../POSIX/POSIX

NAME

POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1


SYNOPSIS

use POSIX; use POSIX qw(setsid); use POSIX qw(:errno_h :fcntl_h); printf "EINTR is %d\n", EINTR; $sess_id = POSIX::setsid(); $fd = POSIX::open($path, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY, 0644); # note: that's a filedescriptor, *NOT* a filehandle


DESCRIPTION

The POSIX module permits you to access all (or nearly all) the standard POSIX 1003.1 identifiers. Many of these identifiers have been given Perl-ish interfaces. Things which are #defines in C, like EINTR or O_NDELAY, are automatically exported into your namespace. All functions are only exported if you ask for them explicitly. Most likely people will prefer to use the fully-qualified function names.

This document gives a condensed list of the features available in the POSIX module. Consult your operating system's manpages for general information on most features. Consult the perlfunc manpage for functions which are noted as being identical to Perl's builtin functions.

The first section describes POSIX functions from the 1003.1 specification. The second section describes some classes for signal objects, TTY objects, and other miscellaneous objects. The remaining sections list various constants and macros in an organization which roughly follows IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993.


NOTE

The POSIX module is probably the most complex Perl module supplied with the standard distribution. It incorporates autoloading, namespace games, and dynamic loading of code that's in Perl, C, or both. It's a great source of wisdom.


CAVEATS

A few functions are not implemented because they are C specific. If you attempt to call these, they will print a message telling you that they aren't implemented, and suggest using the Perl equivalent should one exist. For example, trying to access the setjmp() call will elicit the message `` setjmp() is C-specific: use eval {} instead''.

Furthermore, some evil vendors will claim 1003.1 compliance, but in fact are not so: they will not pass the PCTS (POSIX Compliance Test Suites). For example, one vendor may not define EDEADLK, or the semantics of the errno values set by open(2) might not be quite right. Perl does not attempt to verify POSIX compliance. That means you can currently successfully say ``use POSIX'', and then later in your program you find that your vendor has been lax and there's no usable ICANON macro after all. This could be construed to be a bug.


FUNCTIONS

_exit
This is identical to the C function _exit() .

abort
This is identical to the C function abort() .

abs
This is identical to Perl's builtin abs() function.

access
Determines the accessibility of a file.

if( POSIX::access( "/", &POSIX::R_OK ) ){ print "have read permission\n"; }

Returns undef on failure.

acos
This is identical to the C function acos() .

alarm
This is identical to Perl's builtin alarm() function.

asctime
This is identical to the C function asctime() .

asin
This is identical to the C function asin() .

assert
Unimplemented.

atan
This is identical to the C function atan() .

atan2
This is identical to Perl's builtin atan2() function.

atexit
atexit() is C-specific: use END {} instead.

atof
atof() is C-specific.

atoi
atoi() is C-specific.

atol
atol() is C-specific.

bsearch
bsearch() not supplied.

calloc
calloc() is C-specific.

ceil
This is identical to the C function ceil() .

chdir
This is identical to Perl's builtin chdir() function.

chmod
This is identical to Perl's builtin chmod() function.

chown
This is identical to Perl's builtin chown() function.

clearerr
Use method FileHandle:: clearerr() instead.

clock
This is identical to the C function clock() .

close
Close the file. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_RDONLY ); POSIX::close( $fd );

Returns undef on failure.

closedir
This is identical to Perl's builtin closedir() function.

cos
This is identical to Perl's builtin cos() function.

cosh
This is identical to the C function cosh() .

creat
Create a new file. This returns a file descriptor like the ones returned by POSIX::open. Use POSIX::close to close the file.

$fd = POSIX::creat( "foo", 0611 ); POSIX::close( $fd );

ctermid
Generates the path name for the controlling terminal.

$path = POSIX::ctermid();

ctime
This is identical to the C function ctime() .

cuserid
Get the character login name of the user.

$name = POSIX::cuserid();

difftime
This is identical to the C function difftime() .

div
div() is C-specific.

dup
This is similar to the C function dup() .

This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

Returns undef on failure.

dup2
This is similar to the C function dup2() .

