pSOSystem System Calls - Read

Using This Manual Conventions
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first instances of terms defined in the glossary, and publication
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Bold Helvetica narrow Buttons, fields, and icons in a graphical user interface are set
in bold Helvetica narrow type. Keyboard keys are also set in this
type.
Symbol Conventions
This section describes symbol conventions used in this document.
[ ] Brackets indicate that the enclosed information is optional. The brackets
are generally not typed when the information is entered.
| A vertical bar separating two text items indicates that either item can be
entered as a value.
· The centered dot symbol indicates a required space (for example, in user
input).
% The percent sign indicates the UNIX operating system prompt for C shell.
$ The dollar sign indicates the UNIX operating system prompt for Bourne and
Korn shells.
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Format Conventions
Each reference section in this manual adheres to a standard format. The name of
the system call, a brief description, and its C language syntax appear at the top of
the first page. The remaining information about the call appears below the syntax
and is organized under the following headings:
Volume Types
The symbol of a processor located to the left of text identifies processor-specific
information (the example identifies 68K-specific information).
Host tool-specific information is identified by a host tools icon (in this example,
the text would be specific to the pRISM host tools chain).
For pHILE+ system calls only. Names the volume types the system call supports.
Volume types include pHILE+, NFS, MS-DOS, and CD-ROM.
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