Guide to OS Services

OS Services describes how to use:

• Kernel Services - services that provide an interface to the host operating system's capabilities, including multitasking, scheduling, and task synchronization.
• Runtime Services - services that provide basic capabilities such as exception handling and free-store management.
• System Shutdown - the system-wide protocol for orderly shutdown of applications and other programs.
• Communications Access - the general thread-to-thread communications API, comprised of the Service Access framework and the Message Streams classes.
• File System interface - the high-level interface to the file system classes that you use to manage files, directories, and volumes.
• Time Services - services that provide a consistent hardware-independent model for managing time abstractions and different time sources.