This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

Returns undef on failure.

errno
Returns the value of errno.

$errno = POSIX::errno();

execl
execl() is C-specific.

execle
execle() is C-specific.

execlp
execlp() is C-specific.

execv
execv() is C-specific.

execve
execve() is C-specific.

execvp
execvp() is C-specific.

exit
This is identical to Perl's builtin exit() function.

exp
This is identical to Perl's builtin exp() function.

fabs
This is identical to Perl's builtin abs() function.

fclose
Use method FileHandle:: close() instead.

fcntl
This is identical to Perl's builtin fcntl() function.

fdopen
Use method FileHandle:: new_from_fd() instead.

feof
Use method FileHandle:: eof() instead.

ferror
Use method FileHandle:: error() instead.

fflush
Use method FileHandle:: flush() instead.

fgetc
Use method FileHandle:: getc() instead.

fgetpos
Use method FileHandle:: getpos() instead.

fgets
Use method FileHandle:: gets() instead.

fileno
Use method FileHandle:: fileno() instead.

floor
This is identical to the C function floor() .

fmod
This is identical to the C function fmod() .

fopen
Use method FileHandle:: open() instead.

fork
This is identical to Perl's builtin fork() function.

fpathconf
Retrieves the value of a configurable limit on a file or directory. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

The following will determine the maximum length of the longest allowable pathname on the filesystem which holds /tmp/foo.

$fd = POSIX::open( "/tmp/foo", &POSIX::O_RDONLY ); $path_max = POSIX::fpathconf( $fd, &POSIX::_PC_PATH_MAX );

Returns undef on failure.

fprintf
fprintf() is C-specific--use printf instead.

fputc
fputc() is C-specific--use print instead.

fputs
fputs() is C-specific--use print instead.

fread
fread() is C-specific--use read instead.

free
free() is C-specific.

freopen
freopen() is C-specific--use open instead.

frexp
Return the mantissa and exponent of a floating-point number.

($mantissa, $exponent) = POSIX::frexp( 3.14 );

fscanf
fscanf() is C-specific--use <> and regular expressions instead.

fseek
Use method FileHandle:: seek() instead.

fsetpos
Use method FileHandle:: setpos() instead.

fstat
Get file status. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open. The data returned is identical to the data from Perl's builtin stat function.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_RDONLY ); @stats = POSIX::fstat( $fd );

ftell
Use method FileHandle:: tell() instead.

fwrite
fwrite() is C-specific--use print instead.

getc
This is identical to Perl's builtin getc() function.

getchar
Returns one character from STDIN.

getcwd
Returns the name of the current working directory.

getegid
Returns the effective group id.

getenv
Returns the value of the specified enironment variable.

geteuid
Returns the effective user id.

getgid
Returns the user's real group id.

getgrgid
This is identical to Perl's builtin getgrgid() function.

getgrnam
This is identical to Perl's builtin getgrnam() function.

getgroups
Returns the ids of the user's supplementary groups.

getlogin
This is identical to Perl's builtin getlogin() function.

getpgrp
This is identical to Perl's builtin getpgrp() function.

getpid
Returns the process's id.

getppid
This is identical to Perl's builtin getppid() function.

getpwnam
This is identical to Perl's builtin getpwnam() function.

getpwuid
This is identical to Perl's builtin getpwuid() function.

gets
Returns one line from STDIN.

getuid
Returns the user's id.

gmtime
This is identical to Perl's builtin gmtime() function.

isalnum
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isalpha
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isatty
Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified filehandle is connected to a tty.

iscntrl
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isdigit
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isgraph
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

islower
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isprint
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

ispunct
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isspace
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isupper
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

isxdigit
This is identical to the C function, except that it can apply to a single character or to a whole string.

kill
This is identical to Perl's builtin kill() function.

labs
labs() is C-specific, use abs instead.

ldexp
This is identical to the C function ldexp() .

ldiv
ldiv() is C-specific, use / and int instead.

link
This is identical to Perl's builtin link() function.

localeconv
Get numeric formatting information. Returns a reference to a hash containing the current locale formatting values.

