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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: syscall(2) function
Keywords: syscall, not system calls
Message-ID: <9742@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 27 Feb 89 22:06:19 GMT
References: <3740@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3740@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen) writes:
>Is the system call "syscall()" necessary?

It's not a system call, just a library function.
Of course it is not necessary in any logical sense.
I don't even think it's particularly useful these days;
the last time I saw it used was on a Sixth Edition UNIX system.