INDEX 1505VEOL constant, 1296, 1309
VEOL2 constant, 1296
VERASE constant, 1296
version script (ld), 868–872
vfork(), 16, 523–525, 530, 609
example of use, 524
prototype, 523
RLIMIT_NPROC resource limit and, 763
scheduling of parent and child
after, 523
speed, 610
vfork_fd_test.c, 1430
VFS (virtual file system), 259
diagram, 259
vhangup(), 801
Viega (2002), 795, 1445
Viega, J., 1445
view_lastlog.c, 831
view_symlink.c, 369
VINTR constant, 1296
Viro (2006), 267, 1445
Viro, A., 1445
virtual address space, 120
diagram, 120
virtual device, 252
virtual file switch, 259
virtual file system (VFS), 259
diagram, 259
virtual memory
resource limit on, 760
unified, 1032
virtual memory management, 22,
118–121, 1440
virtual server, 789
virtual time, 206
virtualization, 608, 789
VKILL constant, 1296
VLNEXT constant, 1296
VMIN constant, 1307, 1309
example of use, 1311
vmsplice(), 1262
volatile variables, 137
VQUIT constant, 1296
VREPRINT constant, 1296
VSTART constant, 1296
VSTOP constant, 1296
VSUSP constant, 1296
vsyslog(), 777
VT0 constant, 1302
VT1 constant, 1302
VTDLY constant, 1302
VTIME constant, 1307, 1309
example of use, 1311
VWERASE constant, 1296
W
W_OK constant, 299
Wagner, D., 1438, 1444
wait morphing, 647
wait status, 545–547, 580
wait(), 32, 426, 514, 541–542, 673, 690
diagram, 515
example of use, 543, 901
interrupted by signal handler, 443
prototype, 542
wait3(), 552–553, 609, 754
interrupted by signal handler, 443
prototype, 552
wait4(), 552–553, 609, 754
interrupted by signal handler, 443
prototype, 552
waitid(), 550–552, 610, 673
interrupted by signal handler, 443
prototype, 550
waitpid(), 426, 544–545, 609, 673
example of use, 549, 583, 587, 602
interrupted by signal handler, 443
prototype, 544
wall clock time, 185
wall command, 169
Wallach, D.S., 1438
watch descriptor (inotify), 376, 377
Watson (2000), 798, 1445
Watson, R.N.M., 1445
WCONTINUED constant, 544, 545, 550
WCOREDUMP(), 546
example of use, 547
wcrtomb(), 656
wcsrtombs(), 656
wcstombs(), 657
wctomb(), 657
weakly specified (in standard
description), 15
Weinberger, P.J., 1437
well-known address, 909
WERASE terminal special character,
1296, 1299, 1305, 1307
WEXITED constant, 550
WEXITSTATUS(), 546
example of use, 547
Wheeler, D., 795, 857
who command, 817
WIFCONTINUED(), 546
example of use, 547
WIFEXITED(), 546
example of use, 547
WIFSIGNALED(), 546
example of use, 547