The database for the de (Deutsch or German) locale.

$loc = POSIX::setlocale( &POSIX::LC_ALL, "de" ); print "Locale = $loc\n"; $lconv = POSIX::localeconv(); print "decimal_point = ", $lconv->{decimal_point}, "\n"; print "thousands_sep = ", $lconv->{thousands_sep}, "\n"; print "grouping = ", $lconv->{grouping}, "\n"; print "int_curr_symbol = ", $lconv->{int_curr_symbol}, "\n"; print "currency_symbol = ", $lconv->{currency_symbol}, "\n"; print "mon_decimal_point = ", $lconv->{mon_decimal_point}, "\n"; print "mon_thousands_sep = ", $lconv->{mon_thousands_sep}, "\n"; print "mon_grouping = ", $lconv->{mon_grouping}, "\n"; print "positive_sign = ", $lconv->{positive_sign}, "\n"; print "negative_sign = ", $lconv->{negative_sign}, "\n"; print "int_frac_digits = ", $lconv->{int_frac_digits}, "\n"; print "frac_digits = ", $lconv->{frac_digits}, "\n"; print "p_cs_precedes = ", $lconv->{p_cs_precedes}, "\n"; print "p_sep_by_space = ", $lconv->{p_sep_by_space}, "\n"; print "n_cs_precedes = ", $lconv->{n_cs_precedes}, "\n"; print "n_sep_by_space = ", $lconv->{n_sep_by_space}, "\n"; print "p_sign_posn = ", $lconv->{p_sign_posn}, "\n"; print "n_sign_posn = ", $lconv->{n_sign_posn}, "\n";

localtime
This is identical to Perl's builtin localtime() function.

log
This is identical to Perl's builtin log() function.

log10
This is identical to the C function log10() .

longjmp
longjmp() is C-specific: use die instead.

lseek
Move the read/write file pointer. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_RDONLY ); $off_t = POSIX::lseek( $fd, 0, &POSIX::SEEK_SET );

Returns undef on failure.

malloc
malloc() is C-specific.

mblen
This is identical to the C function mblen() .

mbstowcs
This is identical to the C function mbstowcs() .

mbtowc
This is identical to the C function mbtowc() .

memchr
memchr() is C-specific, use index() instead.

memcmp
memcmp() is C-specific, use eq instead.

memcpy
memcpy() is C-specific, use = instead.

memmove
memmove() is C-specific, use = instead.

memset
memset() is C-specific, use x instead.

mkdir
This is identical to Perl's builtin mkdir() function.

mkfifo
This is similar to the C function mkfifo() .

Returns undef on failure.

mktime
Convert date/time info to a calendar time.

Synopsis:

mktime(sec, min, hour, mday, mon, year, wday = 0, yday = 0, isdst = 0)

The month (mon), weekday (wday), and yearday (yday) begin at zero. I.e. January is 0, not 1; Sunday is 0, not 1; January 1st is 0, not 1. The year (year) is given in years since 1900. I.e. The year 1995 is 95; the year 2001 is 101. Consult your system's mktime() manpage for details about these and the other arguments.

Calendar time for December 12, 1995, at 10:30 am.

$time_t = POSIX::mktime( 0, 30, 10, 12, 11, 95 ); print "Date = ", POSIX::ctime($time_t);

Returns undef on failure.

modf
Return the integral and fractional parts of a floating-point number.

($fractional, $integral) = POSIX::modf( 3.14 );

nice
This is similar to the C function nice() .

Returns undef on failure.

offsetof
offsetof() is C-specific.

open
Open a file for reading for writing. This returns file descriptors, not Perl filehandles. Use POSIX::close to close the file.

Open a file read-only with mode 0666.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo" );

Open a file for read and write.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_RDWR );

Open a file for write, with truncation.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_WRONLY | &POSIX::O_TRUNC );

Create a new file with mode 0640. Set up the file for writing.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_CREAT | &POSIX::O_WRONLY, 0640 );

Returns undef on failure.

opendir
Open a directory for reading.

