---
title: miscfs
framework: Kernel
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: kernel/miscfs
---

# miscfs

Access device nodes and other file-system entities.

## Topics

### fifo

- [fifo_advlock](kernel/1527464-fifo_advlock.md)
- [fifo_close](kernel/1527475-fifo_close.md)
- [fifo_ebadf](kernel/1527462-fifo_ebadf.md)
- [fifo_inactive](kernel/1527453-fifo_inactive.md)
- [fifo_ioctl](kernel/1527448-fifo_ioctl.md)
- [fifo_lookup](kernel/1527441-fifo_lookup.md)
- [fifo_open](kernel/1527466-fifo_open.md)
- [fifo_pathconf](kernel/1527439-fifo_pathconf.md)
- [fifo_read](kernel/1527437-fifo_read.md)
- [fifo_select](kernel/1527454-fifo_select.md)
- [fifo_write](kernel/1527467-fifo_write.md)

### spec

- [spec_close](kernel/1520848-spec_close.md)
- [spec_ebadf](kernel/1520799-spec_ebadf.md)
- [spec_fsync](kernel/1520817-spec_fsync.md)
- [spec_ioctl](kernel/1520850-spec_ioctl.md)
- [spec_lookup](kernel/1520826-spec_lookup.md)
- [spec_open](kernel/1520832-spec_open.md)
- [spec_pathconf](kernel/1520770-spec_pathconf.md)
- [spec_read](kernel/1520802-spec_read.md)
- [spec_select](kernel/1520840-spec_select.md)
- [spec_strategy](kernel/1520755-spec_strategy.md)
- [spec_write](kernel/1520764-spec_write.md)

## See Also

### BSD

- [architecture](kernel/architecture.md)
- [bsm](kernel/bsm.md)
- [hfs](kernel/hfs.md)
- [kern](kernel/kern.md)
- [Math](kernel/math.md)
- [net](kernel/net.md)
- [Strings](kernel/strings.md)
- [sys](kernel/sys.md)
- [vfs](kernel/vfs.md)
- [vm](kernel/vm.md)