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ioctl_fs(2) System Calls Manualioctl_fs(2)ioctl_fs - filesystem operations
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <linux/fs.h>/* Definition of op constants */#include <sys/ioctl.h>int ioctl(intfd, unsigned longop, ...);
The followingop values are available.Share some of the data of one file with another fileFICLONE(2const)FICLONERANGE(2const)FIDEDUPERANGE(2const)Operations for inode flagsFS_IOC_GETFLAGS(2const)FS_IOC_SETFLAGS(2const)Get or set a filesystem labelFS_IOC_GETFSLABEL(2const)FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL(2const)Get and/or clear page flagsPAGEMAP_SCAN(2const)
On success, a nonnegative value is returned. On error, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
Linux.
ioctl(2)
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