src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/unix/NativePosixSystem.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.unix;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.jni.JniLoader;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Utility methods for access to UNIX system calls not exposed by the Java
 * SDK. Exception messages are selected to be consistent with those generated
 * by the java.io package where appropriate--see package javadoc for details.
 */
public class NativePosixSystem {

  static {
    JniLoader.loadJni();
  }

  private NativePosixSystem() {}

  /**
   * Native wrapper around POSIX sysctlbyname(3) syscall.
   *
   * @param name the name for value to get from sysctl
   * @throws IOException iff the sysctlbyname() syscall failed.
   */
  public static native long sysctlbynameGetLong(String name) throws IOException;
}