Directory and file system control

These system calls allow creation of new directories (and other types of files), linking to existing files, obtaining or modifying file status information, and allow you to control various aspects of the file system.

Directory and file system control functions

link	link to a file
access	determine accessibility of a file
mknod	make a directory, special, or regular file
chdir fchdir	change working directory
chmod fchmod	change mode of file
chown fchown lchown	change owner and group of a file
utime	set file access and modification times
stat fstat lstat	get file status
pathconf fpathconf	get configurable path name variables
getdents	read directory entries and put in file system-independent format
mkdir	make a directory
readlink	read the value of a symbolic link
rename	change the name of a file
rmdir	remove a directory
symlink	make a symbolic link to a file
unlink	remove directory entry
ustat	get file system statistics
sync	update super block
mount umount	mount/unmount a file system
(f)statfs (f)statvfs	get file system information
sysfs	get file system type information