$dir = POSIX::opendir( "/tmp" ); @files = POSIX::readdir( $dir ); POSIX::closedir( $dir );

Returns undef on failure.

pathconf
Retrieves the value of a configurable limit on a file or directory.

The following will determine the maximum length of the longest allowable pathname on the filesystem which holds /tmp.

$path_max = POSIX::pathconf( "/tmp", &POSIX::_PC_PATH_MAX );

Returns undef on failure.

pause
This is similar to the C function pause() .

Returns undef on failure.

perror
This is identical to the C function perror() .

pipe
Create an interprocess channel. This returns file descriptors like those returned by POSIX::open.

($fd0, $fd1) = POSIX::pipe(); POSIX::write( $fd0, "hello", 5 ); POSIX::read( $fd1, $buf, 5 );

pow
Computes $x raised to the power $exponent.

$ret = POSIX::pow( $x, $exponent );

printf
Prints the specified arguments to STDOUT.

putc
putc() is C-specific--use print instead.

putchar
putchar() is C-specific--use print instead.

puts
puts() is C-specific--use print instead.

qsort
qsort() is C-specific, use sort instead.

raise
Sends the specified signal to the current process.

rand
rand() is non-portable, use Perl's rand instead.

read
Read from a file. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open. If the buffer $buf is not large enough for the read then Perl will extend it to make room for the request.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_RDONLY ); $bytes = POSIX::read( $fd, $buf, 3 );

Returns undef on failure.

readdir
This is identical to Perl's builtin readdir() function.

realloc
realloc() is C-specific.

remove
This is identical to Perl's builtin unlink() function.

rename
This is identical to Perl's builtin rename() function.

rewind
Seeks to the beginning of the file.

rewinddir
This is identical to Perl's builtin rewinddir() function.

rmdir
This is identical to Perl's builtin rmdir() function.

scanf
scanf() is C-specific--use <> and regular expressions instead.

setgid
Sets the real group id for this process.

setjmp
setjmp() is C-specific: use eval {} instead.

setlocale
Modifies and queries program's locale.

The following will set the traditional UNIX system locale behavior.

$loc = POSIX::setlocale( &POSIX::LC_ALL, "C" );

setpgid
This is similar to the C function setpgid() .

Returns undef on failure.

setsid
This is identical to the C function setsid() .

setuid
Sets the real user id for this process.

sigaction
Detailed signal management. This uses POSIX::SigAction objects for the action and oldaction arguments. Consult your system's sigaction manpage for details.

Synopsis:

sigaction(sig, action, oldaction = 0)

Returns undef on failure.

siglongjmp
siglongjmp() is C-specific: use die instead.

sigpending
Examine signals that are blocked and pending. This uses POSIX::SigSet objects for the sigset argument. Consult your system's sigpending manpage for details.

Synopsis:

sigpending(sigset)

Returns undef on failure.

sigprocmask
Change and/or examine calling process's signal mask. This uses POSIX::SigSet objects for the sigset and oldsigset arguments. Consult your system's sigprocmask manpage for details.

Synopsis:

sigprocmask(how, sigset, oldsigset = 0)

Returns undef on failure.

sigsetjmp
sigsetjmp() is C-specific: use eval {} instead.

sigsuspend
Install a signal mask and suspend process until signal arrives. This uses POSIX::SigSet objects for the signal_mask argument. Consult your system's sigsuspend manpage for details.

Synopsis:

sigsuspend(signal_mask)

Returns undef on failure.

sin
This is identical to Perl's builtin sin() function.

sinh
This is identical to the C function sinh() .

sleep
This is identical to Perl's builtin sleep() function.

sprintf
This is identical to Perl's builtin sprintf() function.

sqrt
This is identical to Perl's builtin sqrt() function.

srand
srand() .

sscanf
sscanf() is C-specific--use regular expressions instead.

stat
This is identical to Perl's builtin stat() function.

strcat
strcat() is C-specific, use .= instead.

strchr
strchr() is C-specific, use index() instead.

strcmp
strcmp() is C-specific, use eq instead.

strcoll
This is identical to the C function strcoll() .

strcpy
strcpy() is C-specific, use = instead.

strcspn
strcspn() is C-specific, use regular expressions instead.

strerror
Returns the error string for the specified errno.

strftime
Convert date and time information to string. Returns the string.

