Module `UnixLabels`

Interface to the Unix system. To use as replacement to default Unix module, add module Unix = UnixLabels in your implementation.

Error report

type error = Unix.error = | E2BIG Argument list too long | EACCES Permission denied | EAGAIN Resource temporarily unavailable; try again | EBADF Bad file descriptor | EBUSY Resource unavailable | ECHILD No child process | EDEADLK Resource deadlock would occur | EDOM Domain error for math functions, etc. | EEXIST File exists | EFAULT Bad address | EFBIG File too large | EINTR Function interrupted by signal | EINVAL Invalid argument | EIO Hardware I/O error | EISDIR Is a directory | EMFILE Too many open files by the process | EMLINK Too many links | ENAMETOOLONG Filename too long | ENFILE Too many open files in the system | ENODEV No such device | ENOENT No such file or directory | ENOEXEC Not an executable file | ENOLCK No locks available | ENOMEM Not enough memory | ENOSPC No space left on device | ENOSYS Function not supported | ENOTDIR Not a directory | ENOTEMPTY Directory not empty | ENOTTY Inappropriate I/O control operation | ENXIO No such device or address | EPERM Operation not permitted | EPIPE Broken pipe | ERANGE Result too large | EROFS Read-only file system | ESPIPE Invalid seek e.g. on a pipe | ESRCH No such process | EXDEV Invalid link | EWOULDBLOCK Operation would block | EINPROGRESS Operation now in progress | EALREADY Operation already in progress | ENOTSOCK Socket operation on non-socket | EDESTADDRREQ Destination address required | EMSGSIZE Message too long | EPROTOTYPE Protocol wrong type for socket | ENOPROTOOPT Protocol not available | EPROTONOSUPPORT Protocol not supported | ESOCKTNOSUPPORT Socket type not supported | EOPNOTSUPP Operation not supported on socket | EPFNOSUPPORT Protocol family not supported | EAFNOSUPPORT Address family not supported by protocol family | EADDRINUSE Address already in use | EADDRNOTAVAIL Can't assign requested address | ENETDOWN Network is down | ENETUNREACH Network is unreachable | ENETRESET Network dropped connection on reset | ECONNABORTED Software caused connection abort | ECONNRESET Connection reset by peer | ENOBUFS No buffer space available | EISCONN Socket is already connected | ENOTCONN Socket is not connected | ESHUTDOWN Can't send after socket shutdown | ETOOMANYREFS Too many references: can't splice | ETIMEDOUT Connection timed out | ECONNREFUSED Connection refused | EHOSTDOWN Host is down | EHOSTUNREACH No route to host | ELOOP Too many levels of symbolic links | EOVERFLOW File size or position not representable | EUNKNOWNERR of int Unknown error: The type of error codes. Errors defined in the POSIX standard and additional errors from UNIX98 and BSD. All other errors are mapped to EUNKNOWNERR.

exception Unix_error of error * string * string: Raised by the system calls below when an error is encountered. The first component is the error code; the second component is the function name; the third component is the string parameter to the function, if it has one, or the empty string otherwise.

val error_message : error -> string: Return a string describing the given error code.

val handle_unix_error : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b: handle_unix_error f x applies f to x and returns the result. If the exception Unix_error is raised, it prints a message describing the error and exits with code 2.

Access to the process environment

val environment : unit -> string array: Return the process environment, as an array of strings with the format ``variable=value''.

val getenv : string -> string: Return the value associated to a variable in the process environment. Raise Not_found if the variable is unbound. (This function is identical to Sys.getenv.)

val unsafe_getenv : string -> string

Return the value associated to a variable in the process environment.

Unlike getenv, this function returns the value even if the process has special privileges. It is considered unsafe because the programmer of a setuid or setgid program must be careful to avoid using maliciously crafted environment variables in the search path for executables, the locations for temporary files or logs, and the like.

raises Not_found: if the variable is unbound.

since: 4.06.0

val putenv : string -> string -> unit: Unix.putenv name value sets the value associated to a variable in the process environment. name is the name of the environment variable, and value its new associated value.

Process handling

type process_status = Unix.process_status = | WEXITED of int The process terminated normally by exit; the argument is the return code. | WSIGNALED of int The process was killed by a signal; the argument is the signal number. | WSTOPPED of int The process was stopped by a signal; the argument is the signal number.: The termination status of a process. See module Sys for the definitions of the standard signal numbers. Note that they are not the numbers used by the OS.

type wait_flag = Unix.wait_flag = | WNOHANG do not block if no child has died yet, but immediately return with a pid equal to 0. | WUNTRACED report also the children that receive stop signals.: Flags for UnixLabels.waitpid.

val execv : prog:string -> args:string array -> 'a: execv prog args execute the program in file prog, with the arguments args, and the current process environment. These execv* functions never return: on success, the current program is replaced by the new one; on failure, a UnixLabels.Unix_error exception is raised.

val execve : prog:string -> args:string array -> env:string array -> 'a: Same as UnixLabels.execv, except that the third argument provides the environment to the program executed.

val execvp : prog:string -> args:string array -> 'a: Same as UnixLabels.execv, except that the program is searched in the path.

val execvpe : prog:string -> args:string array -> env:string array -> 'a: Same as UnixLabels.execve, except that the program is searched in the path.

val fork : unit -> int: Fork a new process. The returned integer is 0 for the child process, the pid of the child process for the parent process.

val wait : unit -> int * process_status: Wait until one of the children processes die, and return its pid and termination status.

val waitpid : mode:wait_flag list -> int -> int * process_status: Same as UnixLabels.wait, but waits for the child process whose pid is given. A pid of -1 means wait for any child. A pid of 0 means wait for any child in the same process group as the current process. Negative pid arguments represent process groups. The list of options indicates whether waitpid should return immediately without waiting, or also report stopped children.

val system : string -> process_status: Execute the given command, wait until it terminates, and return its termination status. The string is interpreted by the shell /bin/sh and therefore can contain redirections, quotes, variables, etc. The result WEXITED 127 indicates that the shell couldn't be executed.

val getpid : unit -> int: Return the pid of the process.

val getppid : unit -> int: Return the pid of the parent process.

val nice : int -> int: Change the process priority. The integer argument is added to the ``nice'' value. (Higher values of the ``nice'' value mean lower priorities.) Return the new nice value.

