
int mkdir(char *dir) | Create a new directory.
int mknod(char *file, int, int) | Create a device file.
int fstat(int fd, struct stat *st) | Place info about an open file into *st.
int stat(char *file, struct stat *st) | Place info about a named file into *st.
int link(char *file1, char *file2) | Create another name (file2) for the file file1.
int unlink | (char *file)Remove a file