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sys

This repository holds supplemental Go packages for low-level interactions with the operating system.

Download/Install

The easiest way to install is to run go get -u golang.org/x/sys. You can also manually git clone the repository to $GOPATH/src/golang.org/x/sys.

Report Issues / Send Patches

This repository uses Gerrit for code changes. To learn how to submit changes to this repository, see https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html.

The main issue tracker for the sys repository is located at https://github.com/golang/go/issues. Prefix your issue with "x/sys:" in the subject line, so it is easy to find.

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Directories

Path Synopsis
cpu Package cpu implements processor feature detection for various CPU architectures.
internal/unsafeheader Package unsafeheader contains header declarations for the Go runtime's slice and string implementations.
unix Package unix contains an interface to the low-level operating system primitives.
windows Package windows contains an interface to the low-level operating system primitives.
windows/mkwinsyscall mkwinsyscall generates windows system call bodies It parses all files specified on command line containing function prototypes (like syscall_windows.go) and prints system call bodies to standard output.
windows/registry Package registry provides access to the Windows registry.
windows/svc Package svc provides everything required to build Windows service.
windows/svc/debug Package debug provides facilities to execute svc.Handler on console.
windows/svc/eventlog Package eventlog implements access to Windows event log.
windows/svc/example Example service program that beeps.
windows/svc/mgr Package mgr can be used to manage Windows service programs.