Basic file input/output

type file_descr = Unix.file_descr: The abstract type of file descriptors.

val stdin : file_descr: File descriptor for standard input.

val stdout : file_descr: File descriptor for standard output.

val stderr : file_descr: File descriptor for standard error.

type open_flag = Unix.open_flag = | O_RDONLY Open for reading | O_WRONLY Open for writing | O_RDWR Open for reading and writing | O_NONBLOCK Open in non-blocking mode | O_APPEND Open for append | O_CREAT Create if nonexistent | O_TRUNC Truncate to 0 length if existing | O_EXCL Fail if existing | O_NOCTTY Don't make this dev a controlling tty | O_DSYNC Writes complete as `Synchronised I/O data integrity completion' | O_SYNC Writes complete as `Synchronised I/O file integrity completion' | O_RSYNC Reads complete as writes (depending on O_SYNC/O_DSYNC) | O_SHARE_DELETE Windows only: allow the file to be deleted while still open | O_CLOEXEC Set the close-on-exec flag on the descriptor returned by openfile | O_KEEPEXEC Clear the close-on-exec flag. This is currently the default.: The flags to UnixLabels.openfile.

type file_perm = int: The type of file access rights, e.g. 0o640 is read and write for user, read for group, none for others

val openfile : string -> mode:open_flag list -> perm:file_perm -> file_descr: Open the named file with the given flags. Third argument is the permissions to give to the file if it is created. Return a file descriptor on the named file.

val close : file_descr -> unit: Close a file descriptor.

val read : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> int: read fd buff ofs len reads len bytes from descriptor fd, storing them in byte sequence buff, starting at position ofs in buff. Return the number of bytes actually read.

val write : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> int: write fd buff ofs len writes len bytes to descriptor fd, taking them from byte sequence buff, starting at position ofs in buff. Return the number of bytes actually written. write repeats the writing operation until all bytes have been written or an error occurs.

val single_write : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> int: Same as write, but attempts to write only once. Thus, if an error occurs, single_write guarantees that no data has been written.

val write_substring : file_descr -> buf:string -> pos:int -> len:int -> int

Same as write, but take the data from a string instead of a byte sequence.

since: 4.02.0

val single_write_substring : file_descr -> buf:string -> pos:int -> len:int -> int

Same as single_write, but take the data from a string instead of a byte sequence.

since: 4.02.0

Interfacing with the standard input/output library

val in_channel_of_descr : file_descr -> Stdlib.in_channel: Create an input channel reading from the given descriptor. The channel is initially in binary mode; use set_binary_mode_in ic false if text mode is desired.

val out_channel_of_descr : file_descr -> Stdlib.out_channel: Create an output channel writing on the given descriptor. The channel is initially in binary mode; use set_binary_mode_out oc false if text mode is desired.

val descr_of_in_channel : Stdlib.in_channel -> file_descr: Return the descriptor corresponding to an input channel.

val descr_of_out_channel : Stdlib.out_channel -> file_descr: Return the descriptor corresponding to an output channel.

Seeking and truncating

type seek_command = Unix.seek_command = | SEEK_SET indicates positions relative to the beginning of the file | SEEK_CUR indicates positions relative to the current position | SEEK_END indicates positions relative to the end of the file: Positioning modes for UnixLabels.lseek.

val lseek : file_descr -> int -> mode:seek_command -> int: Set the current position for a file descriptor, and return the resulting offset (from the beginning of the file).

val truncate : string -> len:int -> unit: Truncates the named file to the given size.

val ftruncate : file_descr -> len:int -> unit: Truncates the file corresponding to the given descriptor to the given size.

File status

type file_kind = Unix.file_kind = | S_REG Regular file | S_DIR Directory | S_CHR Character device | S_BLK Block device | S_LNK Symbolic link | S_FIFO Named pipe | S_SOCK Socket
type stats = Unix.stats = { st_dev : int; Device number st_ino : int; Inode number st_kind : file_kind; Kind of the file st_perm : file_perm; Access rights st_nlink : int; Number of links st_uid : int; User id of the owner st_gid : int; Group ID of the file's group st_rdev : int; Device ID (if special file) st_size : int; Size in bytes st_atime : float; Last access time st_mtime : float; Last modification time st_ctime : float; Last status change time }: The information returned by the UnixLabels.stat calls.

val stat : string -> stats: Return the information for the named file.

val lstat : string -> stats: Same as UnixLabels.stat, but in case the file is a symbolic link, return the information for the link itself.

val fstat : file_descr -> stats: Return the information for the file associated with the given descriptor.

val isatty : file_descr -> bool: Return true if the given file descriptor refers to a terminal or console window, false otherwise.

File operations on large files

module LargeFile : sig ... end: File operations on large files. This sub-module provides 64-bit variants of the functions UnixLabels.lseek (for positioning a file descriptor), UnixLabels.truncate and UnixLabels.ftruncate (for changing the size of a file), and UnixLabels.stat, UnixLabels.lstat and UnixLabels.fstat (for obtaining information on files). These alternate functions represent positions and sizes by 64-bit integers (type int64) instead of regular integers (type int), thus allowing operating on files whose sizes are greater than max_int.

Mapping files into memory

val map_file : file_descr -> ?⁠pos:int64 -> kind:('a, 'b) Bigarray.kind -> layout:'c Bigarray.layout -> shared:bool -> dims:int array -> ('a, 'b, 'c) Bigarray.Genarray.t

Memory mapping of a file as a Bigarray. map_file fd kind layout shared dims returns a Bigarray of kind kind, layout layout, and dimensions as specified in dims. The data contained in this Bigarray are the contents of the file referred to by the file descriptor fd (as opened previously with Unix.openfile, for example). The optional pos parameter is the byte offset in the file of the data being mapped; it defaults to 0 (map from the beginning of the file).

If shared is true, all modifications performed on the array are reflected in the file. This requires that fd be opened with write permissions. If shared is false, modifications performed on the array are done in memory only, using copy-on-write of the modified pages; the underlying file is not affected.

Genarray.map_file is much more efficient than reading the whole file in a Bigarray, modifying that Bigarray, and writing it afterwards.

To adjust automatically the dimensions of the Bigarray to the actual size of the file, the major dimension (that is, the first dimension for an array with C layout, and the last dimension for an array with Fortran layout) can be given as -1. Genarray.map_file then determines the major dimension from the size of the file. The file must contain an integral number of sub-arrays as determined by the non-major dimensions, otherwise Failure is raised.

If all dimensions of the Bigarray are given, the file size is matched against the size of the Bigarray. If the file is larger than the Bigarray, only the initial portion of the file is mapped to the Bigarray. If the file is smaller than the big array, the file is automatically grown to the size of the Bigarray. This requires write permissions on fd.

Array accesses are bounds-checked, but the bounds are determined by the initial call to map_file. Therefore, you should make sure no other process modifies the mapped file while you're accessing it, or a SIGBUS signal may be raised. This happens, for instance, if the file is shrunk.

Invalid_argument or Failure may be raised in cases where argument validation fails.

since: 4.06.0

Operations on file names

val unlink : string -> unit: Removes the named file

val rename : src:string -> dst:string -> unit: rename old new changes the name of a file from old to new.

val link : ?⁠follow:bool -> src:string -> dst:string -> unit

link ?follow source dest creates a hard link named dest to the file named source.

parameter follow: indicates whether a source symlink is followed or a hardlink to source itself will be created. On Unix systems this is done using the linkat(2) function. If ?follow is not provided, then the link(2) function is used whose behaviour is OS-dependent, but more widely available.

raises ENOSYS: On Unix if ~follow:_ is requested, but linkat is unavailable.

raises ENOSYS: On Windows if ~follow:false is requested.

File permissions and ownership

type access_permission = Unix.access_permission = | R_OK Read permission | W_OK Write permission | X_OK Execution permission | F_OK File exists: Flags for the UnixLabels.access call.

val chmod : string -> perm:file_perm -> unit: Change the permissions of the named file.

val fchmod : file_descr -> perm:file_perm -> unit: Change the permissions of an opened file.

val chown : string -> uid:int -> gid:int -> unit: Change the owner uid and owner gid of the named file.

val fchown : file_descr -> uid:int -> gid:int -> unit: Change the owner uid and owner gid of an opened file.

val umask : int -> int: Set the process's file mode creation mask, and return the previous mask.

val access : string -> perm:access_permission list -> unit: Check that the process has the given permissions over the named file. Raise Unix_error otherwise.

