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SYSCALL(2)		    BSD System Calls Manual		    SYSCALL(2)

NAME
     syscall - indirect system call

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/syscall.h>
     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     syscall(int number, ...);

DESCRIPTION
     Syscall() performs the system call whose assembly language interface has
     the specified number with the specified arguments.	 Symbolic constants
     for system calls can be found in the header file <sys/syscall.h>.

RETURN VALUES
     The return value is defined by the system call being invoked.  In gen-
     eral, a 0 return value indicates success.	A -1 return value indicates an
     error, and an error code is stored in errno.

HISTORY
     The syscall() function call appeared in 4.0BSD.

4BSD				 June 16, 1993				  4BSD