Synopsis:

strftime(fmt, sec, min, hour, mday, mon, year, wday = 0, yday = 0, isdst = 0)

The month (mon), weekday (wday), and yearday (yday) begin at zero. I.e. January is 0, not 1; Sunday is 0, not 1; January 1st is 0, not 1. The year (year) is given in years since 1900. I.e. The year 1995 is 95; the year 2001 is 101. Consult your system's strftime() manpage for details about these and the other arguments.

The string for Tuesday, December 12, 1995.

$str = POSIX::strftime( "%A, %B %d, %Y", 0, 0, 0, 12, 11, 95, 2 ); print "$str\n";

strlen
strlen() is C-specific, use length instead.

strncat
strncat() is C-specific, use .= instead.

strncmp
strncmp() is C-specific, use eq instead.

strncpy
strncpy() is C-specific, use = instead.

stroul
stroul() is C-specific.

strpbrk
strpbrk() is C-specific.

strrchr
strrchr() is C-specific, use rindex() instead.

strspn
strspn() is C-specific.

strstr
This is identical to Perl's builtin index() function.

strtod
strtod() is C-specific.

strtok
strtok() is C-specific.

strtol
strtol() is C-specific.

strxfrm
String transformation. Returns the transformed string.

$dst = POSIX::strxfrm( $src );

sysconf
Retrieves values of system configurable variables.

The following will get the machine's clock speed.

$clock_ticks = POSIX::sysconf( &POSIX::_SC_CLK_TCK );

Returns undef on failure.

system
This is identical to Perl's builtin system() function.

tan
This is identical to the C function tan() .

tanh
This is identical to the C function tanh() .

tcdrain
This is similar to the C function tcdrain() .

Returns undef on failure.

tcflow
This is similar to the C function tcflow() .

Returns undef on failure.

tcflush
This is similar to the C function tcflush() .

Returns undef on failure.

tcgetpgrp
This is identical to the C function tcgetpgrp() .

tcsendbreak
This is similar to the C function tcsendbreak() .

Returns undef on failure.

tcsetpgrp
This is similar to the C function tcsetpgrp() .

Returns undef on failure.

time
This is identical to Perl's builtin time() function.

times
The times() function returns elapsed realtime since some point in the past (such as system startup), user and system times for this process, and user and system times used by child processes. All times are returned in clock ticks.

($realtime, $user, $system, $cuser, $csystem) = POSIX::times();

Note: Perl's builtin times() function returns four values, measured in seconds.

tmpfile
Use method FileHandle:: new_tmpfile() instead.

tmpnam
Returns a name for a temporary file.

$tmpfile = POSIX::tmpnam();

tolower
This is identical to Perl's builtin lc() function.

toupper
This is identical to Perl's builtin uc() function.

ttyname
This is identical to the C function ttyname() .

tzname
Retrieves the time conversion information from the tzname variable.

POSIX::tzset(); ($std, $dst) = POSIX::tzname();

tzset
This is identical to the C function tzset() .

umask
This is identical to Perl's builtin umask() function.

uname
Get name of current operating system.

($sysname, $nodename, $release, $version, $machine ) = POSIX::uname();

ungetc
Use method FileHandle:: ungetc() instead.

unlink
This is identical to Perl's builtin unlink() function.

utime
This is identical to Perl's builtin utime() function.

vfprintf
vfprintf() is C-specific.

vprintf
vprintf() is C-specific.

vsprintf
vsprintf() is C-specific.

wait
This is identical to Perl's builtin wait() function.

waitpid
Wait for a child process to change state. This is identical to Perl's builtin waitpid() function.

$pid = POSIX::waitpid( -1, &POSIX::WNOHANG ); print "status = ", ($? / 256), "\n";

wcstombs
This is identical to the C function wcstombs() .

wctomb
This is identical to the C function wctomb() .

write
Write to a file. This uses file descriptors such as those obtained by calling POSIX::open.

