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1 \chapter{Optional Operating System Services}
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3 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
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4 system features that are available on selected operating systems only.
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5 The interfaces are generally modelled after the \UNIX{} or C
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7 (e.g. Windows or NT). Here's an overview:
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9 \begin{description}
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11 \item[signal]
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12 --- Set handlers for asynchronous events.
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14 \item[socket]
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15 --- Low-level networking interface.
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17 \item[select]
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18 --- Wait for I/O completion on multiple streams.
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20 \item[thread]
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21 --- Create multiple threads of control within one namespace.
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23 \item[anydbm]
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24 --- Generic interface to DBM-style database modules.
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26 \item[whichdbm]
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27 --- Guess which DBM-style module created a given database.
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30 \item[gzip]
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31 --- Compression and decompression compatible with the
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32 \code{gzip} program (zlib is the low-level interface, gzip the
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33 high-level one).
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35 \end{description}