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TYPES(5)                    BSD File Formats Manual                   TYPES(5)

NAME
     types -- system data types

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>

DESCRIPTION
     The file sys/types.h contains the defined data types used in the kernel (most are used through out the
     system).

     #ifndef _TYPES_H_
     #define _TYPES_H_

     typedef short   dev_t;
     #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
                                             /* major part of a device */
     #define major(x)        ((int)(((unsigned)(x)>>8)&0377))
                                             /* minor part of a device */
     #define minor(x)        ((int)((x)&0377))
                                             /* make a device number */
     #define makedev(x,y)    ((dev_t)(((x)<<8) | (y)))
     #endif

     typedef unsigned char   u_char;
     typedef unsigned short  u_short;
     typedef unsigned int    u_int;
     typedef unsigned long   u_long;
     typedef unsigned short  ushort;         /* Sys V compatibility */

     #if !defined(_ANSI_SOURCE) && !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE)
     #include <machine/types.h>
     #endif

     #ifdef  _CLOCK_T_
     typedef _CLOCK_T_       clock_t;
     #undef  _CLOCK_T_
     #endif

     #ifdef  _SIZE_T_
     typedef _SIZE_T_        size_t;
     #undef  _SIZE_T_
     #endif

     #ifdef  _TIME_T_
     typedef _TIME_T_        time_t;
     #undef  _TIME_T_
     #endif

     #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
     typedef struct  _uquad { unsigned long val[2]; } u_quad;
     typedef struct  _quad { long val[2]; } quad;
     #endif
     typedef long *  qaddr_t;        /* should be typedef quad * qaddr_t; */

     typedef long    daddr_t;
     typedef char *  caddr_t;
     typedef u_long  ino_t;
     typedef long    swblk_t;
     typedef long    segsz_t;
     typedef long    off_t;
     typedef u_short uid_t;
     typedef u_short gid_t;
     typedef short   pid_t;
     typedef u_short nlink_t;
     typedef u_short mode_t;
     typedef u_long  fixpt_t;

     #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
     #define NBBY    8               /* number of bits in a byte */

     /*
      * Select uses bit masks of file descriptors in longs.  These macros
      * manipulate such bit fields (the filesystem macros use chars).
      * FD_SETSIZE may be defined by the user, but the default here should
      * be >= NOFILE (param.h).
      */
     #ifndef FD_SETSIZE
     #define FD_SETSIZE      1024
     #endif

     typedef long    fd_mask;
     #define NFDBITS (sizeof(fd_mask) * NBBY)        /* bits per mask */

     #ifndef howmany
     #define howmany(x, y)   (((x)+((y)-1))/(y))
     #endif

     typedef struct fd_set {
             fd_mask fds_bits[howmany(FD_SETSIZE, NFDBITS)];
     } fd_set;

     #define FD_SET(n, p)    ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] |= (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
     #define FD_CLR(n, p)    ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] &= ~(1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
     #define FD_ISSET(n, p)  ((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] & (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
     #define FD_COPY(f, t)   bcopy(f, t, sizeof(*(f)))
     #define FD_ZERO(p)      bzero((char *)(p), sizeof(*(p)))

     #endif /* !_POSIX_SOURCE */
     #endif /* !_TYPES_H_ */

SEE ALSO
     adb(1), lseek(2), time(3), fs(5)

HISTORY
     A types file appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

Darwin                          AUGUST 2, 2001                          Darwin