$fd = POSIX::open( "foo", &POSIX::O_WRONLY ); $buf = "hello"; $bytes = POSIX::write( $b, $buf, 5 );

Returns undef on failure.


CLASSES

FileHandle

new
Open a file and return a Perl filehandle. The first parameter is the filename and the second parameter is the mode. The mode should be specified as a for append, w for write, and < or ``'' for read.

Open a file for reading.

$fh = FileHandle->new( "foo", "" ); die "Unable to open foo for reading" unless $fh;

Open a file for writing.

$fh = FileHandle->new( "foo", "w" ); die "Unable to open foo for writing" unless $fh;

Use FileHandle:: close() to close the file or let the FileHandle object's destructor perform the close.

clearerr
Resets the error indicator and EOF indicator to zero.

$fh->clearerr;

close
Close the file.

$fh->close;

eof
Tests for end of file.

if( $fh->eof ){ print "end of file\n"; }

error
Returns non-zero if there has been an error while reading or writing a file.

if( $fh->error ){ print "error\n"; }

fileno
Returns the integer file descriptor associated with the file.

$fileno = $fh->fileno;

flush
Flush the stream.

$fh->flush;

Returns undef on failure.

getc
Get a character from the stream.

$ch = $fh->getc;

getpos
Retrieve the file pointer position. The returned value can be used as an argument to setpos() .

$pos = $fh->getpos;

gets
Retrieve a line from the open file.

$line = $fh->gets;

new_from_fd
Open a file using a file descriptor. Return a Perl filehandle. The first parameter should be a file descriptor, which can come from POSIX:: open() . The second parameter, the mode, should be a for append, w for write, and < or ``'' for read. The mode should match the mode which was used when the file descriptor was created.

$fd = POSIX::open( "typemap" ); $fh = FileHandle->new_from_fd( $fd, "<" ); die "FileHandle failed" unless $fh;

new_tmpfile
Creates a temporary file, opens it for writing, and returns a Perl filehandle. Consult your system's tmpfile() manpage for details.

$fh = FileHandle->new_tmpfile; die "FileHandle failed" unless $fh;

seek
Reposition file pointer.

$fh->seek( 2, &POSIX::SEEK_SET );

setbuf
setpos
Set the file pointer position.

$pos = $fh->getpos; $fh->setpos( $pos );

Returns undef on failure.

setvbuf

Returns undef on failure.

tell
Returns the current file position, in bytes.

$pos = $fh->tell;

ungetc

POSIX::SigAction

new
Creates a new POSIX::SigAction object which corresponds to the C struct sigaction. This object will be destroyed automatically when it is no longer needed. The first parameter is the fully-qualified name of a sub which is a signal-handler. The second parameter is a POSIX::SigSet object. The third parameter contains the sa_flags.

$sigset = POSIX::SigSet->new; $sigaction = POSIX::SigAction->new( 'main::handler', $sigset, &POSIX::SA_NOCLDSTOP );

This POSIX::SigAction object should be used with the POSIX:: sigaction() function.

POSIX::SigSet

new
Create a new SigSet object. This object will be destroyed automatically when it is no longer needed. Arguments may be supplied to initialize the set.

Create an empty set.

$sigset = POSIX::SigSet->new;

Create a set with SIGUSR1.

$sigset = POSIX::SigSet->new( &POSIX::SIGUSR1 );

addset
Add a signal to a SigSet object.

$sigset->addset( &POSIX::SIGUSR2 );

Returns undef on failure.

delset
Remove a signal from the SigSet object.

$sigset->delset( &POSIX::SIGUSR2 );

Returns undef on failure.

emptyset
Initialize the SigSet object to be empty.

$sigset->emptyset();

Returns undef on failure.

fillset
Initialize the SigSet object to include all signals.

$sigset->fillset();

Returns undef on failure.

ismember
Tests the SigSet object to see if it contains a specific signal.

if( $sigset->ismember( &POSIX::SIGUSR1 ) ){ print "contains SIGUSR1\n"; }

POSIX::Termios

new
Create a new Termios object. This object will be destroyed automatically when it is no longer needed.