Operations on file descriptors

val dup : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> file_descr -> file_descr: Return a new file descriptor referencing the same file as the given descriptor.

val dup2 : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> src:file_descr -> dst:file_descr -> unit: dup2 fd1 fd2 duplicates fd1 to fd2, closing fd2 if already opened.

val set_nonblock : file_descr -> unit: Set the ``non-blocking'' flag on the given descriptor. When the non-blocking flag is set, reading on a descriptor on which there is temporarily no data available raises the EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK error instead of blocking; writing on a descriptor on which there is temporarily no room for writing also raises EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK.

val clear_nonblock : file_descr -> unit: Clear the ``non-blocking'' flag on the given descriptor. See UnixLabels.set_nonblock.

val set_close_on_exec : file_descr -> unit: Set the ``close-on-exec'' flag on the given descriptor. A descriptor with the close-on-exec flag is automatically closed when the current process starts another program with one of the exec functions.

val clear_close_on_exec : file_descr -> unit: Clear the ``close-on-exec'' flag on the given descriptor. See UnixLabels.set_close_on_exec.

Directories

val mkdir : string -> perm:file_perm -> unit: Create a directory with the given permissions.

val rmdir : string -> unit: Remove an empty directory.

val chdir : string -> unit: Change the process working directory.

val getcwd : unit -> string: Return the name of the current working directory.

val chroot : string -> unit: Change the process root directory.

type dir_handle = Unix.dir_handle: The type of descriptors over opened directories.

val opendir : string -> dir_handle: Open a descriptor on a directory

val readdir : dir_handle -> string

Return the next entry in a directory.

raises End_of_file: when the end of the directory has been reached.

val rewinddir : dir_handle -> unit: Reposition the descriptor to the beginning of the directory

val closedir : dir_handle -> unit: Close a directory descriptor.

Pipes and redirections

val pipe : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> unit -> file_descr * file_descr: Create a pipe. The first component of the result is opened for reading, that's the exit to the pipe. The second component is opened for writing, that's the entrance to the pipe.

val mkfifo : string -> perm:file_perm -> unit: Create a named pipe with the given permissions.

High-level process and redirection management

val create_process : prog:string -> args:string array -> stdin:file_descr -> stdout:file_descr -> stderr:file_descr -> int: create_process prog args new_stdin new_stdout new_stderr forks a new process that executes the program in file prog, with arguments args. The pid of the new process is returned immediately; the new process executes concurrently with the current process. The standard input and outputs of the new process are connected to the descriptors new_stdin, new_stdout and new_stderr. Passing e.g. stdout for new_stdout prevents the redirection and causes the new process to have the same standard output as the current process. The executable file prog is searched in the path. The new process has the same environment as the current process.

val create_process_env : prog:string -> args:string array -> env:string array -> stdin:file_descr -> stdout:file_descr -> stderr:file_descr -> int: create_process_env prog args env new_stdin new_stdout new_stderr works as UnixLabels.create_process, except that the extra argument env specifies the environment passed to the program.

val open_process_in : string -> Stdlib.in_channel: High-level pipe and process management. This function runs the given command in parallel with the program. The standard output of the command is redirected to a pipe, which can be read via the returned input channel. The command is interpreted by the shell /bin/sh (cf. system).

val open_process_out : string -> Stdlib.out_channel: Same as UnixLabels.open_process_in, but redirect the standard input of the command to a pipe. Data written to the returned output channel is sent to the standard input of the command. Warning: writes on output channels are buffered, hence be careful to call Stdlib.flush at the right times to ensure correct synchronization.

val open_process : string -> Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel: Same as UnixLabels.open_process_out, but redirects both the standard input and standard output of the command to pipes connected to the two returned channels. The input channel is connected to the output of the command, and the output channel to the input of the command.

val open_process_full : string -> env:string array -> Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel * Stdlib.in_channel: Similar to UnixLabels.open_process, but the second argument specifies the environment passed to the command. The result is a triple of channels connected respectively to the standard output, standard input, and standard error of the command.

val open_process_args_in : string -> string array -> Stdlib.in_channel

High-level pipe and process management. The first argument specifies the command to run, and the second argument specifies the argument array passed to the command. This function runs the command in parallel with the program. The standard output of the command is redirected to a pipe, which can be read via the returned input channel.

since: 4.08.0

val open_process_args_out : string -> string array -> Stdlib.out_channel

Same as Unix.open_process_args_in, but redirect the standard input of the command to a pipe. Data written to the returned output channel is sent to the standard input of the command. Warning: writes on output channels are buffered, hence be careful to call Stdlib.flush at the right times to ensure correct synchronization.

since: 4.08.0

val open_process_args : string -> string array -> Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel

Same as Unix.open_process_args_out, but redirects both the standard input and standard output of the command to pipes connected to the two returned channels. The input channel is connected to the output of the command, and the output channel to the input of the command.

since: 4.08.0

val open_process_args_full : string -> string array -> string array -> Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel * Stdlib.in_channel

Similar to Unix.open_process_args, but the third argument specifies the environment passed to the command. The result is a triple of channels connected respectively to the standard output, standard input, and standard error of the command.

since: 4.08.0

val close_process_in : Stdlib.in_channel -> process_status: Close channels opened by UnixLabels.open_process_in, wait for the associated command to terminate, and return its termination status.

val close_process_out : Stdlib.out_channel -> process_status: Close channels opened by UnixLabels.open_process_out, wait for the associated command to terminate, and return its termination status.

val close_process : (Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel) -> process_status: Close channels opened by UnixLabels.open_process, wait for the associated command to terminate, and return its termination status.

val close_process_full : (Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel * Stdlib.in_channel) -> process_status: Close channels opened by UnixLabels.open_process_full, wait for the associated command to terminate, and return its termination status.

Symbolic links

val symlink : ?⁠to_dir:bool -> src:string -> dst:string -> unit: symlink source dest creates the file dest as a symbolic link to the file source. See Unix.symlink for details of ~to_dir

val has_symlink : unit -> bool

Returns true if the user is able to create symbolic links. On Windows, this indicates that the user not only has the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege but is also running elevated, if necessary. On other platforms, this is simply indicates that the symlink system call is available.

since: 4.03.0

val readlink : string -> string: Read the contents of a link.

Polling

val select : read:file_descr list -> write:file_descr list -> except:file_descr list -> timeout:float -> file_descr list * file_descr list * file_descr list: Wait until some input/output operations become possible on some channels. The three list arguments are, respectively, a set of descriptors to check for reading (first argument), for writing (second argument), or for exceptional conditions (third argument). The fourth argument is the maximal timeout, in seconds; a negative fourth argument means no timeout (unbounded wait). The result is composed of three sets of descriptors: those ready for reading (first component), ready for writing (second component), and over which an exceptional condition is pending (third component).

Locking

type lock_command = Unix.lock_command = | F_ULOCK Unlock a region | F_LOCK Lock a region for writing, and block if already locked | F_TLOCK Lock a region for writing, or fail if already locked | F_TEST Test a region for other process locks | F_RLOCK Lock a region for reading, and block if already locked | F_TRLOCK Lock a region for reading, or fail if already locked: Commands for UnixLabels.lockf.

val lockf : file_descr -> mode:lock_command -> len:int -> unit

lockf fd cmd size puts a lock on a region of the file opened as fd. The region starts at the current read/write position for fd (as set by UnixLabels.lseek), and extends size bytes forward if size is positive, size bytes backwards if size is negative, or to the end of the file if size is zero. A write lock prevents any other process from acquiring a read or write lock on the region. A read lock prevents any other process from acquiring a write lock on the region, but lets other processes acquire read locks on it.

