--- General POSIX IO library.
module "nixio"
--- Look up a hostname and service via DNS.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getaddrinfo
-- @param host hostname to lookup (optional)
-- @param family address family ["any", "inet", "inet6"]
-- @param service service name or port (optional)
-- @return Table containing one or more tables containing:
-- - family = ["inet", "inet6"]
-- - socktype = ["stream", "dgram", "raw"]
-- - address = Resolved IP-Address
-- - port = Resolved Port (if service was given)
--
--- Reverse look up an IP-Address via DNS.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getnameinfo
-- @param ipaddr IPv4 or IPv6-Address
-- @return FQDN
--- (Linux, BSD) Get a list of available network interfaces and their addresses.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getifaddrs
-- @return Table containing one or more tables containing:
-- - name = Interface Name
-- - family = ["inet", "inet6", "packet"]
-- - addr = Interface Address (IPv4, IPv6, MAC, ...)
-- - broadaddr = Broadcast Address
-- - dstaddr = Destination Address (Point-to-Point)
-- - netmask = Netmask (if available)
-- - prefix = Prefix (if available)
-- - flags = Table of interface flags (up, multicast, loopback, ...)
-- - data = Statistics (Linux, "packet"-family)
-- - hatype = Hardware Type Identifier (Linix, "packet"-family)
-- - ifindex = Interface Index (Linux, "packet"-family)
--
--- Get protocol entry by name.
-- @usage This function returns nil if the given protocol is unknown.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getprotobyname
-- @param name protocol name to lookup
-- @return Table containing the following fields:
-- - name = Protocol Name
-- - proto = Protocol Number
-- - aliases = Table of alias names
--
--- Get protocol entry by number.
-- @usage This function returns nil if the given protocol is unknown.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getprotobynumber
-- @param proto protocol number to lookup
-- @return Table containing the following fields:
-- - name = Protocol Name
-- - proto = Protocol Number
-- - aliases = Table of alias names
--
--- Get all or a specific proto entry.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getproto
-- @param proto protocol number or name to lookup (optional)
-- @return Table (or if no parameter is given, a table of tables)
-- containing the following fields:
-- - name = Protocol Name
-- - proto = Protocol Number
-- - aliases = Table of alias names
--
--- Create a new socket and bind it to a network address.
-- This function is a shortcut for calling nixio.socket and then bind()
-- on the socket object.
-- @usage This functions calls getaddrinfo(), socket(),
-- setsockopt() and bind() but NOT listen().
-- @usage The reuseaddr-option is automatically set before binding.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.bind
-- @param host Hostname or IP-Address (optional, default: all addresses)
-- @param port Port or service description
-- @param family Address family ["any", "inet", "inet6"]
-- @param socktype Socket Type ["stream", "dgram"]
-- @return Socket Object
--- Create a new socket and connect to a network address.
-- This function is a shortcut for calling nixio.socket and then connect()
-- on the socket object.
-- @usage This functions calls getaddrinfo(), socket() and connect().
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.connect
-- @param host Hostname or IP-Address (optional, default: localhost)
-- @param port Port or service description
-- @param family Address family ["any", "inet", "inet6"]
-- @param socktype Socket Type ["stream", "dgram"]
-- @return Socket Object
--- Open a file.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.open
-- @usage Although this function also supports the traditional fopen()
-- file flags it does not create a file stream but uses the open() syscall.
-- @param path Filesystem path to open
-- @param flags Flag string or number (see open_flags).
-- ["r", "r+", "w", "w+", "a", "a+"]
-- @param mode File mode for newly created files (see chmod, umask).
-- @see nixio.umask
-- @see nixio.open_flags
-- @return File Object
--- Generate flags for a call to open().
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.open_flags
-- @usage This function cannot fail and will never return nil.
-- @usage The "nonblock" and "ndelay" flags are aliases.
-- @usage The "nonblock", "ndelay" and "sync" flags are no-ops on Windows.
-- @param flag1 First Flag ["append", "creat", "excl", "nonblock", "ndelay",
-- "sync", "trunc", "rdonly", "wronly", "rdwr"]
-- @param ... More Flags [-"-]
-- @return flag to be used as second parameter to open
--- Duplicate a file descriptor.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.dup
-- @usage This funcation calls dup2() if newfd is set, otherwise dup().
