The Linux Programming Interface

INDEX 1463

LinuxThreads nonconformance, 691
mandatory, 265, 293, 1119, 1137–1140
priority of queued lock requests, 1137
speed, 1135–1136
starvation, 1137
file mapping, 35, 882, 886, 1017,
1024–1031
diagram, 1025
private, 1018, 1024–1025
shared, 1019, 1025–1029
file mode creation mask (umask), 301–303,
328, 351, 604, 613, 790, 907, 923,
1060, 1065, 1091, 1110, 1174
file offset, 81, 94, 613
changing, 81
file ownership, 29, 281, 291–294, 800
changing, 291–294
of new files, 291
file permissions, 29, 281, 282, 294–299, 800
changing, 303–304
diagram, 281
permission-checking algorithm,
297–299
file status flags, open, 75, 93–94, 95, 96,
518, 613
file system, 22, 254–256
busy, 270
diagram, 27, 255
mount point, 261
diagram, 262
mounting, 264–269
at multiple mount points, 271
retrieving information about mounted,
276–277
stacking multiple mounts, 271–272
unmounting, 269–270
file timestamps, 257, 283, 285–287
changing, 286, 287–290
last access time, 74, 76–77, 257, 264,
265, 266, 267, 283, 285, 286, 287,
289, 305, 306
last modification time, 257, 283, 285,
286, 287
last status change time, 257, 283,
285, 286
nanosecond precision, 287
file tree walking, 358–363
file_perms.c, 296
file_perms.h, 296
file_type_stats.c, 1429
file-based mapping. See file mapping
filename, 28, 341
maximum length, 214, 340
fileno(), 248
prototype, 248

filePermStr(), 295–296

code of implementation, 296

example of use, 284, 303

file-system group ID, 171–172, 178,

298, 615

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE), 255, 267

file-system user ID, 171–172, 178, 615, 800

effect on process capabilities, 807

filter, 31, 899

FIN control bit (TCP), 1267

FIN_WAIT1 state (TCP), 1269

FIN_WAIT2 state (TCP), 1269

finger command, 154

FIOCLEX constant, 577

FIOGETOWN constant, 1350

FIONCLEX constant, 577

FIONREAD constant, 381, 892, 1153, 1291

FIOSETOWN constant, 1350

FIPS 151-1, 12

FIPS 151-2, 12

Fletcher, G., xl

flistxattr(), 316

prototype, 316

floating-point environment, 615, 620

floating-point exception (error message).

See SIGFPE signal

flock structure, 1124–1126

definition, 1124

example of use, 1130

flock(), 1119–1122, 1147, 1435

example of use, 1121

interrupted by signal handler, 444

prototype, 1119

flow control (TCP), 1192

Floyd (1994), 1267, 1439

Floyd, S., 1194, 1439

FLUSHO constant, 1303

footprint.c, 522

FOPEN_MAX constant, 215

fopen64(), 105

For portability comment in function

prototypes, 67

foreground process group, 39, 700, 708

diagram, 701, 717

signaled on terminal window size

change, 1319–1320

terminal-generated signals and, 1290

Forero Cuervo, A., xl

fork bomb, 793

fork handler, 609, 687

fork(), 31, 426, 513, 515–522, 589, 609,

690, 1430

copy-on-write semantics, 521

diagram, 515

effect on process attributes, 612–615