Name
syscall
Synopsis
syscall list
Description
Calls the system call specified as the first element of
the list, passing the remaining elements as arguments to the system
call. The function produces a fatal error if
syscall(2) is unimplemented. The arguments are interpreted as
follows: if a given argument is numeric, the argument is passed as a
C integer. If not, a pointer to the string value is
passed.
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