-- @param oldfd Old descriptor [File Object, Socket Object (POSIX only)]
-- @param newfd New descriptor to serve as copy (optional)
-- @return File Object of new descriptor
--- Create a pipe.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.pipe
-- @return File Object of the read end
-- @return File Object of the write end
--- Get the last system error code.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.errno
-- @return Error code
--- Get the error message for the corresponding error code.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.strerror
-- @param errno System error code
-- @return Error message
--- Sleep for a specified amount of time.
-- @class function
-- @usage Not all systems support nanosecond precision but you can expect
-- to have at least maillisecond precision.
-- @usage This function is not signal-protected and may fail with EINTR.
-- @param seconds Seconds to wait (optional)
-- @param nanoseconds Nanoseconds to wait (optional)
-- @name nixio.nanosleep
-- @return true
--- Generate events-bitfield or parse revents-bitfield for poll.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.poll_flags
-- @param mode1 revents-Flag bitfield returned from poll to parse OR
-- ["in", "out", "err", "pri" (POSIX), "hup" (POSIX), "nval" (POSIX)]
-- @param ... More mode strings for generating the flag [-"-]
-- @see nixio.poll
-- @return table with boolean fields reflecting the mode parameter
-- OR bitfield to use for the events-Flag field
--- Wait for some event on a file descriptor.
-- poll() sets the revents-field of the tables provided by fds to a bitfield
-- indicating the events that occurred.
-- @class function
-- @usage This function works in-place on the provided table and only
-- writes the revents field, you can use other fields on your demand.
-- @usage All metamethods on the tables provided as fds are ignored.
-- @usage The revents-fields are not reset when the call times out.
-- You have to check the first return value to be 0 to handle this case.
-- @usage If you want to wait on a TLS-Socket you have to use the underlying
-- socket instead.
-- @usage On Windows poll is emulated through select(), can only be used
-- on socket descriptors and cannot take more than 64 descriptors per call.
-- @usage This function is not signal-protected and may fail with EINTR.
-- @param fds Table containing one or more tables containing
-- - fd = I/O Descriptor [Socket Object, File Object (POSIX)]
-- - events = events to wait for (bitfield generated with poll_flags)
--
-- @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds
-- @name nixio.poll
-- @see nixio.poll_flags
-- @return number of ready IO descriptors
-- @return the fds-table with revents-fields set
--- (POSIX) Clone the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.fork
-- @return the child process id for the parent process, 0 for the child process
--- (POSIX) Send a signal to one or more processes.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.kill
-- @param target Target process of process group.
-- @param signal Signal to send
-- @return true
--- (POSIX) Get the parent process id of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getppid
-- @return parent process id
--- (POSIX) Get the user id of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getuid
-- @return process user id
--- (POSIX) Get the group id of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getgid
-- @return process group id
--- (POSIX) Set the group id of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.setgid
-- @param gid New Group ID
-- @return true
--- (POSIX) Set the user id of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.setuid
-- @param gid New User ID
-- @return true
--- (POSIX) Change priority of current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.nice
-- @param nice Nice Value
-- @return true
--- (POSIX) Create a new session and set the process group ID.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.setsid
-- @return session id
--- (POSIX) Wait for a process to change state.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.waitpid
-- @usage If the "nohang" is given this function becomes non-blocking.
-- @param pid Process ID (optional, default: any childprocess)
-- @param flag1 Flag (optional) ["nohang", "untraced", "continued"]
-- @param ... More Flags [-"-]
-- @return process id of child or 0 if no child has changed state
-- @return ["exited", "signaled", "stopped"]
-- @return [exit code, terminate signal, stop signal]
--- (POSIX) Get process times.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.times
-- @return Table containing:
-- - utime = user time
-- - utime = system time
-- - cutime = children user time
-- - cstime = children system time
--
--- (POSIX) Get information about current system and kernel.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.uname
-- @return Table containing:
-- - sysname = operating system
-- - nodename = network name (usually hostname)
-- - release = OS release
-- - version = OS version
-- - machine = hardware identifier
--
--- Change the working directory.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.chdir
-- @param path New working directory
-- @return true
--- Ignore or use set the default handler for a signal.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.signal
-- @param signal Signal
-- @param handler ["ign", "dfl"]
-- @return true
--- Get the ID of the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getpid
-- @return process id
--- Get the current working directory.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getcwd
-- @return workign directory
--- Get the current environment table or a specific environment variable.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getenv
-- @param variable Variable (optional)
-- @return environment table or single environment variable
--- Set or unset a environment variable.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.setenv
-- @usage The environment variable will be unset if value is omitted.
