Module unistd

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Safe wrappers around functions found in libc “unistd.h” header

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close: Close a file descriptor.
daemon: Daemonize this process by detaching from the controlling terminal (see daemon(3)).
execv: Replace the current process image with a new one (see exec(3)).
execve: Replace the current process image with a new one (see execve(2)).
execveat: Execute program relative to a directory file descriptor (see execveat(2)).
execvp: Replace the current process image with a new one and replicate shell PATH searching behavior (see exec(3)).
execvpe: Replace the current process image with a new one and replicate shell PATH searching behavior (see execvpe(3)).
fexecve: Replace the current process image with a new one (see fexecve(2)).
fork^⚠: Create a new child process duplicating the parent process (see fork(2)).
getpgid: Get process group
getpgrp: Get the group id of the calling process (see getpgrp(3)).
getpid: Get the pid of this process (see getpid(2)).
getppid: Get the pid of this processes’ parent (see getpid(2)).
getsid: Get the process group ID of a session leader getsid(2).
gettid: Get the caller’s thread ID (see gettid(2).
pause: Suspend the thread until a signal is received.
pipe: Create an interprocess channel.
read: Read from a raw file descriptor.
setpgid: Set a process group ID (see setpgid(2)).
setsid: Create new session and set process group id (see setsid(2)).
sleep: Suspend execution for an interval of time
write: Write to a raw file descriptor.