Type |
Description |
---|---|
caddr_t |
core address |
clock_t |
counter of clock ticks (process time) |
comp_t |
compressed clock ticks |
dev_t |
device numbers (major and minor) |
fd_set |
file descriptor sets |
fpos_t |
file position |
gid_t |
numeric group IDs |
ino_t |
i-node numbers |
mode_t |
file type, file creation mode |
nlink_t |
link counts for directory entries |
off_t |
file sizes and offsets (signed) |
pid_t |
process IDs and process group IDs (signed) |
ptrdiff_t |
result of subtracting two pointers (signed) |
rlim_t |
resource limits |
sig_atomic_t |
data type that can be accessed atomically |
sigset_t |
signal set |
size_t |
sizes of objects (such as strings) (unsigned) |
ssize_t |
functions that return a count of bytes (signed) |
time_t |
counter of seconds of calendar time |
uid_t |
numeric user IDs |
wchar_t |
can represent all distinct character codes |