The F_LOCK and F_TLOCK commands attempts to put a write lock on the specified region. The F_RLOCK and F_TRLOCK commands attempts to put a read lock on the specified region. If one or several locks put by another process prevent the current process from acquiring the lock, F_LOCK and F_RLOCK block until these locks are removed, while F_TLOCK and F_TRLOCK fail immediately with an exception. The F_ULOCK removes whatever locks the current process has on the specified region. Finally, the F_TEST command tests whether a write lock can be acquired on the specified region, without actually putting a lock. It returns immediately if successful, or fails otherwise.

Signals

Note: installation of signal handlers is performed via the functions Sys.signal and Sys.set_signal.

val kill : pid:int -> signal:int -> unit: kill pid sig sends signal number sig to the process with id pid.

type sigprocmask_command = Unix.sigprocmask_command = | SIG_SETMASK | SIG_BLOCK | SIG_UNBLOCK

val sigprocmask : mode:sigprocmask_command -> int list -> int list: sigprocmask cmd sigs changes the set of blocked signals. If cmd is SIG_SETMASK, blocked signals are set to those in the list sigs. If cmd is SIG_BLOCK, the signals in sigs are added to the set of blocked signals. If cmd is SIG_UNBLOCK, the signals in sigs are removed from the set of blocked signals. sigprocmask returns the set of previously blocked signals.

val sigpending : unit -> int list: Return the set of blocked signals that are currently pending.

val sigsuspend : int list -> unit: sigsuspend sigs atomically sets the blocked signals to sigs and waits for a non-ignored, non-blocked signal to be delivered. On return, the blocked signals are reset to their initial value.

val pause : unit -> unit: Wait until a non-ignored, non-blocked signal is delivered.

Time functions

type process_times = Unix.process_times = { tms_utime : float; User time for the process tms_stime : float; System time for the process tms_cutime : float; User time for the children processes tms_cstime : float; System time for the children processes }: The execution times (CPU times) of a process.

type tm = Unix.tm = { tm_sec : int; Seconds 0..60 tm_min : int; Minutes 0..59 tm_hour : int; Hours 0..23 tm_mday : int; Day of month 1..31 tm_mon : int; Month of year 0..11 tm_year : int; Year - 1900 tm_wday : int; Day of week (Sunday is 0) tm_yday : int; Day of year 0..365 tm_isdst : bool; Daylight time savings in effect }: The type representing wallclock time and calendar date.

val time : unit -> float: Return the current time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, in seconds.

val gettimeofday : unit -> float: Same as UnixLabels.time, but with resolution better than 1 second.

val gmtime : float -> tm: Convert a time in seconds, as returned by UnixLabels.time, into a date and a time. Assumes UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), also known as GMT.

val localtime : float -> tm: Convert a time in seconds, as returned by UnixLabels.time, into a date and a time. Assumes the local time zone.

val mktime : tm -> float * tm: Convert a date and time, specified by the tm argument, into a time in seconds, as returned by UnixLabels.time. The tm_isdst, tm_wday and tm_yday fields of tm are ignored. Also return a normalized copy of the given tm record, with the tm_wday, tm_yday, and tm_isdst fields recomputed from the other fields, and the other fields normalized (so that, e.g., 40 October is changed into 9 November). The tm argument is interpreted in the local time zone.

val alarm : int -> int: Schedule a SIGALRM signal after the given number of seconds.

val sleep : int -> unit: Stop execution for the given number of seconds.

val times : unit -> process_times: Return the execution times of the process.

val utimes : string -> access:float -> modif:float -> unit: Set the last access time (second arg) and last modification time (third arg) for a file. Times are expressed in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970. A time of 0.0 is interpreted as the current time.

type interval_timer = Unix.interval_timer = | ITIMER_REAL decrements in real time, and sends the signal SIGALRM when expired. | ITIMER_VIRTUAL decrements in process virtual time, and sends SIGVTALRM when expired. | ITIMER_PROF (for profiling) decrements both when the process is running and when the system is running on behalf of the process; it sends SIGPROF when expired.: The three kinds of interval timers.

type interval_timer_status = Unix.interval_timer_status = { it_interval : float; Period it_value : float; Current value of the timer }: The type describing the status of an interval timer

val getitimer : interval_timer -> interval_timer_status: Return the current status of the given interval timer.

val setitimer : interval_timer -> interval_timer_status -> interval_timer_status: setitimer t s sets the interval timer t and returns its previous status. The s argument is interpreted as follows: s.it_value, if nonzero, is the time to the next timer expiration; s.it_interval, if nonzero, specifies a value to be used in reloading it_value when the timer expires. Setting s.it_value to zero disable the timer. Setting s.it_interval to zero causes the timer to be disabled after its next expiration.

User id, group id

val getuid : unit -> int: Return the user id of the user executing the process.

val geteuid : unit -> int: Return the effective user id under which the process runs.

val setuid : int -> unit: Set the real user id and effective user id for the process.

val getgid : unit -> int: Return the group id of the user executing the process.

val getegid : unit -> int: Return the effective group id under which the process runs.

val setgid : int -> unit: Set the real group id and effective group id for the process.

val getgroups : unit -> int array: Return the list of groups to which the user executing the process belongs.

val setgroups : int array -> unit: setgroups groups sets the supplementary group IDs for the calling process. Appropriate privileges are required.

val initgroups : string -> int -> unit: initgroups user group initializes the group access list by reading the group database /etc/group and using all groups of which user is a member. The additional group group is also added to the list.

type passwd_entry = Unix.passwd_entry = { pw_name : string; pw_passwd : string; pw_uid : int; pw_gid : int; pw_gecos : string; pw_dir : string; pw_shell : string; }: Structure of entries in the passwd database.

type group_entry = Unix.group_entry = { gr_name : string; gr_passwd : string; gr_gid : int; gr_mem : string array; }: Structure of entries in the groups database.

val getlogin : unit -> string: Return the login name of the user executing the process.

val getpwnam : string -> passwd_entry: Find an entry in passwd with the given name, or raise Not_found if the matching entry is not found.

val getgrnam : string -> group_entry: Find an entry in group with the given name, or raise Not_found if the matching entry is not found.

val getpwuid : int -> passwd_entry: Find an entry in passwd with the given user id, or raise Not_found if the matching entry is not found.

val getgrgid : int -> group_entry: Find an entry in group with the given group id, or raise Not_found if the matching entry is not found.

Internet addresses

type inet_addr = Unix.inet_addr: The abstract type of Internet addresses.

val inet_addr_of_string : string -> inet_addr: Conversion from the printable representation of an Internet address to its internal representation. The argument string consists of 4 numbers separated by periods (XXX.YYY.ZZZ.TTT) for IPv4 addresses, and up to 8 numbers separated by colons for IPv6 addresses. Raise Failure when given a string that does not match these formats.

val string_of_inet_addr : inet_addr -> string: Return the printable representation of the given Internet address. See Unix.inet_addr_of_string for a description of the printable representation.

val inet_addr_any : inet_addr: A special IPv4 address, for use only with bind, representing all the Internet addresses that the host machine possesses.

val inet_addr_loopback : inet_addr: A special IPv4 address representing the host machine (127.0.0.1).

val inet6_addr_any : inet_addr: A special IPv6 address, for use only with bind, representing all the Internet addresses that the host machine possesses.

val inet6_addr_loopback : inet_addr: A special IPv6 address representing the host machine (::1).

