Summary of Classes


This section contains a synopsis of the C++ classes found in the Platform<ToolKit> for UNIX. Trivial classes and helper classes are not listed. The default prefix os_ is used by most classes to avoid name conflicts with other vendors' class names.

Processes

os_interval_timer delivers a signal to a process after a specified time
os_process a process
os_process_group a process group
os_process_status the status of a process, including its exit code
os_resource a process resource limit
os_resource_usage process resource usage information
os_signal a signal
os_signal_action the action taken when a process receives a signal
os_this_process process running the program

System V IPC

os_key a System V IPC key
os_message_queue a message queue
os_shared_memory a shared memory segment
os_sysv_semaphore a System V semaphore
os_sysv_semaphore_array an array of System V semaphores

Pipes

os_named_pipe a named pipe
os_unnamed_pipe an unnamed pipe

Auxiliary Classes

os_system a system-wide information base
os_mode an encapsulation of POSIX permissions

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