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diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9f777f59e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall.go @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +// Package syscall contains an interface to the low-level operating system +// primitives. The details vary depending on the underlying system. +// Its primary use is inside other packages that provide a more portable +// interface to the system, such as "os", "time" and "net". Use those +// packages rather than this one if you can. +// For details of the functions and data types in this package consult +// the manuals for the appropriate operating system. +// These calls return errno == 0 to indicate success; otherwise +// errno is an operating system error number describing the failure. +package syscall + +// StringByteSlice returns a NUL-terminated slice of bytes +// containing the text of s. +func StringByteSlice(s string) []byte { + a := make([]byte, len(s)+1) + copy(a, s) + return a +} + +// StringBytePtr returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated array of bytes +// containing the text of s. +func StringBytePtr(s string) *byte { return &StringByteSlice(s)[0] } + +// Single-word zero for use when we need a valid pointer to 0 bytes. +// See mksyscall.sh. +var _zero uintptr |