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     SYSCALL(1)                                             SYSCALL(1)

     NAME
          syscall - test a system call

     SYNOPSIS
          syscall [ -os ] entry [ arg ... ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Syscall invokes the system call entry with the given argu-
          ments.  The return value is printed.  If an error occured,
          the error string is also printed.

          For convenience, write(2) and read(2) are included in
          entries, even though they are not strictly syscalls.

          Syscall arguments are integer constants, strings, or the
          literal buf.  The literal buf refers to a writable 1 mega-
          byte buffer.  Strings and buf are passed as pointers.  Inte-
          gers are passed as values.

          The -o option prints contents of the 1MB buffer.  For
          errstr(2) and fd2path(2), the buffer is treated as a 0-
          terminated string.  For other calls, the number of bytes
          printed is determined by the system call's return value.

          The -s option is similar, but interprets the data as a
          stat(5) message and formats it to standard output.

     EXAMPLES
          Write a string to standard output:

               syscall write 1 hello 5

          Print information about the file connected to standard
          input:

               syscall -s fstat 0 buf 1024

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/cmd/syscall

     SEE ALSO
          Section 2 of this manual.

     DIAGNOSTICS
          If entry is not known to syscall, the exit status is
          `unknown'.  If the system call succeeds, the exit status is
          null; otherwise the exit status is the string that errstr(2)
          returns.

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