LINUX System Call Quick Reference Jialong He Jialong_he@bigfoot.com http://www.bigfoot.com/~jialong_he Introduction System call is the services provided by Linux kernel. In C programming, it often uses functions defined inlibc which provides a wrapper for many system calls. Manual page section 2 provides more information about system calls. To get an overview, use “man 2 intro” in a command shell