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<h3 class="section">16.3 sb-posix</h3>
<p><a name="index-Operating-System-Interface-615"></a><a name="index-System-Calls-616"></a><a name="index-Posix-617"></a>
Sb-posix is the supported interface for calling out to the operating
system.<a rel="footnote" href="#fn-1" name="fnd-1"><sup>1</sup></a>
<p>The scope of this interface is “operating system calls on a typical
Unixlike platform”. This is section 2 of the Unix manual, plus section
3 calls that are (a) typically found in libc, but (b) not part of the C
standard. For example, we intend to provide support for
<code>opendir()</code> and <code>readdir()</code>, but not for <code>printf()</code>.
That said, if your favourite system call is not included yet, you are
encouraged to submit a patch to the SBCL mailing list.
<p>Some facilities are omitted where they offer absolutely no additional
use over some portable function, or would be actively dangerous to the
consistency of Lisp. Not all functions are available on all
platforms.
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<h4>Footnotes</h4><p class="footnote"><small>[<a name="fn-1" href="#fnd-1">1</a>]</small> The functionality contained in the package
<code>SB-UNIX</code> is for SBCL internal use only; its contents are likely to
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