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Section 2 of the unix manual is for syscalls. Section 3 is for C library functions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page#Manual_sections

If libc implements it, then it is by definition in section 3.

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Sorry, you're just wrong.

Have you ever called a system call by hand using assembly?

Have you ever looked at glibc's source?

Habe you ever looked at the kernel's close() syscall?

libc implements a function called open. Its documentation appears in section 3 of the UNIX manual. Because of that, we call it open(3). Linux implements a system call called open. Its documentation appears in section 2 of the UNIX manual. Because of that, we call it open(2). From assembly, you manually call open(2). From a C program linked against libc, you typically open(3). open(3) can be hooked, because it's just a regular function. open(2) is not a function, and so cannot be hooked like a function.

syscall number 5 you mean?

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