Sockets

type socket_domain = Unix.socket_domain = | PF_UNIX Unix domain | PF_INET Internet domain (IPv4) | PF_INET6 Internet domain (IPv6): The type of socket domains. Not all platforms support IPv6 sockets (type PF_INET6).

type socket_type = Unix.socket_type = | SOCK_STREAM Stream socket | SOCK_DGRAM Datagram socket | SOCK_RAW Raw socket | SOCK_SEQPACKET Sequenced packets socket: The type of socket kinds, specifying the semantics of communications.

type sockaddr = Unix.sockaddr = | ADDR_UNIX of string | ADDR_INET of inet_addr * int The type of socket addresses. ADDR_UNIX name is a socket address in the Unix domain; name is a file name in the file system. ADDR_INET(addr,port) is a socket address in the Internet domain; addr is the Internet address of the machine, and port is the port number.

val socket : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> domain:socket_domain -> kind:socket_type -> protocol:int -> file_descr: Create a new socket in the given domain, and with the given kind. The third argument is the protocol type; 0 selects the default protocol for that kind of sockets.

val domain_of_sockaddr : sockaddr -> socket_domain: Return the socket domain adequate for the given socket address.

val socketpair : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> domain:socket_domain -> kind:socket_type -> protocol:int -> file_descr * file_descr: Create a pair of unnamed sockets, connected together.

val accept : ?⁠cloexec:bool -> file_descr -> file_descr * sockaddr: Accept connections on the given socket. The returned descriptor is a socket connected to the client; the returned address is the address of the connecting client.

val bind : file_descr -> addr:sockaddr -> unit: Bind a socket to an address.

val connect : file_descr -> addr:sockaddr -> unit: Connect a socket to an address.

val listen : file_descr -> max:int -> unit: Set up a socket for receiving connection requests. The integer argument is the maximal number of pending requests.

type shutdown_command = Unix.shutdown_command = | SHUTDOWN_RECEIVE Close for receiving | SHUTDOWN_SEND Close for sending | SHUTDOWN_ALL Close both: The type of commands for shutdown.

val shutdown : file_descr -> mode:shutdown_command -> unit: Shutdown a socket connection. SHUTDOWN_SEND as second argument causes reads on the other end of the connection to return an end-of-file condition. SHUTDOWN_RECEIVE causes writes on the other end of the connection to return a closed pipe condition (SIGPIPE signal).

val getsockname : file_descr -> sockaddr: Return the address of the given socket.

val getpeername : file_descr -> sockaddr: Return the address of the host connected to the given socket.

type msg_flag = Unix.msg_flag = | MSG_OOB | MSG_DONTROUTE | MSG_PEEK The flags for UnixLabels.recv, UnixLabels.recvfrom, UnixLabels.send and UnixLabels.sendto.

val recv : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> int: Receive data from a connected socket.

val recvfrom : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> int * sockaddr: Receive data from an unconnected socket.

val send : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> int: Send data over a connected socket.

val send_substring : file_descr -> buf:string -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> int

Same as send, but take the data from a string instead of a byte sequence.

since: 4.02.0

val sendto : file_descr -> buf:bytes -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> addr:sockaddr -> int: Send data over an unconnected socket.

val sendto_substring : file_descr -> buf:string -> pos:int -> len:int -> mode:msg_flag list -> sockaddr -> int

Same as sendto, but take the data from a string instead of a byte sequence.

since: 4.02.0

Socket options

type socket_bool_option = | SO_DEBUG Record debugging information | SO_BROADCAST Permit sending of broadcast messages | SO_REUSEADDR Allow reuse of local addresses for bind | SO_KEEPALIVE Keep connection active | SO_DONTROUTE Bypass the standard routing algorithms | SO_OOBINLINE Leave out-of-band data in line | SO_ACCEPTCONN Report whether socket listening is enabled | TCP_NODELAY Control the Nagle algorithm for TCP sockets | IPV6_ONLY Forbid binding an IPv6 socket to an IPv4 address: The socket options that can be consulted with UnixLabels.getsockopt and modified with UnixLabels.setsockopt. These options have a boolean (true/false) value.

type socket_int_option = | SO_SNDBUF Size of send buffer | SO_RCVBUF Size of received buffer | SO_ERROR Deprecated. Use Unix.getsockopt_error instead. | SO_TYPE Report the socket type | SO_RCVLOWAT Minimum number of bytes to process for input operations | SO_SNDLOWAT Minimum number of bytes to process for output operations: The socket options that can be consulted with UnixLabels.getsockopt_int and modified with UnixLabels.setsockopt_int. These options have an integer value.

type socket_optint_option = | SO_LINGER Whether to linger on closed connections that have data present, and for how long (in seconds): The socket options that can be consulted with Unix.getsockopt_optint and modified with Unix.setsockopt_optint. These options have a value of type int option, with None meaning ``disabled''.

type socket_float_option = | SO_RCVTIMEO Timeout for input operations | SO_SNDTIMEO Timeout for output operations: The socket options that can be consulted with UnixLabels.getsockopt_float and modified with UnixLabels.setsockopt_float. These options have a floating-point value representing a time in seconds. The value 0 means infinite timeout.

val getsockopt : file_descr -> socket_bool_option -> bool: Return the current status of a boolean-valued option in the given socket.

val setsockopt : file_descr -> socket_bool_option -> bool -> unit: Set or clear a boolean-valued option in the given socket.

val getsockopt_int : file_descr -> socket_int_option -> int: Same as Unix.getsockopt for an integer-valued socket option.

val setsockopt_int : file_descr -> socket_int_option -> int -> unit: Same as Unix.setsockopt for an integer-valued socket option.

val getsockopt_optint : file_descr -> socket_optint_option -> int option: Same as Unix.getsockopt for a socket option whose value is an int option.

val setsockopt_optint : file_descr -> socket_optint_option -> int option -> unit: Same as Unix.setsockopt for a socket option whose value is an int option.

val getsockopt_float : file_descr -> socket_float_option -> float: Same as Unix.getsockopt for a socket option whose value is a floating-point number.

val setsockopt_float : file_descr -> socket_float_option -> float -> unit: Same as Unix.setsockopt for a socket option whose value is a floating-point number.

val getsockopt_error : file_descr -> error option: Return the error condition associated with the given socket, and clear it.

High-level network connection functions

val open_connection : sockaddr -> Stdlib.in_channel * Stdlib.out_channel: Connect to a server at the given address. Return a pair of buffered channels connected to the server. Remember to call Stdlib.flush on the output channel at the right times to ensure correct synchronization.

val shutdown_connection : Stdlib.in_channel -> unit: ``Shut down'' a connection established with UnixLabels.open_connection; that is, transmit an end-of-file condition to the server reading on the other side of the connection.

val establish_server : (Stdlib.in_channel -> Stdlib.out_channel -> unit) -> addr:sockaddr -> unit: Establish a server on the given address. The function given as first argument is called for each connection with two buffered channels connected to the client. A new process is created for each connection. The function UnixLabels.establish_server never returns normally.

