Zig Linux System Programming Cookbook

Overview

This repository is a collection of practical examples and recipes of std.os.linux for developing applications and system tools using the Zig programming language on Linux.

It's designed to be a helpful resource for Zig developers of all levels who want to learn by example and quickly find solutions to port code of C system calls into Zig.

Examples

File	Related Call
capget.zig	capget
clock_gettime.zig	clock_gettime
clone_thread.zig	clone gettid
dup2.zig	dup2
execve.zig	execve
fork_waitpid.zig	fork waitpid
getcwd.zig	getcwd chdir
getdents64	getdents64
getgroups.zig	getgroups
getrandom.zig	getrandom
ioctl.zig	ioctl
kill.zig	kill
statx.zig	statx
mmap.zig	mmap munmap
open_errno.zig	open
pipe.zig	pipe read write
ptrace.zig	ptrace
symlink.zig	symlink readlink
unshare.zig	getuid unshare
uname.zig	uname

Usage

• Install zig >= 0.16.0

• Build Only.

zig build

You will have binaries in zig-out/bin.

• Build & Run all

zig build run-all

Other awesome zig learning materials

• zig-cookbook
• awesome-zig
• zig-learning
• zig-book
• zig-guide