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  <li><a class="reference" href="#memoryLock%2Cpointer%2Cint" title="memoryLock(a1: pointer; a2: int)">memoryLock(a1: pointer; a2: int)</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#memoryUnlock%2Cpointer%2Cint" title="memoryUnlock(a1: pointer; a2: int)">memoryUnlock(a1: pointer; a2: int)</a></li>

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  <li><a class="reference" href="#memoryUnlockAll" title="memoryUnlockAll()">memoryUnlockAll()</a></li>

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    <p class="module-desc">A set of helpers for the POSIX module. Raw interfaces are in the other <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">posix*.nim</span></tt> files.</p>
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    <a class="reference external" href="posix.html">posix</a>, <a class="reference external" href="parsecfg.html">parsecfg</a>, <a class="reference external" href="os.html">os</a>, <a class="reference external" href="since.html">since</a>, <a class="reference external" href="syncio.html">syncio</a>
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  <dt><pre><a href="posix_utils.html#Uname"><span class="Identifier">Uname</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span>
  <span class="Identifier">sysname</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">nodename</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">release</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">version</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">machine</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a></pre></dt>
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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#fsync%2Cint"><span class="Identifier">fsync</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">fd</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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    synchronize a file's buffer cache to the storage device
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    Locks pages starting from a1 for a1 bytes and prevent them from being swapped.
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    <p>Locks all memory for the running process to prevent swapping.</p>
<p>example:</p>
<p><pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">memoryLockAll</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">MCL_CURRENT</span> <span class="Keyword">or</span> <span class="Identifier">MCL_FUTURE</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre></p>

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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#memoryUnlock%2Cpointer%2Cint"><span class="Identifier">memoryUnlock</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">a1</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#pointer"><span class="Identifier">pointer</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">a2</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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    Unlock pages starting from a1 for a1 bytes and allow them to be swapped.
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  <dd>
    
    Unlocks all memory for the running process to allow swapping.
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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#mkdtemp%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">mkdtemp</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">prefix</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Creates a unique temporary directory from a prefix string. Adds a six chars suffix. The directory is created with permissions 0700. Returns the directory name.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim#L108" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#mkstemp%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">mkstemp</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">prefix</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">suffix</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">(</span><a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">,</span> <a href="syncio.html#File"><span class="Identifier">File</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Creates a unique temporary file from a prefix string. A six-character string will be added. If suffix is provided it will be added to the string The file is created with perms 0600. Returns the filename and a file opened in r/w mode.
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  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#osReleaseFile"><span class="Identifier">osReleaseFile</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="parsecfg.html#Config"><span class="Identifier">Config</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">IOError</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">Exception</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ValueError</span><span class="Other">,</span>
                                        <span class="Identifier">KeyError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ReadDirEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">WriteIOEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ReadIOEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">RootEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Gets system identification from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">os</span><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="Identifier">release</span></span></tt> file and returns it as a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">parsecfg</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">Config</span></span></tt>. You also need to import the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">parsecfg</span></span></tt> module to gain access to this object. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">os</span><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="Identifier">release</span></span></tt> file is an official Freedesktop.org open standard. Available in Linux and BSD distributions, except Android and Android-based Linux. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">os</span><span class="Operator">-</span><span class="Identifier">release</span></span></tt> file is not available on Windows and OS X by design.<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference external" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html</a></li>
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<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">parsecfg</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">linux</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
  <span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">osReleaseFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
  <span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;OS name: &quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">data</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">getSectionValue</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;NAME&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Comment">## the data is up to each distro.</span></pre>
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim#L116" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="sendSignal-procs-all">
  <div id="sendSignal,Pid,int">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#sendSignal%2CPid%2Cint"><span class="Identifier">sendSignal</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">pid</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="posix.html#Pid"><span class="Identifier">Pid</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">signal</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
    <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Sends a signal to a running process by calling <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">kill</span></span></tt>. Raise exception in case of failure e.g. process not running.
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim#L80" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="stat-procs-all">
  <div id="stat,string">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#stat%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">stat</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="posix.html#Stat"><span class="Identifier">Stat</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Returns file status in a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Stat</span></span></tt> structure
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim#L50" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<div id="uname-procs-all">
  <div id="uname_2">
  <dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#uname_2"><span class="Identifier">uname</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="posix_utils.html#Uname"><span class="Identifier">Uname</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
  <dd>
    
    Provides system information in a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Uname</span></span></tt> struct with sysname, nodename, release, version and machine attributes.
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="Identifier">uname</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">nodename</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">uname</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">release</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">uname</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">version</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">uname</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">sysname</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">len</span> <span class="Operator">!=</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span></pre>
    <a href="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/tree/devel/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim#L26" class="link-seesrc" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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