Host and protocol databases

type host_entry = Unix.host_entry = { h_name : string; h_aliases : string array; h_addrtype : socket_domain; h_addr_list : inet_addr array; }: Structure of entries in the hosts database.

type protocol_entry = Unix.protocol_entry = { p_name : string; p_aliases : string array; p_proto : int; }: Structure of entries in the protocols database.

type service_entry = Unix.service_entry = { s_name : string; s_aliases : string array; s_port : int; s_proto : string; }: Structure of entries in the services database.

val gethostname : unit -> string: Return the name of the local host.

val gethostbyname : string -> host_entry: Find an entry in hosts with the given name, or raise Not_found.

val gethostbyaddr : inet_addr -> host_entry: Find an entry in hosts with the given address, or raise Not_found.

val getprotobyname : string -> protocol_entry: Find an entry in protocols with the given name, or raise Not_found.

val getprotobynumber : int -> protocol_entry: Find an entry in protocols with the given protocol number, or raise Not_found.

val getservbyname : string -> protocol:string -> service_entry: Find an entry in services with the given name, or raise Not_found.

val getservbyport : int -> protocol:string -> service_entry: Find an entry in services with the given service number, or raise Not_found.

type addr_info = { ai_family : socket_domain; Socket domain ai_socktype : socket_type; Socket type ai_protocol : int; Socket protocol number ai_addr : sockaddr; Address ai_canonname : string; Canonical host name }: Address information returned by Unix.getaddrinfo.

type getaddrinfo_option = | AI_FAMILY of socket_domain Impose the given socket domain | AI_SOCKTYPE of socket_type Impose the given socket type | AI_PROTOCOL of int Impose the given protocol | AI_NUMERICHOST Do not call name resolver, expect numeric IP address | AI_CANONNAME Fill the ai_canonname field of the result | AI_PASSIVE Set address to ``any'' address for use with Unix.bind: Options to Unix.getaddrinfo.

val getaddrinfo : string -> string -> getaddrinfo_option list -> addr_info list

getaddrinfo host service opts returns a list of Unix.addr_info records describing socket parameters and addresses suitable for communicating with the given host and service. The empty list is returned if the host or service names are unknown, or the constraints expressed in opts cannot be satisfied.

host is either a host name or the string representation of an IP address. host can be given as the empty string; in this case, the ``any'' address or the ``loopback'' address are used, depending whether opts contains AI_PASSIVE. service is either a service name or the string representation of a port number. service can be given as the empty string; in this case, the port field of the returned addresses is set to 0. opts is a possibly empty list of options that allows the caller to force a particular socket domain (e.g. IPv6 only or IPv4 only) or a particular socket type (e.g. TCP only or UDP only).

type name_info = { ni_hostname : string; Name or IP address of host ni_service : string; Name of service or port number }: Host and service information returned by Unix.getnameinfo.

type getnameinfo_option = | NI_NOFQDN Do not qualify local host names | NI_NUMERICHOST Always return host as IP address | NI_NAMEREQD Fail if host name cannot be determined | NI_NUMERICSERV Always return service as port number | NI_DGRAM Consider the service as UDP-based instead of the default TCP: Options to Unix.getnameinfo.

val getnameinfo : sockaddr -> getnameinfo_option list -> name_info: getnameinfo addr opts returns the host name and service name corresponding to the socket address addr. opts is a possibly empty list of options that governs how these names are obtained. Raise Not_found if an error occurs.

Terminal interface

type terminal_io = Unix.terminal_io = { mutable c_ignbrk : bool; Ignore the break condition. mutable c_brkint : bool; Signal interrupt on break condition. mutable c_ignpar : bool; Ignore characters with parity errors. mutable c_parmrk : bool; Mark parity errors. mutable c_inpck : bool; Enable parity check on input. mutable c_istrip : bool; Strip 8th bit on input characters. mutable c_inlcr : bool; Map NL to CR on input. mutable c_igncr : bool; Ignore CR on input. mutable c_icrnl : bool; Map CR to NL on input. mutable c_ixon : bool; Recognize XON/XOFF characters on input. mutable c_ixoff : bool; Emit XON/XOFF chars to control input flow. mutable c_opost : bool; Enable output processing. mutable c_obaud : int; Output baud rate (0 means close connection). mutable c_ibaud : int; Input baud rate. mutable c_csize : int; Number of bits per character (5-8). mutable c_cstopb : int; Number of stop bits (1-2). mutable c_cread : bool; Reception is enabled. mutable c_parenb : bool; Enable parity generation and detection. mutable c_parodd : bool; Specify odd parity instead of even. mutable c_hupcl : bool; Hang up on last close. mutable c_clocal : bool; Ignore modem status lines. mutable c_isig : bool; Generate signal on INTR, QUIT, SUSP. mutable c_icanon : bool; Enable canonical processing (line buffering and editing) mutable c_noflsh : bool; Disable flush after INTR, QUIT, SUSP. mutable c_echo : bool; Echo input characters. mutable c_echoe : bool; Echo ERASE (to erase previous character). mutable c_echok : bool; Echo KILL (to erase the current line). mutable c_echonl : bool; Echo NL even if c_echo is not set. mutable c_vintr : char; Interrupt character (usually ctrl-C). mutable c_vquit : char; Quit character (usually ctrl-\). mutable c_verase : char; Erase character (usually DEL or ctrl-H). mutable c_vkill : char; Kill line character (usually ctrl-U). mutable c_veof : char; End-of-file character (usually ctrl-D). mutable c_veol : char; Alternate end-of-line char. (usually none). mutable c_vmin : int; Minimum number of characters to read before the read request is satisfied. mutable c_vtime : int; Maximum read wait (in 0.1s units). mutable c_vstart : char; Start character (usually ctrl-Q). mutable c_vstop : char; Stop character (usually ctrl-S). }

val tcgetattr : file_descr -> terminal_io: Return the status of the terminal referred to by the given file descriptor.

type setattr_when = Unix.setattr_when = | TCSANOW | TCSADRAIN | TCSAFLUSH

val tcsetattr : file_descr -> mode:setattr_when -> terminal_io -> unit: Set the status of the terminal referred to by the given file descriptor. The second argument indicates when the status change takes place: immediately (TCSANOW), when all pending output has been transmitted (TCSADRAIN), or after flushing all input that has been received but not read (TCSAFLUSH). TCSADRAIN is recommended when changing the output parameters; TCSAFLUSH, when changing the input parameters.

val tcsendbreak : file_descr -> duration:int -> unit: Send a break condition on the given file descriptor. The second argument is the duration of the break, in 0.1s units; 0 means standard duration (0.25s).

val tcdrain : file_descr -> unit: Waits until all output written on the given file descriptor has been transmitted.

type flush_queue = Unix.flush_queue = | TCIFLUSH | TCOFLUSH | TCIOFLUSH

val tcflush : file_descr -> mode:flush_queue -> unit: Discard data written on the given file descriptor but not yet transmitted, or data received but not yet read, depending on the second argument: TCIFLUSH flushes data received but not read, TCOFLUSH flushes data written but not transmitted, and TCIOFLUSH flushes both.

type flow_action = Unix.flow_action = | TCOOFF | TCOON | TCIOFF | TCION

val tcflow : file_descr -> mode:flow_action -> unit: Suspend or restart reception or transmission of data on the given file descriptor, depending on the second argument: TCOOFF suspends output, TCOON restarts output, TCIOFF transmits a STOP character to suspend input, and TCION transmits a START character to restart input.

val setsid : unit -> int: Put the calling process in a new session and detach it from its controlling terminal.

