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AIX Version 4.3 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs

List of Files and Directories Subroutines

The system provides subroutines for:

Controlling Files

access, accessx, or faccessx Determine accessibility of a file
fclear Clears space in a file
fcntl, dup, or dup2 Control open file descriptors
fsync Writes changes in a file to permanent storage
getenv Returns the value of an environment variable
getutent, getutid, getutline, putuline, setutent, endutent, or utmpname
  Access utmp file entries
getutid_r, getutline_r, pututline_r, setutent_r, endutent_r, or utmpname_r
  Access utmp file entries
or llseek Move the read-write pointer in an open file
lockfx, lockf, or flock Controls open file descriptor locks
mknod or mkfifo Create regular, FIFO, or special files
mktemp or mkstemp Construct a unique file name
open, openx, or creat Return a file descriptor and creates files
pclose Closes an open pipe
pipe Creates an interprocess channel
popen Initiates a pipe to a process
pathconf, fpathconf Retrieve file implementation characteristics
putenv Sets an environment variable
read, readx, readv, readvx Read from a file or device
rename Renames directory or file within a file system
statx, stat, fstatx, fstat, fullstat, fullstat
  Get file status
tmpfile Creates a temporary file
tmpnam or tempnam Construct a name for a temporary file
truncate, ftruncate Make a file shorter
umask Gets and sets the value of the file creation mask
utimes or utime Set file access or modification time
write, writex, writev, writevx Write to a file or device

Working with Directories

chdir Changes the current working directory
chroot Changes the effective root directory
getwd, getcwd Get the current directory path name
glob Generates a list of path names to accessible files
globfree Frees all memory associated with the pglob parameter
link Creates additional directory entry for an existing file
mkdir Creates a directory
opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir
  Performs operations on directories
readdir_r Reads a directory
rmdir Removes a directory
scandir, alphasort Scan a directory
readlink Reads the volume of a symbolic link
remove Makes a file inaccessible by specified name
symlink Creates a symbolic link to a file
unlink Removes a directory entry

Manipulating File Systems

confstr Determines the current value of a specified system variable defined by a string
fscntl Manipulates file system control operations
getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, getfstype, setfsent, or endfsent
  Get information about a file system
getfsent_r, getfsspec_r, getfsfile_r, getfstype_r, setfsent_r, or endfsent_r
  Get information about a file system
getvfsent, getvfsbytype, getvfsbyname, getvfsbyflag, setvfsent, endvfsent
  Get information about virtual file system entries
mnctl Returns mount status information
quotactl Manipulates disk quotas
statfs, fstatfs Get the status of a file's file system
sysconf Reports current value of system limits or options
sync Updates all file systems information to disk
umask Gets and sets the value of the file creation mask
vmount Mounts a file system
umount, uvmount Remove a virtual file system from the file tree

Related Information

Files, Directories, and File Systems for Programmers

Subroutines Overview

Header Files Overview


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