$termios = POSIX::Termios->new;

getattr
Get terminal control attributes.

Obtain the attributes for stdin.

$termios->getattr()

Obtain the attributes for stdout.

$termios->getattr( 1 )

Returns undef on failure.

getcc
Retrieve a value from the c_cc field of a termios object. The c_cc field is an array so an index must be specified.

$c_cc[1] = $termios->getcc(1);

getcflag
Retrieve the c_cflag field of a termios object.

$c_cflag = $termios->getcflag;

getiflag
Retrieve the c_iflag field of a termios object.

$c_iflag = $termios->getiflag;

getispeed
Retrieve the input baud rate.

$ispeed = $termios->getispeed;

getlflag
Retrieve the c_lflag field of a termios object.

$c_lflag = $termios->getlflag;

getoflag
Retrieve the c_oflag field of a termios object.

$c_oflag = $termios->getoflag;

getospeed
Retrieve the output baud rate.

$ospeed = $termios->getospeed;

setattr
Set terminal control attributes.

Set attributes immediately for stdout.

$termios->setattr( 1, &POSIX::TCSANOW );

Returns undef on failure.

setcc
Set a value in the c_cc field of a termios object. The c_cc field is an array so an index must be specified.

$termios->setcc( 1, &POSIX::VEOF );

setcflag
Set the c_cflag field of a termios object.

$termios->setcflag( &POSIX::CLOCAL );

setiflag
Set the c_iflag field of a termios object.

$termios->setiflag( &POSIX::BRKINT );

setispeed
Set the input baud rate.

$termios->setispeed( &POSIX::B9600 );

Returns undef on failure.

setlflag
Set the c_lflag field of a termios object.

$termios->setlflag( &POSIX::ECHO );

setoflag
Set the c_oflag field of a termios object.

$termios->setoflag( &POSIX::OPOST );

setospeed
Set the output baud rate.

$termios->setospeed( &POSIX::B9600 );

Returns undef on failure.

Baud rate values
B38400 B75 B200 B134 B300 B1800 B150 B0 B19200 B1200 B9600 B600 B4800 B50 B2400 B110

Terminal interface values
TCSADRAIN TCSANOW TCOON TCIOFLUSH TCOFLUSH TCION TCIFLUSH TCSAFLUSH TCIOFF TCOOFF

c_cc field values
VEOF VEOL VERASE VINTR VKILL VQUIT VSUSP VSTART VSTOP VMIN VTIME NCCS

c_cflag field values
CLOCAL CREAD CSIZE CS5 CS6 CS7 CS8 CSTOPB HUPCL PARENB PARODD

c_iflag field values
BRKINT ICRNL IGNBRK IGNCR IGNPAR INLCR INPCK ISTRIP IXOFF IXON PARMRK

c_lflag field values
ECHO ECHOE ECHOK ECHONL ICANON IEXTEN ISIG NOFLSH TOSTOP

c_oflag field values
OPOST


PATHNAME CONSTANTS

Constants
_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED _PC_LINK_MAX _PC_MAX_CANON _PC_MAX_INPUT _PC_NAME_MAX _PC_NO_TRUNC _PC_PATH_MAX _PC_PIPE_BUF _PC_VDISABLE


POSIX CONSTANTS

Constants
_POSIX_ARG_MAX _POSIX_CHILD_MAX _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL _POSIX_LINK_MAX _POSIX_MAX_CANON _POSIX_MAX_INPUT _POSIX_NAME_MAX _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX _POSIX_NO_TRUNC _POSIX_OPEN_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX _POSIX_PIPE_BUF _POSIX_SAVED_IDS _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX _POSIX_STREAM_MAX _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX _POSIX_VDISABLE _POSIX_VERSION


SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Constants
_SC_ARG_MAX _SC_CHILD_MAX _SC_CLK_TCK _SC_JOB_CONTROL _SC_NGROUPS_MAX _SC_OPEN_MAX _SC_SAVED_IDS _SC_STREAM_MAX _SC_TZNAME_MAX _SC_VERSION