`\|` `E2BIG`	Argument list too long
`\|` `EACCES`	Permission denied
`\|` `EAGAIN`	Resource temporarily unavailable; try again
`\|` `EBADF`	Bad file descriptor
`\|` `EBUSY`	Resource unavailable
`\|` `ECHILD`	No child process
`\|` `EDEADLK`	Resource deadlock would occur
`\|` `EDOM`	Domain error for math functions, etc.
`\|` `EEXIST`	File exists
`\|` `EFAULT`	Bad address
`\|` `EFBIG`	File too large
`\|` `EINTR`	Function interrupted by signal
`\|` `EINVAL`	Invalid argument
`\|` `EIO`	Hardware I/O error
`\|` `EISDIR`	Is a directory
`\|` `EMFILE`	Too many open files by the process
`\|` `EMLINK`	Too many links
`\|` `ENAMETOOLONG`	Filename too long
`\|` `ENFILE`	Too many open files in the system
`\|` `ENODEV`	No such device
`\|` `ENOENT`	No such file or directory
`\|` `ENOEXEC`	Not an executable file
`\|` `ENOLCK`	No locks available
`\|` `ENOMEM`	Not enough memory
`\|` `ENOSPC`	No space left on device
`\|` `ENOSYS`	Function not supported
`\|` `ENOTDIR`	Not a directory
`\|` `ENOTEMPTY`	Directory not empty
`\|` `ENOTTY`	Inappropriate I/O control operation
`\|` `ENXIO`	No such device or address
`\|` `EPERM`	Operation not permitted
`\|` `EPIPE`	Broken pipe
`\|` `ERANGE`	Result too large
`\|` `EROFS`	Read-only file system
`\|` `ESPIPE`	Invalid seek e.g. on a pipe
`\|` `ESRCH`	No such process
`\|` `EXDEV`	Invalid link
`\|` `EWOULDBLOCK`	Operation would block
`\|` `EINPROGRESS`	Operation now in progress
`\|` `EALREADY`	Operation already in progress
`\|` `ENOTSOCK`	Socket operation on non-socket
`\|` `EDESTADDRREQ`	Destination address required
`\|` `EMSGSIZE`	Message too long
`\|` `EPROTOTYPE`	Protocol wrong type for socket
`\|` `ENOPROTOOPT`	Protocol not available
`\|` `EPROTONOSUPPORT`	Protocol not supported
`\|` `ESOCKTNOSUPPORT`	Socket type not supported
`\|` `EOPNOTSUPP`	Operation not supported on socket
`\|` `EPFNOSUPPORT`	Protocol family not supported
`\|` `EAFNOSUPPORT`	Address family not supported by protocol family
`\|` `EADDRINUSE`	Address already in use
`\|` `EADDRNOTAVAIL`	Can't assign requested address
`\|` `ENETDOWN`	Network is down
`\|` `ENETUNREACH`	Network is unreachable
`\|` `ENETRESET`	Network dropped connection on reset
`\|` `ECONNABORTED`	Software caused connection abort
`\|` `ECONNRESET`	Connection reset by peer
`\|` `ENOBUFS`	No buffer space available
`\|` `EISCONN`	Socket is already connected
`\|` `ENOTCONN`	Socket is not connected
`\|` `ESHUTDOWN`	Can't send after socket shutdown
`\|` `ETOOMANYREFS`	Too many references: can't splice
`\|` `ETIMEDOUT`	Connection timed out
`\|` `ECONNREFUSED`	Connection refused
`\|` `EHOSTDOWN`	Host is down
`\|` `EHOSTUNREACH`	No route to host
`\|` `ELOOP`	Too many levels of symbolic links
`\|` `EOVERFLOW`	File size or position not representable
`\|` `EUNKNOWNERR of int`	Unknown error

`\|` `WEXITED of int`	The process terminated normally by `exit`; the argument is the return code.
`\|` `WSIGNALED of int`	The process was killed by a signal; the argument is the signal number.
`\|` `WSTOPPED of int`	The process was stopped by a signal; the argument is the signal number.

`\|` `WNOHANG`	do not block if no child has died yet, but immediately return with a pid equal to 0.
`\|` `WUNTRACED`	report also the children that receive stop signals.

`\|` `O_RDONLY`	Open for reading
`\|` `O_WRONLY`	Open for writing
`\|` `O_RDWR`	Open for reading and writing
`\|` `O_NONBLOCK`	Open in non-blocking mode
`\|` `O_APPEND`	Open for append
`\|` `O_CREAT`	Create if nonexistent
`\|` `O_TRUNC`	Truncate to 0 length if existing
`\|` `O_EXCL`	Fail if existing
`\|` `O_NOCTTY`	Don't make this dev a controlling tty
`\|` `O_DSYNC`	Writes complete as `Synchronised I/O data integrity completion'
`\|` `O_SYNC`	Writes complete as `Synchronised I/O file integrity completion'
`\|` `O_RSYNC`	Reads complete as writes (depending on O_SYNC/O_DSYNC)
`\|` `O_SHARE_DELETE`	Windows only: allow the file to be deleted while still open
`\|` `O_CLOEXEC`	Set the close-on-exec flag on the descriptor returned by `openfile`
`\|` `O_KEEPEXEC`	Clear the close-on-exec flag. This is currently the default.

`\|` `SEEK_SET`	indicates positions relative to the beginning of the file
`\|` `SEEK_CUR`	indicates positions relative to the current position
`\|` `SEEK_END`	indicates positions relative to the end of the file

`\|` `S_REG`	Regular file
`\|` `S_DIR`	Directory
`\|` `S_CHR`	Character device
`\|` `S_BLK`	Block device
`\|` `S_LNK`	Symbolic link
`\|` `S_FIFO`	Named pipe
`\|` `S_SOCK`	Socket

`st_dev : int;`	Device number
`st_ino : int;`	Inode number
`st_kind : file_kind;`	Kind of the file
`st_perm : file_perm;`	Access rights
`st_nlink : int;`	Number of links
`st_uid : int;`	User id of the owner
`st_gid : int;`	Group ID of the file's group
`st_rdev : int;`	Device ID (if special file)
`st_size : int;`	Size in bytes
`st_atime : float;`	Last access time
`st_mtime : float;`	Last modification time
`st_ctime : float;`	Last status change time

`\|` `R_OK`	Read permission
`\|` `W_OK`	Write permission
`\|` `X_OK`	Execution permission
`\|` `F_OK`	File exists

`\|` `F_ULOCK`	Unlock a region
`\|` `F_LOCK`	Lock a region for writing, and block if already locked
`\|` `F_TLOCK`	Lock a region for writing, or fail if already locked
`\|` `F_TEST`	Test a region for other process locks
`\|` `F_RLOCK`	Lock a region for reading, and block if already locked
`\|` `F_TRLOCK`	Lock a region for reading, or fail if already locked

`tms_utime : float;`	User time for the process
`tms_stime : float;`	System time for the process
`tms_cutime : float;`	User time for the children processes
`tms_cstime : float;`	System time for the children processes

`tm_sec : int;`	Seconds 0..60
`tm_min : int;`	Minutes 0..59
`tm_hour : int;`	Hours 0..23
`tm_mday : int;`	Day of month 1..31
`tm_mon : int;`	Month of year 0..11
`tm_year : int;`	Year - 1900
`tm_wday : int;`	Day of week (Sunday is 0)
`tm_yday : int;`	Day of year 0..365
`tm_isdst : bool;`	Daylight time savings in effect

`\|` `ITIMER_REAL`	decrements in real time, and sends the signal `SIGALRM` when expired.
`\|` `ITIMER_VIRTUAL`	decrements in process virtual time, and sends `SIGVTALRM` when expired.
`\|` `ITIMER_PROF`	(for profiling) decrements both when the process is running and when the system is running on behalf of the process; it sends `SIGPROF` when expired.

