@node sys/types.h
@section @file{sys/types.h}

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/sys_types.h.html}

Gnulib module: sys_types

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The type @code{pid_t} is not defined on some platforms:
MSVC 9.
@item
The type @code{size_t} is not defined in this file on some platforms:
MSVC 9.
@item
The type @code{ssize_t} is not defined on some platforms:
MSVC 9.
@item
The type @code{mode_t} is not defined on some platforms:
MSVC 9.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On some platforms the types @code{blksize_t} and @code{suseconds_t}
are signed integer types that are wider than @code{long}:
glibc x32
@end itemize

This module, together with the module @code{largefile}, also defines the type
@code{off_t} to a 64-bit integer type on some platforms:
mingw (except mingw64), MSVC 9.
