System Calls API

Low-level interface between user-space applications and the Linux kernel providing access to process management, file I/O, memory, networking, signals, and IPC primitives.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: linuxunix:system-calls-api
name: System Calls API
description: Low-level interface between user-space applications and the Linux kernel providing access
  to process management, file I/O, memory, networking, signals, and IPC primitives.
humanURL: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html
tags:
- Kernel
- Low-Level
- Syscalls
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_section_2.html
- type: Reference
  url: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/index.html