ERRNO

Constants
E2BIG EACCES EAGAIN EBADF EBUSY ECHILD EDEADLK EDOM EEXIST EFAULT EFBIG EINTR EINVAL EIO EISDIR EMFILE EMLINK ENAMETOOLONG ENFILE ENODEV ENOENT ENOEXEC ENOLCK ENOMEM ENOSPC ENOSYS ENOTDIR ENOTEMPTY ENOTTY ENXIO EPERM EPIPE ERANGE EROFS ESPIPE ESRCH EXDEV


FCNTL

Constants
FD_CLOEXEC F_DUPFD F_GETFD F_GETFL F_GETLK F_OK F_RDLCK F_SETFD F_SETFL F_SETLK F_SETLKW F_UNLCK F_WRLCK O_ACCMODE O_APPEND O_CREAT O_EXCL O_NOCTTY O_NONBLOCK O_RDONLY O_RDWR O_TRUNC O_WRONLY


FLOAT

Constants
DBL_DIG DBL_EPSILON DBL_MANT_DIG DBL_MAX DBL_MAX_10_EXP DBL_MAX_EXP DBL_MIN DBL_MIN_10_EXP DBL_MIN_EXP FLT_DIG FLT_EPSILON FLT_MANT_DIG FLT_MAX FLT_MAX_10_EXP FLT_MAX_EXP FLT_MIN FLT_MIN_10_EXP FLT_MIN_EXP FLT_RADIX FLT_ROUNDS LDBL_DIG LDBL_EPSILON LDBL _MANT_DIG LDBL_MAX LDBL_MAX_10_EXP LDBL_MAX_EXP LDBL_MIN LDBL_MIN_10_EXP LDBL_MIN_EXP


LIMITS

Constants
ARG_MAX CHAR_BIT CHAR_MAX CHAR_MIN CHILD_MAX INT_MAX INT_MIN LINK_MAX LONG_MAX LONG_MIN MAX_CANON MAX_INPUT MB_LEN_MAX NAME_MAX NGROUPS_MAX OPEN_MAX PATH_MAX PIPE_BUF SCHAR_MAX SCHAR_MIN SHRT_MAX SHRT_MIN SSIZE_MAX STREAM_MAX TZNAME_MAX UCHAR_MAX UINT_MAX ULONG_MAX USHRT_MAX


LOCALE

Constants
LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_MONETARY LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME


MATH

Constants
HUGE_VAL


SIGNAL

Constants
SA_NOCLDSTOP SIGABRT SIGALRM SIGCHLD SIGCONT SIGFPE SIGHUP SIGILL SIGINT SIGKILL SIGPIPE SIGQUIT SIGSEGV SIGSTOP SIGTERM SIGTSTP SIGTTIN SIGTTOU SIGUSR1 SIGUSR2 SIG_BLOCK SIG_DFL SIG_ERR SIG_IGN SIG_SETMASK SIG_UNBLOCK


STAT

Constants
S_IRGRP S_IROTH S_IRUSR S_IRWXG S_IRWXO S_IRWXU S_ISGID S_ISUID S_IWGRP S_IWOTH S_IWUSR S_IXGRP S_IXOTH S_IXUSR

Macros
S_ISBLK S_ISCHR S_ISDIR S_ISFIFO S_ISREG


STDLIB

Constants
EXIT_FAILURE EXIT_SUCCESS MB_CUR_MAX RAND_MAX


STDIO

Constants
BUFSIZ EOF FILENAME_MAX L_ctermid L_cuserid L_tmpname TMP_MAX _IOFBF _IOLBF _IONBF


TIME

Constants
CLK_TCK CLOCKS_PER_SEC


UNISTD

Constants
R_OK SEEK_CUR SEEK_END SEEK_SET STDIN_FILENO STDOUT_FILENO STRERR_FILENO W_OK X_OK


WAIT

Constants
WNOHANG WUNTRACED

Macros
WIFEXITED WEXITSTATUS WIFSIGNALED WTERMSIG WIFSTOPPED WSTOPSIG


CREATION

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