-- @param variable Variable
-- @param value Value (optional)
-- @return true
--- Execute a file to replace the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.exec
-- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0]
-- @usage This function does not return on success.
-- @param executable Executable
-- @param ... Parameters
--- Invoke the shell and execute a file to replace the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.execp
-- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0]
-- @usage This function does not return on success.
-- @param executable Executable
-- @param ... Parameters
--- Execute a file with a custom environment to replace the current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.exece
-- @usage The name of the executable is automatically passed as argv[0]
-- @usage This function does not return on success.
-- @param executable Executable
-- @param arguments Argument Table
-- @param environment Environment Table (optional)
--- Sets the file mode creation mask.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.umask
-- @param mask New creation mask (see chmod for format specifications)
-- @return the old umask as decimal mode number
-- @return the old umask as mode string
--- (Linux) Get overall system statistics.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.sysinfo
-- @return Table containing:
-- - uptime = system uptime in seconds
-- - loads = {loadavg1, loadavg5, loadavg15}
-- - totalram = total RAM
-- - freeram = free RAM
-- - sharedram = shared RAM
-- - bufferram = buffered RAM
-- - totalswap = total SWAP
-- - freeswap = free SWAP
-- - procs = number of running processes
--
--- Create a new socket.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.socket
-- @param domain Domain ["inet", "inet6", "unix"]
-- @param type Type ["stream", "dgram", "raw"]
-- @return Socket Object
--- (POSIX) Send data from a file to a socket in kernel-space.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.sendfile
-- @param socket Socket Object
-- @param file File Object
-- @param length Amount of data to send (in Bytes).
-- @return bytes sent
--- (Linux) Send data from / to a pipe in kernel-space.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.splice
-- @param fdin Input I/O descriptor
-- @param fdout Output I/O descriptor
-- @param length Amount of data to send (in Bytes).
-- @param flags (optional, bitfield generated by splice_flags)
-- @see nixio.splice_flags
-- @return bytes sent
--- (Linux) Generate a flag bitfield for a call to splice.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.splice_flags
-- @param flag1 First Flag ["move", "nonblock", "more"]
-- @param ... More flags [-"-]
-- @see nixio.splice
-- @return Flag bitfield
--- (POSIX) Open a connection to the system logger.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.openlog
-- @param ident Identifier
-- @param flag1 Flag 1 ["cons", "nowait", "pid", "perror", "ndelay", "odelay"]
-- @param ... More flags [-"-]
--- (POSIX) Close the connection to the system logger.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.closelog
--- (POSIX) Write a message to the system logger.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.syslog
-- @param priority Priority ["emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning",
-- "notice", "info", "debug"]
-- @param message
--- (POSIX) Set the logmask of the system logger for current process.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.setlogmask
-- @param priority Priority ["emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning",
-- "notice", "info", "debug"]
--- (POSIX) Encrypt a user password.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.crypt
-- @param key Key
-- @param salt Salt
-- @return password hash
--- (POSIX) Get all or a specific user group.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getgr
-- @param group Group ID or groupname (optional)
-- @return Table containing:
-- - name = Group Name
-- - gid = Group ID
-- - passwd = Password
-- - mem = {Member #1, Member #2, ...}
--
--- (POSIX) Get all or a specific user account.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getpw
-- @param user User ID or username (optional)
-- @return Table containing:
-- - name = Name
-- - uid = ID
-- - gid = Group ID
-- - passwd = Password
-- - dir = Home directory
-- - gecos = Information
-- - shell = Shell
--
--- (Linux, Solaris) Get all or a specific shadow password entry.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.getsp
-- @param user username (optional)
-- @return Table containing:
-- - namp = Name
-- - expire = Expiration Date
-- - flag = Flags
-- - inact = Inactivity Date
-- - lstchg = Last change
-- - max = Maximum
-- - min = Minimum
-- - warn = Warning
-- - pwdp = Password Hash
--
--- Create a new TLS context.
-- @class function
-- @name nixio.tls
-- @param mode TLS-Mode ["client", "server"]
-- @return TLSContext Object