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System Management
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   This chapter describes facilities for controlling the system that
underlies a process (including the operating system and hardware) and
for getting information about it.  Anyone can generally use the
informational facilities, but usually only a properly privileged process
can make changes.

Host Identification
Determining the name of the machine.
Platform Type
Determining operating system and basic
machine type
Filesystem Handling
Controlling/querying mounts
System Parameters
Getting and setting various system parameters
   To get information on parameters of the system that are built into
the system, such as the maximum length of a filename, Note: System
Configuration.


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