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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved
+.TH "<sys/types.h>" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" <sys/types.h>
+.SH NAME
+sys/types.h \- data types
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fB#include <sys/types.h>\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The \fI<sys/types.h>\fP header shall include definitions for at least
+the following types:
+.TP 7
+\fBblkcnt_t\fP
+Used for file block counts.
+.TP 7
+\fBblksize_t\fP
+Used for block sizes.
+.TP 7
+\fBclock_t\fP
+Used for system times in clock ticks or CLOCKS_PER_SEC; see \fI<time.h>\fP
+\&.
+.TP 7
+\fBclockid_t\fP
+Used for clock ID type in the clock and timer functions.
+.TP 7
+\fBdev_t\fP
+Used for device IDs.
+.TP 7
+\fBfsblkcnt_t\fP
+Used for file system block counts.
+.TP 7
+\fBfsfilcnt_t\fP
+Used for file system file counts.
+.TP 7
+\fBgid_t\fP
+Used for group IDs.
+.TP 7
+\fBid_t\fP
+Used as a general identifier; can be used to contain at least a \fBpid_t\fP,
+\fBuid_t\fP, or \fBgid_t\fP.
+.TP 7
+\fBino_t\fP
+Used for file serial numbers.
+.TP 7
+\fBkey_t\fP
+Used for XSI interprocess communication.
+.TP 7
+\fBmode_t\fP
+Used for some file attributes.
+.TP 7
+\fBnlink_t\fP
+Used for link counts.
+.TP 7
+\fBoff_t\fP
+Used for file sizes.
+.TP 7
+\fBpid_t\fP
+Used for process IDs and process group IDs.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_attr_t\fP
+Used to identify a thread attribute object.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_barrier_t\fP
+Used to identify a barrier.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_barrierattr_t\fP
+Used to define a barrier attributes object.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_cond_t\fP
+Used for condition variables.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_condattr_t\fP
+Used to identify a condition attribute object.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_key_t\fP
+Used for thread-specific data keys.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_mutex_t\fP
+Used for mutexes.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_mutexattr_t\fP
+Used to identify a mutex attribute object.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_once_t\fP
+Used for dynamic package initialization.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_rwlock_t\fP
+Used for read-write locks.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_rwlockattr_t\fP
+Used for read-write lock attributes.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_spinlock_t\fP
+Used to identify a spin lock.
+.TP 7
+\fBpthread_t\fP
+Used to identify a thread.
+.TP 7
+\fBsize_t\fP
+Used for sizes of objects.
+.TP 7
+\fBssize_t\fP
+Used for a count of bytes or an error indication.
+.TP 7
+\fBsuseconds_t\fP
+Used for time in microseconds.
+.TP 7
+\fBtime_t\fP
+Used for time in seconds.
+.TP 7
+\fBtimer_t\fP
+Used for timer ID returned by \fItimer_create\fP().
+.TP 7
+\fBtrace_attr_t\fP
+Used to identify a trace stream attributes object.
+.TP 7
+\fBtrace_event_id_t\fP
+Used to identify a trace event type.
+.TP 7
+\fBtrace_event_set_t\fP
+Used to identify a trace event type set.
+.TP 7
+\fBtrace_id_t\fP
+Used to identify a trace stream.
+.TP 7
+\fBuid_t\fP
+Used for user IDs.
+.TP 7
+\fBuseconds_t\fP
+Used for time in microseconds.
+.sp
+.LP
+All of the types shall be defined as arithmetic types of an appropriate
+length, with the following exceptions:
+.LP
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBkey_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_attr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_barrier_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_barrierattr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_cond_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_condattr_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_key_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_mutex_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_mutexattr_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_once_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_rwlock_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_rwlockattr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_spinlock_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBtrace_attr_t\fP
+.br
+\fBtrace_event_id_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBtrace_event_set_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBtrace_id_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.LP
+Additionally:
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBmode_t\fP shall be an integer type.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBnlink_t\fP, \fBuid_t\fP, \fBgid_t\fP, and \fBid_t\fP shall be integer
+types.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBblkcnt_t\fP and \fBoff_t\fP shall be signed integer types.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBfsblkcnt_t\fP, \fBfsfilcnt_t\fP, \ and
+\fBino_t\fP shall be defined as unsigned integer types.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBsize_t\fP shall be an unsigned integer type.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBblksize_t\fP, \fBpid_t\fP, and \fBssize_t\fP shall be signed integer
+types.
+.LP
+.IP " *" 3
+\fBtime_t\fP and \fBclock_t\fP shall be integer or real-floating types.
+.LP
+.LP
+The type \fBssize_t\fP shall be capable of storing values at least
+in the range [-1,\ {SSIZE_MAX}]. \ The type
+\fBuseconds_t\fP shall be an unsigned integer type capable of storing
+values at least in the range [0,\ 1000000]. The type
+\fBsuseconds_t\fP shall be a signed integer type capable of storing
+values at least in the range [-1,\ 1000000].
+.LP
+The implementation shall support one or more programming environments
+in which the widths of \fBblksize_t\fP, \fBpid_t\fP,
+\fBsize_t\fP, \fBssize_t\fP, \fBsuseconds_t\fP, and \fBuseconds_t\fP
+are no greater than the width of type \fBlong\fP. The
+names of these programming environments can be obtained using the
+\fIconfstr\fP()
+function or the \fIgetconf\fP utility.
+.LP
+There are no defined comparison or assignment operators for the following
+types:
+.LP
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_attr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_barrier_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_barrierattr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_cond_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_condattr_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_mutex_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_mutexattr_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_rwlock_t\fP
+.br
+\fBpthread_rwlockattr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBpthread_spinlock_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.sp
+\fBtrace_attr_t\fP
+.br
+.sp
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fI<time.h>\fP , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001,
+\fIconfstr\fP(), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001,
+\fIgetconf\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
+event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .