luaposix 36.3 Reference

## POSIX bindings for Lua

## Modules

posix | Lua POSIX bindings.
posix.ctype | Character tests.
posix.dirent | Directory Iterators.
posix.errno | System error codes and messages.
posix.fcntl | File Control.
posix.fnmatch | Filename matching.
posix.glob | Generate pathnames matching a shell-style pattern.
posix.grp | Group Database Operations.
posix.libgen | General Library.
posix.poll | Synchronous I/O Multiplexing.
posix.pwd | Password Database Operations.
posix.sched | Kernel Thread Scheduling Priority.
posix.signal | Software Signal Facilities.
posix.stdio | A few Standard I/O functions not already in Lua core.
posix.stdlib | Standard Posix Library functions.
posix.sys.msg | Sys V Message Queue Operations.
posix.sys.resource | Control Maximum System Resource Consumption.
posix.sys.socket | BSD Sockets.
posix.sys.stat | File Status Querying and Setting.
posix.sys.statvfs | Retrieve File System Information.
posix.sys.time | Get and Set System Date and Time.
posix.sys.times | Process Times.
posix.sys.utsname | Get System Identification.
posix.sys.wait | Wait for Process Termination.
posix.syslog | Control System Log.
posix.termio | Control Terminal I/O.
posix.time | Time and Clock Functions.
posix.unistd | Unix Standard APIs.
posix.utime | Set File Times.

## Examples

abstract-ns-client.lua |
abstract-ns-server.lua |
dir.lua |
dup2.lua |
fork.lua |
fork2.lua |
getopt.lua |
glob.lua |
limit.lua |
lock.lua |
netlink-uevent.lua |
packet-socket.lua |
ping.lua |
poll.lua |
rt_sched.lua |
signal.lua |
socket.lua |
termios.lua |
tree.lua |

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