`it_interval : float;`	Period
`it_value : float;`	Current value of the timer

`\|` `SOCK_STREAM`	Stream socket
`\|` `SOCK_DGRAM`	Datagram socket
`\|` `SOCK_RAW`	Raw socket
`\|` `SOCK_SEQPACKET`	Sequenced packets socket

`\|` `PF_UNIX`	Unix domain
`\|` `PF_INET`	Internet domain (IPv4)
`\|` `PF_INET6`	Internet domain (IPv6)

`\|` `ADDR_UNIX of string`
`\|` `ADDR_INET of inet_addr * int`	The type of socket addresses. `ADDR_UNIX name` is a socket address in the Unix domain; `name` is a file name in the file system. `ADDR_INET(addr,port)` is a socket address in the Internet domain; `addr` is the Internet address of the machine, and `port` is the port number.

`\|` `SHUTDOWN_RECEIVE`	Close for receiving
`\|` `SHUTDOWN_SEND`	Close for sending
`\|` `SHUTDOWN_ALL`	Close both

`\|` `MSG_OOB`
`\|` `MSG_DONTROUTE`
`\|` `MSG_PEEK`	The flags for `UnixLabels.recv`, `UnixLabels.recvfrom`, `UnixLabels.send` and `UnixLabels.sendto`.

`\|` `SO_DEBUG`	Record debugging information
`\|` `SO_BROADCAST`	Permit sending of broadcast messages
`\|` `SO_REUSEADDR`	Allow reuse of local addresses for bind
`\|` `SO_KEEPALIVE`	Keep connection active
`\|` `SO_DONTROUTE`	Bypass the standard routing algorithms
`\|` `SO_OOBINLINE`	Leave out-of-band data in line
`\|` `SO_ACCEPTCONN`	Report whether socket listening is enabled
`\|` `TCP_NODELAY`	Control the Nagle algorithm for TCP sockets
`\|` `IPV6_ONLY`	Forbid binding an IPv6 socket to an IPv4 address

`\|` `SO_SNDBUF`	Size of send buffer
`\|` `SO_RCVBUF`	Size of received buffer
`\|` `SO_ERROR`	Deprecated. Use `Unix.getsockopt_error` instead.
`\|` `SO_TYPE`	Report the socket type
`\|` `SO_RCVLOWAT`	Minimum number of bytes to process for input operations
`\|` `SO_SNDLOWAT`	Minimum number of bytes to process for output operations

`\|` `SO_RCVTIMEO`	Timeout for input operations
`\|` `SO_SNDTIMEO`	Timeout for output operations

`ai_family : socket_domain;`	Socket domain
`ai_socktype : socket_type;`	Socket type
`ai_protocol : int;`	Socket protocol number
`ai_addr : sockaddr;`	Address
`ai_canonname : string;`	Canonical host name

`\|` `AI_FAMILY of socket_domain`	Impose the given socket domain
`\|` `AI_SOCKTYPE of socket_type`	Impose the given socket type
`\|` `AI_PROTOCOL of int`	Impose the given protocol
`\|` `AI_NUMERICHOST`	Do not call name resolver, expect numeric IP address
`\|` `AI_CANONNAME`	Fill the `ai_canonname` field of the result
`\|` `AI_PASSIVE`	Set address to ``any'' address for use with `Unix.bind`

`ni_hostname : string;`	Name or IP address of host
`ni_service : string;`	Name of service or port number

`\|` `NI_NOFQDN`	Do not qualify local host names
`\|` `NI_NUMERICHOST`	Always return host as IP address
`\|` `NI_NAMEREQD`	Fail if host name cannot be determined
`\|` `NI_NUMERICSERV`	Always return service as port number
`\|` `NI_DGRAM`	Consider the service as UDP-based instead of the default TCP

`mutable c_ignbrk : bool;`	Ignore the break condition.
`mutable c_brkint : bool;`	Signal interrupt on break condition.
`mutable c_ignpar : bool;`	Ignore characters with parity errors.
`mutable c_parmrk : bool;`	Mark parity errors.
`mutable c_inpck : bool;`	Enable parity check on input.
`mutable c_istrip : bool;`	Strip 8th bit on input characters.
`mutable c_inlcr : bool;`	Map NL to CR on input.
`mutable c_igncr : bool;`	Ignore CR on input.
`mutable c_icrnl : bool;`	Map CR to NL on input.
`mutable c_ixon : bool;`	Recognize XON/XOFF characters on input.
`mutable c_ixoff : bool;`	Emit XON/XOFF chars to control input flow.
`mutable c_opost : bool;`	Enable output processing.
`mutable c_obaud : int;`	Output baud rate (0 means close connection).
`mutable c_ibaud : int;`	Input baud rate.
`mutable c_csize : int;`	Number of bits per character (5-8).
`mutable c_cstopb : int;`	Number of stop bits (1-2).
`mutable c_cread : bool;`	Reception is enabled.
`mutable c_parenb : bool;`	Enable parity generation and detection.
`mutable c_parodd : bool;`	Specify odd parity instead of even.
`mutable c_hupcl : bool;`	Hang up on last close.
`mutable c_clocal : bool;`	Ignore modem status lines.
`mutable c_isig : bool;`	Generate signal on INTR, QUIT, SUSP.
`mutable c_icanon : bool;`	Enable canonical processing (line buffering and editing)
`mutable c_noflsh : bool;`	Disable flush after INTR, QUIT, SUSP.
`mutable c_echo : bool;`	Echo input characters.
`mutable c_echoe : bool;`	Echo ERASE (to erase previous character).
`mutable c_echok : bool;`	Echo KILL (to erase the current line).
`mutable c_echonl : bool;`	Echo NL even if c_echo is not set.
`mutable c_vintr : char;`	Interrupt character (usually ctrl-C).
`mutable c_vquit : char;`	Quit character (usually ctrl-\).
`mutable c_verase : char;`	Erase character (usually DEL or ctrl-H).
`mutable c_vkill : char;`	Kill line character (usually ctrl-U).
`mutable c_veof : char;`	End-of-file character (usually ctrl-D).
`mutable c_veol : char;`	Alternate end-of-line char. (usually none).
`mutable c_vmin : int;`	Minimum number of characters to read before the read request is satisfied.
`mutable c_vtime : int;`	Maximum read wait (in 0.1s units).
`mutable c_vstart : char;`	Start character (usually ctrl-Q).
`mutable c_vstop : char;`	Stop character (usually ctrl-S).