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13 sys/types.h — data types
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16 #include <sys/types.h>
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19 The <sys/types.h> header shall define at least the following types:
20 blkcnt_t Used for file block counts.
22 blksize_t Used for block sizes.
24 clock_t Used for system times in clock ticks or CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
26 see <time.h>.
27 clockid_t Used for clock ID type in the clock and timer func‐
29 tions.
30 dev_t Used for device IDs.
32 fsblkcnt_t Used for file system block counts.
34 fsfilcnt_t Used for file system file counts.
36 gid_t Used for group IDs.
38 id_t Used as a general identifier; can be used to contain at
40 least a pid_t, uid_t, or gid_t.
41 ino_t Used for file serial numbers.
43 key_t Used for XSI interprocess communication.
45 mode_t Used for some file attributes.
47 nlink_t Used for link counts.
49 off_t Used for file sizes.
51 pid_t Used for process IDs and process group IDs.
53 pthread_attr_t Used to identify a thread attribute object.
55 pthread_barrier_t
57 Used to identify a barrier.
58 pthread_barrierattr_t
60 Used to define a barrier attributes object.
61 pthread_cond_t Used for condition variables.
63 pthread_condattr_t
65 Used to identify a condition attribute object.
66 pthread_key_t Used for thread-specific data keys.
68 pthread_mutex_t Used for mutexes.
70 pthread_mutexattr_t
72 Used to identify a mutex attribute object.
73 pthread_once_t Used for dynamic package initialization.
75 pthread_rwlock_t
77 Used for read-write locks.
78 pthread_rwlockattr_t
80 Used for read-write lock attributes.
81 pthread_spinlock_t
83 Used to identify a spin lock.
84 pthread_t Used to identify a thread.
86 size_t Used for sizes of objects.
88 ssize_t Used for a count of bytes or an error indication.
90 suseconds_t Used for time in microseconds.
92 time_t Used for time in seconds.
94 timer_t Used for timer ID returned by timer_create().
96 trace_attr_t Used to identify a trace stream attributes object
98 trace_event_id_t
100 Used to identify a trace event type.
101 trace_event_set_t
103 Used to identify a trace event type set.
104 trace_id_t Used to identify a trace stream.
106 uid_t Used for user IDs.
108 All of the types shall be defined as arithmetic types of an appropriate
110 length, with the following exceptions:
111 pthread_attr_t
113 pthread_barrier_t
114 pthread_barrierattr_t
115 pthread_cond_t
116 pthread_condattr_t
117 pthread_key_t
118 pthread_mutex_t
119 pthread_mutexattr_t
120 pthread_once_t
121 pthread_rwlock_t
122 pthread_rwlockattr_t
123 pthread_spinlock_t
124 pthread_t
125 trace_attr_t
126 trace_event_id_t
127 trace_event_set_t
128 trace_id_t
129 Additionally:
131 * mode_t shall be an integer type.
133 * dev_t shall be an integer type.
135 * nlink_t, uid_t, gid_t, and id_t shall be integer types.
137 * blkcnt_t and off_t shall be signed integer types.
139 * fsblkcnt_t, fsfilcnt_t, and ino_t shall be defined as unsigned
141 integer types.
142 * size_t shall be an unsigned integer type.
144 * blksize_t, pid_t, and ssize_t shall be signed integer types.
146 * clock_t shall be an integer or real-floating type. time_t shall be
148 an integer type.
149 The type ssize_t shall be capable of storing values at least in the
151 range [−1, {SSIZE_MAX}].
152 The type suseconds_t shall be a signed integer type capable of storing
154 values at least in the range [−1, 1000000].
155 The implementation shall support one or more programming environments
157 in which the widths of blksize_t, pid_t, size_t, ssize_t, and susec‐
158 onds_t are no greater than the width of type long. The names of these
159 programming environments can be obtained using the confstr() function
160 or the getconf utility.
161 There are no defined comparison or assignment operators for the follow‐
163 ing types:
164 pthread_attr_t
166 pthread_barrier_t
167 pthread_barrierattr_t
168 pthread_cond_t
169 pthread_condattr_t
170 pthread_mutex_t
171 pthread_mutexattr_t
172 pthread_rwlock_t
173 pthread_rwlockattr_t
174 pthread_spinlock_t
175 trace_attr_t
176 The following sections are informative.
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186 None.
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189 <time.h>
190 The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, confstr()
192 The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1‐2008, getconf
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196 Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
197 from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
198 -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
199 Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri‐
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202 event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
203 The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
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